Join NLIHC Webinar on HUD’s Proposed Section 3 Rule, May 8
HUD proposed long-awaited updates to the 1994 interim Section 3 rule in early April. NLIHC invites residents of all HUD-subsidized housing programs for a webinar on the subsidized housing features of…
Voters Demand Action on Affordable Housing in Iowa - and Nationally
As she attends presidential town halls throughout Iowa, Lauren Johnson from the Polk County Housing Trust Fund finds affordable housing is top-of-mind for voters. Voters want to know where the…
Disaster Housing Recovery Coalition Provides Recommendations for Equitable Access to Assistance
The Disaster Housing Recovery Coalition (DHRC) – an NLIHC-led group of over 800 national, state, and local organizations – sent a letter on April 30 to House Speaker Nancy Pelosi (D-CA)…
HUD OIG Investigates Whether Trump Administration Slowed Relief to Puerto Rico
The HUD Office of the Inspector General (OIG) is investigating, as part of a wider inspection of HUD’s disaster grant administration, whether the Trump Administration slowed hurricane relief to…
Additional Disaster Housing Recovery Updates – May 6, 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 4/…
New Study Examines Public Housing Authorities Operating in the Private Market
A new study published in Housing Policy Debate, “Public Housing Authorities in the Private Market,” examines the factors that impact the involvement of public housing authorities (PHAs) in…
Fact of the Week: Expansion of Housing Vouchers Would Have Greatest Impact on Reducing Child Poverty Among Eight Possible Interventions
The proposals’ combined impact is a 57.1% reduction in the supplemental child poverty rate, less than the sum of the individual policy changes because the same child can benefit from more than one…
New Report Finds Expansion of Housing Vouchers Could Play Major Role in Reducing Child Poverty
The Children's Defense Fund (CDF), a leading non-profit child advocacy organization and Steering Committee member of the Opportunity Starts at Home multi-sector affordable homes campaign,…
From the Field: Cook County IL Moves to Remove Criminal Records as Barrier to Housing
Research shows that having a stable home reduces recidivism rates among ex-offenders, but renters across the country continue to find themselves barred from housing due to discrimination based on…
NeighborWorks Brings Training Institute to New Orleans, August 19-23
Join 1,600-2,000 nonprofit professionals for a week of high-quality training in community development, affordable housing, and nonprofit management. The next NeighborWorks Training Institute (NTI)…
NLIHC in the News for the Week of April 28
The following are some of the news stories that NLIHC contributed to during the week of April 28. “Yes, millions of families spend the bulk of income on housing,” PolitiFact, May 2 at: https://bit…