Fight for Housing Justice Campaign Adds Sample Letter and ‘Office Hours’ Technical Help for Commenting on HUD’s Fair Housing Disparate Impact Rule
The Fight for Housing Justice campaign has updated its website with a general advocate sample comment letter to make it easier to submit comments regarding HUD’s drastic proposal to make it virtually…
NLIHC Joins Amicus Briefs Supporting Suit to Block Implementation of Public Charge Rule
NLIHC joined 22 other housing, nutrition, and health advocacy organizations in signing on to five identical amicus briefs supporting a lawsuit brought by La Clinica de La Raza and their partners…
Disaster Housing Recovery Updates - September 23, 2019
The following is a review of disaster housing recovery developments since the last edition of Memo to Members and Partners (for the article in the previous Memo, see 9/16).…
HUD Publishes Proposed Rules to Implement Several HOTMA Provisions
HUD published on September 17 proposed changes to the regulations for the public housing, Housing Choice Voucher, and Section 8 project-based rental assistance programs, implementing income-…
Leading Multi-Sector Partners Speak at Opportunity Starts at Home Congressional Briefing
The Opportunity Starts at Home multi-sector affordable homes campaign hosted a congressional briefing on September 18 featuring three of its Steering Committee members: Children’s HealthWatch,…
U.S. Has Lost 4 Million Low-Cost Rental Homes Since 1990
A working paper from the Joint Center for Housing Studies at Harvard University, Documenting the Long-Run Decline in Low-Cost Rental Units in the US by State, finds the number of rental homes renting…
Complaint-Oriented Policing Perpetuates Cycle of Poverty Among People who are Homeless
A new paper in American Sociological Review, “Complaint-Oriented Policing: Regulating Homelessness in Public Space,” examines how a significant increase in homelessness-related 911 complaints in San…
From the Field: California Legislature Passes Affordable Housing Production, Preservation, and Tenant Protection Bills
California state legislators passed a strong package of affordable housing measures in the final days of their legislative session that concluded on September 13. The package of more than a dozen…
Children’s HealthWatch to Celebrate NLIHC’s Diane Yentel on October 10, Register by September 27
NLIHC President and CEO Diane Yentel will be honored with the Champion Award at the Second Annual Children’s HealthWatch Celebration, “Home is Where Health Is,” on October 10 at the Boston University…
NHLP to Offer Webinar on Federal and State Protections for Abuse-Survivors Calling Police or Emergency Services, September 26
The National Housing Law Project (NHLP) will hold a September 26 webinar providing an overview of state and federal laws that protect individuals’ rights to seek emergency assistance despite local…