Elected leaders in Baltimore announced a major agreement on August 13, making an historic commitment of funding for affordable, decent, and accessible homes. Mayor Catherine Pugh (D) and City Council…
The National Alliance to End Homelessness (NAEH) added new data on its website regarding the state of homelessness in America. Nationwide, 553,742 people experienced homelessness on a given night in…
The following are some of the news stories that NLIHC contributed to during the week of August 19.
“Housing, homelessness and the California Dream,” Southern California Public Radio, August 24 at…
Lauren Ricci joins NLIHC as a policy intern for the fall semester. Lauren is a second-year Master of Public Administration candidate at the American University School of Public Affairs. Prior to…
NLIHC President and CEO Diane Yentel and other NLIHC staff will be speaking at the following events in the coming months:
Florida Housing Coalition Annual Conference, Orlando, FL, August 27-28…
Chief Judge Beryl Howell of the U.S. District Court for the District of Columbia dismissed a motion by advocates for a preliminary injunction against HUD for withdrawing the Assessment Tool required…
HUD published in the Federal Register on August 16 an Advance Notice of Proposed Rulemaking (ANPR), “Affirmatively Furthering Fair Housing: Streamlining and Enhancements,” inviting public comment on…
The National League of Cities (NLC) announced on August 16 that it has joined the Opportunity Starts at Home Steering Committee. Through the campaign’s Steering Committee, NLC will work to involve…
Representative Scott Peters (D-CA), co-chair of the New Democrat Coalition Housing Task Force, introduced in the House H.R. 6671, the “Rent Relief Act of 2018,” to provide cost-burdened renters with…
The House Financial Services Subcommittee on Housing and Insurance held a field hearing titled “The Role of Federal Housing and Community Development Programs to Support Opioid and Substance Use…
Register now for NLIHC’s final Our Homes, Our Votes webinar in the six-part series on nonpartisan voter engagement. This webinar, “Voter Mobilization: Getting Out the Vote!,” takes place on August 21…
NLIHC has prepared summaries of the key provisions of the Community Development Block Grant-Disaster Relief (CDBG-DR) Federal Register Notice published on August 14. The Notice guides states’ use of…
