HUD PIH Offers Streamlined Process for PHAs to Request Voucher Exception Payment Standards
HUD’s Office of Public and Indian Housing (PIH) issued Notice PIH 2023-29 on October 12, providing a streamlined process for public housing agencies (PHAs) to request Housing Choice Voucher (HCV)…
HUD PIH Announces 41 Additional Metro Areas Are Now Required to Use Small Area FMRs
HUD’s Office of Public and Indian Housing (PIH) published a Federal Register notice on October 25 announcing that public housing agencies (PHAs) in 41 metropolitan areas must use Housing Choice…
Teachers Are Increasingly Unable to Afford Housing
An article published by EdSurge shares the story of Carrie Rodgers, a long-time educator in Eagle County, Colorado, who has struggled to stay stably housed in her rural community. The article…
Utility Payment History Identified as Possible Predictor of First-Time Homelessness
An article published in Plos One by researchers from the Spokane Predictive Analytics Group evaluates the efficacy of using utility billing data to predict first-time homelessness. Previous efforts…
Anti-Displacement Ordinance Introduced in Louisville by Tenant Advocates
Tenant leaders and advocates in Louisville, Kentucky, introduced the “Anti-Displacement Fair Housing Ordinance,” also known as the “Historically Black Neighborhoods Ordinance” (HBNO), in August 2023…
Programs with Project-Based Rental Assistance Tent to Provide Assistance for a Longer Period Than Tenant-Based Programs
Source: Abdelhadi, S. and Aurand, A. (2023). State and Local Investments in Rental Housing: A Summary of Findings from the 2023 Rental Housing Programs Database. National Low Income Housing…
NLIHC in the News for the Week of October 22
The following are some of the news stories to which NLIHC contributed during the week of October 22: “The Hourly Income You Need To Afford Rent Around The U.S.” HuffPost, October 15 at: https://…
NLIHC Seeks Housing Campaign Coordinator
NLIHC seeks a housing campaign coordinator to join our Opportunity Starts at Home (OSAH) campaign. The housing campaign coordinator will work closely with the OSAH campaign director to build and…
Where to Find Us – October 30
Housing Is a Human Right Orange County General Meeting: Housing First – Virtual, October 30 (Courtney Cooperman) Southern California Association of Non-Profit Housing – Los Angeles, CA, November 1…
NLIHC to Testify at Congressional Hearing on Competition and Consumer Rights in the Housing Market
NLIHC President and CEO Diane Yentel will testify at a U.S. Senate Committee on the Judiciary Subcommittee on Committee Policy, Antitrust, and Consumer Rights hearing, “Examining Competition and…
CFPB and FTC Order Credit Reporting Agency to Pay $23 Million for Illegal Rental and Credit Reporting Practices
The Consumer Financial Protection Bureau (CFPB) and Federal Trade Commission (FTC) announced on October 12 that they are ordering a rental screening subsidiary of the consumer credit reporting agency…