Where to Find Us – May 6
NLIHC President and CEO Diane Yentel and other NLIHC staff will be speaking at the following events in the coming months: Day for Housing, Housing Alliance Delaware, Dover, DE, May 9 Colorado…
Baltimore County Fair Housing Settlement to Address Racial and Economic Segregation
The Baltimore County Branch of the NAACP, Baltimore Neighborhoods, Inc., and three individuals filed a complaint with HUD on November 22, 2011 alleging that Baltimore County developed housing only in…
NLIHC’s Diane Yentel to Testify to Congressional Committee on Housing as Infrastructure
NLIHC President and CEO Diane Yentel will testify at a House Financial Services Committee hearing, “Housing in America: Assessing the Infrastructure Needs of America’s Housing Stock,” on Tuesday,…
NLIHC to Offer Webinar for Residents of HUD Subsidized Housing on HUD’s Proposed Section 3 Rule, May 8
Earlier this month, HUD proposed long-awaited updates to the 1994 interim Section 3 rule. NLIHC invites residents of all HUD-subsidized housing programs for a webinar on the subsidized housing…
Host a Local Event or Activity for Our Homes, Our Voices National Housing Week of Action, May 30 to June 5
Affordable housing advocates around the country are planning for Our Homes, Our Voices National Housing Week of Action (May 30-June 5) with an array of events and activities - rallies, congressional…
NLIHC Releases Analysis of Affordable Housing “Wins” and Lessons from 2018 Ballot Initiatives
Advocates and voters took affordable housing into the voting booth in 2018, passing many important ballot measures that increase funding for affordable housing, implement tenant protections, and…
Members of Congress Request Review of Inequities in Disaster Recovery
Senator Elizabeth Warren (D-MA) and Representative Bennie Thompson (D-MS) sent a letter on April 18 to the Government Accountability Office (GAO) requesting the agency review federal disaster aid…
Additional Disaster Housing Recovery Updates – April 29, 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 4/22…
Study Finds Many Housing Choice Voucher Recipients are Energy Cost-Burdened
A study published in Housing Policy Debate, “Household Energy Costs and the Housing Choice Voucher Program: Do Utility Allowances Pay the Bills?,” examined the gap between utility allowances in the…
Fact of the Week: African Americans Account for 13% of U.S. Population but 40% of Homeless Population
Source: National Alliance to End Homelessness. (2019). The State of Homelessness in America.
Grow Multi-Sector Support for Increased Investments in National Housing Trust Fund
The Opportunity Starts at Home multi-sector affordable homes campaign has issued a sign-on letter calling on Congress to increase investments in the national Housing Trust Fund (HTF) to at least $3.5…