NLIHC’s Diane Yentel Testifies at Housing Task Force Forum
NLIHC president and CEO Diane Yentel testified on June 5 before the New Democrat Coalition Housing Task Force on the solutions to our nation’s affordable rental housing crisis. The Housing Task Force…
House Committee to Vote on Bills to Block HUD’s Harmful “Mixed-Status” and Equal-Access Proposals
The House Financial Services Committee will hold a vote on June 11 at 2:00 p.m. ET on two bills to block harmful HUD proposals that would limit access to housing assistance for immigrant families and…
Representative Lee Introduces “Housing Bill of Rights” Resolution
On the final day of the Our Homes, Our Voices National Housing Week of Action, Representative Barbara Lee (D-CA) introduced a House resolution calling for a “Housing Bill of Rights” to declare that…
“Affordable Housing Tax Credit Improvement Act” Reintroduced in Congress
A bipartisan group of lawmakers reintroduced on June 4 the “Affordable Housing Credit Improvement Act” to expand and reform the Low Income Housing Tax Credit (Housing Credit). The bill was…
Presidential Hopeful Senator Cory Booker Announces Bold Affordable Housing Proposal
After decades of chronic underinvestment by Congress, it is remarkable the degree to which presidential hopefuls continue using their platforms to elevate awareness about the housing crisis for the…
NLIHC launches Our Homes, Our Votes: 2020; First Event Scheduled for Cedar Rapids, Iowa
NLIHC has launched Our Homes, Our Votes: 2020, a non-partisan project to urge presidential candidates to address the affordable housing crisis and its solutions and to engage more low-income…
New Resources Available on HUD’s “Mixed Status” Immigrant-Family Rule
NLIHC and the National Housing Law Project (NHLP) have new resources, including a state-level data table and a recording of the June 5 webinar, available as part of the Keep Families Together…
House Committee Approves FY20 Transportation-HUD and Rural Development Funding Bills
The House Appropriations Committee moved forward its FY20 spending bills for affordable housing, community development, and rural development programs on June 4. Both the Transportation, Housing and…
Congress Enacts Disaster Aid Funding Bill
The House of Representatives voted on June 3 to approve a disaster aid package for communities impacted by major disasters in 2017, 2018, and 2019 by a vote of 354-58. The bill has been signed by the…
FEMA Oversight Agency Whitewashed Disaster Response Audits
The Department of Homeland Security Inspector General’s Office (OIG), tasked with overseeing FEMA’s performance, confirmed that more than a dozen FEMA audits were found to have excluded shortcomings…
Additional Disaster Housing Recovery Updates – June 10, 2019
The following is a review of additional disaster housing recovery developments since the last edition of Memo to Members and Partners (for the article in the previous Memo, see 6/03…