Join NLIHC and Partners for Webinar on HUD’s Harmful Proposed Fair Housing Rule, February 13
NLIHC and other members of the Fight For Housing Justice campaign will host a webinar on February 13 at 2:00 pm ET about HUD’s proposed Affirmatively Furthering Fair Housing (AFFH) rule (see Memo, 1/…
“Expanding Affordable Housing Opportunities in Native and Rural Communities” at NLIHC Housing Policy Forum 2020
“Expanding Affordable Housing Opportunities in Native and Rural Communities” will be a featured session at NLIHC’s Housing Policy Forum 2020: Ending Homelessness and Housing Poverty, taking place in…
Honor Jennifer Ho, Shauna Sorrells, and Bill Faith at March 26 Leadership Awards Reception
Honor the 2020 Housing Leadership Award Honorees Jennifer Leimaile Ho, Bill Faith and Shauna Sorrells, who will be recognized at the 38th Annual Housing Leadership Awards Reception…
Community Catalyst Encourages Health Plans to Invest in Affordable Housing
A recent issue brief from the Center for Consumer Engagement in Health Innovation at Community Catalyst explores how health plan resources can be used to invest in affordable housing. The health care…
House Passes Puerto Rico Earthquake Assistance Bill, President Threatens Veto
The House passed the “Emergency Supplemental Appropriations for Disaster Relief and Puerto Rico Disaster Tax Relief Act of 2020” (H.R. 5687) by a vote of 235-158 on February 7. The $4.7 billion…
Additional Disaster Housing Recovery Updates - February 10, 2020
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 2/03…
HUD Provides Guidance on Service and Support Animals for People with Disabilities
HUD published Notice FHEO-2020-01 providing guidance on the obligation of housing providers under the Fair Housing Act to allow people with disabilities to have assistance animals as a “reasonable…
Report Finds Significant Increase in Student Homelessness
The National Center for Homeless Education released a report, Federal Data Summary: School Years 2015-16 through 2017-18, which summarizes data about the demographics and academic performance of…
Fact of the Week: More Than 1.5 Million Students Identified as Experiencing Homelessness in 2017-2018
Source: National Center for Homeless Education, 2020.
From the Field: Washington Advocates Urge Lawmakers to Address the State’s Housing and Homelessness Crisis
More than 600 advocates across the state of Washington gathered at the capitol in Olympia on February 3, urging lawmakers to take bold action to expand access to affordable homes and end homelessness…
NLIHC in the News for the Week of February 2
The following are some of the news stories that NLIHC contributed to during the week of February 2: “Maine House passes $80 million affordable housing credit,” Bangor Daily News, February 6 at:…