Legally Speaking, Nonprofits Can – and Should - Engage in Nonpartisan Voter Registration, Education, and Mobilization
Affordable homes are built with ballots as much as with bricks and drywall. Advocates for expanded housing affordability, including low income renters, need to be a significant voting bloc because…
NLIHC Members Open the Door to Equitable Disaster Housing Recovery for Those Most in Need
NLIHC members made it possible for NLIHC to respond swiftly to the 2017 hurricanes and wildfires with the establishment of the Disaster Housing Recovery Coalition (DHRC) - now consisting of more than…
Congress Nears Deadline to Pass FY19 THUD Spending Bill
The House and Senate continue to negotiate a final deal on a four-bill spending package (“minibus”) that includes the FY19 Transportation-HUD (THUD) and Agriculture spending bills. Several issues are…
House Subcommittee to Hold Hearing on Oversight of Public Housing in Cairo, Illinois
The House Financial Services Subcommittee on Housing and Insurance will hold a hearing on a recent HUD Inspector General (IG) report on HUD’s oversight of the Alexander County Housing Authority (ACHA…
Additional 2017 Disaster Housing Recovery Updates
The following is a review of additional housing recovery developments related to Hurricanes Harvey, Irma, and Maria, and the 2017 California wildfires since last week’s Memo to Members and…
Hurricane Florence Disaster Housing Recovery Updates
The following is a review of housing recovery developments related to Hurricane Florence from the past week. NLIHC also posts this information at On the Home Front. General NLIHC’s updated…
States and Virgin Islands Seek Public Comments on Amendments to Disaster Recovery Action Plans
Agencies in both the U.S. Virgin Islands and Texas opened the period for public comment on proposed amendments to their State Action Plans for distributing Community Development Block Grant-Disaster…
House Committee to Hold Hearing on GSE Reform
The House Financial Services Committee will hold a hearing on “Oversight of the Federal Housing Finance Agency’s role as conservator and regulator of the Government Sponsored Enterprises (GSEs)” on…
Opportunity Starts at Home Campaign Steering Committee Urges Congress to Support Housing Voucher Mobility Demonstration
The Steering Committee of the Opportunity Starts at Home multi-sector affordable housing campaign sent a letter on September 20 urging Congress to include in its final Transportation, Housing and…
Opportunity Starts at Home Campaign Holds Inaugural Roundtable Meeting
The Opportunity Starts at Home multisector affordable housing campaign hosted its first Opportunity Roundtable meeting on September 18. Representatives from 70 organizations from many different…
THUD Bill Stalled in Final Negotiations
The House and Senate continue to negotiate a final deal on a four-bill spending package (“minibus”) that includes the FY19 Transportation-HUD (THUD) and Agriculture spending bills. However, lawmakers…