Housing Week of Action Continues through June 5; Join Tomorrow’s Tweetstorm!
The weekend is for rest, but often for advocates it can be just as much about restlessness – Our Homes, Our Voices National Housing Week of Action organizers spent the weekend raising awareness about…
Senator Harris and other California Democrats Condemn HUD’s Proposed “Mixed Status” Immigrant-Family Rule
Senator Kamala Harris (D-CA) and a bicameral group of 39 California Democrats sent a letter to HUD Secretary Ben Carson opposing the agency’s proposed “mixed-status” immigrant-family rule. In the…
New Resources and June 5 Webinar on HUD’s “Mixed-Status” Immigrant-Family Rule
NLIHC and the National Housing Law Project (NHLP) have new resources, including a comment template and Congressional tracker, available as part of the Keep Families Together campaign opposing HUD’s…
House Committee to Vote on FY20 THUD and Agriculture Funding Bills
The House Appropriations Committee will vote on FY20 appropriations bills for Transportation and Housing and Urban Development (THUD) and Agriculture on June 4 at 10:30 a.m. ET in Room 2359 of the…
Disaster Aid Package Delayed Yet Again
For the third time in two weeks, the House failed to pass an aid package for communities impacted by recent disasters, leaving survivors without the assistance they need to recover. Though the…
Additional Disaster Housing Recovery Updates – June 3, 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 5/28…
Study Explores Characteristics of Residents of Extended-Stay Motels in Georgia
A report by LiveNorcross, When Extended Stay Becomes Home, summarizes the findings of a survey of residents of extended-stay motels in Norcross, GA, that sought to better understand who is living in…
Campaign State Partner Writes Op-Ed: “Who Speaks for Affordable Housing?”
The Idaho Press-Tribune published a guest column, “Who Speaks for Affordable Housing,” by Gary Hanes, a working group member of the Opportunity Starts at Home affordable homes campaign’s state…
From the Field: Colorado Gains Historic New Investments in Affordable Housing
Republican and Democratic state senators and representatives convened rural and urban affordable housing stakeholders in the fall of 2018 to identify policy solutions to Colorado’s affordable housing…
NLIHC in the News for the Week of May 26
The following are some of the news stories that NLIHC contributed to during the week of May 26. “HomesRI advances their legislative priorities at the State House,” Upriser, May 31 at: http://bit.…