Senator Kirsten Gillibrand Joins Our Homes, Our Votes, Our New Hampshire Event
Our Homes, Our Votes, Our New Hampshire, a nonpartisan candidate engagement partnership between NLIHC and Housing Action NH, hosted its first “coffee-with-the-candidate” event on Sunday, July 7…
Freddie Mac Finds Loss of Affordable Multifamily Rental Units
Diminishing Affordability – Inescapable, a report from the Multifamily Research Center at Freddie Mac, finds the percentage of multifamily rental units affordable to very low-income (VLI) households…
Fact of the Week: High-Growth Metro Areas Experience Greatest Share of Loss of Multifamily Rentals Affordable to Very Low-Income Households
Source: Freddie Mac Multifamily Research Center 2019.
House Financial Services Committee to Vote on the Reforming Disaster Recovery Act of 2019
Representatives Al Green (D-TX) and Ann Wagner (R-MO) introduced the “Reforming Disaster Recovery Act of 2019” (H.R. 3702) on July 11. The bi-partisan legislation will formally authorize HUD’s…
Ayuda Legal Puerto Rico Submits Complaint about Puerto Rico’s Disaster Recovery Efforts
Disaster Housing Recovery Coalition member Ayuda Legal Puerto Rico submitted a complaint to HUD’s Office of the Inspector General detailing numerous problems with the Puerto Rico Department…
Additional Disaster Housing Recovery Updates - July 15, 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 7/…
National League of Cities Urges Action on Housing Affordability
The National League of Cities (NLC) Housing Task Force published a report, Homeward Bound, urging major action at all levels of government to solve the nation’s housing affordability…
From the Field: State Commits $15 Million to the Arizona Housing Trust Fund
The Arizona legislature appropriated $15 million to the state’s Housing Trust Fund during this year’s legislative session, one of the largest investments towards housing and homelessness the state…
Congressional Briefing Scheduled on Findings from "The Gap" and "Out of Reach"
NLIHC will host a congressional briefing on July 26 sponsored by Representatives Ayanna Pressley (D-MA) and Lacy Clay (D-MO) to share findings from NLIHC’s two newest reports, Out of Reach …
New Orleans Hosts NeighborWorks Training Institute, August 19-23
The next NeighborWorks Training Institute (NTI) will be held in New Orleans the week of August 19-23. In addition to offering a wide array of courses for nonprofit professionals in…
NLIHC in the News for the Weeks of June 30 and July 7
The following are someof the news stories that NLIHC contributed to during the weeks of June 30 and July 7: “Ben Carson is repeating mistakes on housing,” The Washington Post, July 1 at…