HUD released on May 7 a Notice of Funding Availability (NOFA) for nearly $200 million in new competitive funding through the Indian Housing Block Grant (IHBG) program. Congress appropriated $100…
The House Appropriations Committee approved, by a party-line vote of 30-22, spending limits for its fiscal year (FY) 2020 spending bills on May 8. For FY20, the Committee would provide the…
Now is the time to invite your members of Congress to attend your Our Homes, Our Voices National Housing Week of Action (May 30-June 5) event! Members of Congress will be in their home districts May…
Congress is still at an impasse over a disaster aid package that would provide billions of dollars to impacted communities across the country. While the Senate struggles to reach a compromise, the…
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 5/6).…
A report by the Brookings Institution, Cost, crowding, commuting? Housing stress on the middle class, finds that middle-income households in the U.S. on average fare well on three measures of housing…
JustLeadershipUSA (JLUSA) announced on May 1 that it is joining the Opportunity Starts at Home multisector affordable homes campaign Steering Committee. JLUSA is a national advocacy…
The following are some of the news stories that NLIHC contributed to during the week of May 5.
“HUD says 55,000 children could be displaced under Trump plan to evict undocumented immigrants,” The…
NLIHC President and CEO Diane Yentel and other NLIHC staff will be speaking at the following events in the coming months:
Colorado NAHRO Conference, Vail, CO, May 15
New York Association for…
The House Financial Services Committee held a hearing on April 30 to assess the infrastructure needs of America’s housing stock. Witnesses included Diane Yentel, NLIHC president and CEO; Adrianne…
New shirts, hats, buttons, and other resources are now available for your Our Homes, Our Voices National Housing Week of Action events and activities taking place the week of May 30 to June 5. People…