HUD Releases Notice Distributing Disaster Mitigation Funds to Some Impacted States, Excludes Puerto Rico and the U.S. Virgin Islands
HUD released a Federal Register notice allocating nearly $6.875 billion in mitigation funding to multiple states recovering from 2015, 2016 and 2017 disasters. The funds were approved through a…
Additional Disaster Housing Recovery Updates, August 26, 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 8/19…
Representative Haaland and Senator Warren Seek Feedback on Comprehensive Plan for Native Communities
Representative Deb Haaland (D-NM) and Senator Elizabeth Warren (D-MA) released a proposal for an upcoming bill, the “Honoring Promises to Native Nations Act,” which aims to address the issues…
California Partners Release New Study on Tribal Housing Needs and Opportunities
The Rural Community Assistance Corporation (RCAC) and the California Coalition for Rural Housing (CCRH), an NLIHC state partner, released on August 14 a comprehensive study on California Tribal…
New Blogs Published on Housing, Health, and the Environment
The Opportunity Starts at Home multi-sector affordable homes campaign published on August 7 a blog written by Dr. Patricia Martin, DO, a family physician at Unity Health Care Minnesota Avenue Health…
Building Code Violations Affect Rents and Home Values Differently
A recent paper in Housing Policy Debate, “The Cost of Code Violations: How Building Codes Shape Residential Sales Prices and Rents,” found that unresolved building code violations have a different…
Fact of the Week: High and Growing Percentages of Poor Black and Latino Households Live in High-Poverty Neighborhoods
Source: Joint Center for Housing Studies. (2019). State of the Nation’s Housing. Cambridge, MA.
From the Field: Massachusetts Governor Signs FY2020 Budget that Expands Investments for Affordable Homes
Massachusetts Governor Charlie Baker (R) signed a $43.3 billion state budget for FY2020 on July 31. The final budget significantly expands investments in affordable homes to help families thrive and…
NLIHC in the News for the Week of August 18
The following are some of the news stories that NLIHC contributed to during the week of August 18: “The New American Homeless,” New Republic, August 21 at: https://tinyurl.com/yy446hpc “Climate…
NLIHC Seeks Policy and Communications/Media/Graphic Design Interns for Fall
NLIHC is accepting applications for two fall internship positions, one for policy and one for communications/media/graphic design. Interns are highly valued and fully integrated into our staff work.…
Where to Find Us – August 26
NLIHC President and CEO Diane Yentel and other NLIHC staff will be speaking at the following events in the coming months: Utah Housing Coalition Conference, Park City, UT, August 28 2019 National…