Additional Disaster Housing Recovery Updates – May 20, 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 5/13…
Despite an Improving Economy, Little Improvement in Low-Income Families’ Ability to Meet Basic Needs
A study by the Urban Institute, Despite Labor Market Gains in 2018, There Were Only Modest Improvements in Families’ Ability to Meet Basic Needs, finds that families saw little improvement over the…
Fact of the Week: U.S. Spends Far Less on Housing Assistance as a Percent of GDP than other Developed Countries
OECD: Organization for Economic Co-operation and Development
From the Field: California Advocates Launch investAHSC Campaign for Affordable Housing and Sustainable Communities Funded by Cap-and-Trade
California advocates launched investAHSC on May 7, a new campaign, coalition and website calling for sustained investments into the Affordable Housing and Sustainable Communities (AHSC) program.…
New Orleans Hosts NeighborWorks Training Institute, August 19-23
New Orleans will host the next NeighborWorks Training Institute (NTI) August 19-23. Each NTI offers a wide array of courses for nonprofit professionals in community development, affordable housing,…
NLIHC in the News for the Week of May 12
The following are some of the news stories that NLIHC contributed to during the week of May 12. “Senate approves $15 minimum wage,” Connecticut Post, May 17 at: http://bit.ly/2VAhgwN “NH Primary…
Where to Find Us – May 20
NLIHC President and CEO Diane Yentel and other NLIHC staff will be speaking at the following events in the coming months: American Bar Association Forum on Affordable Housing, Washington, DC, May…
Point of View: HUD “Mixed-Status” Immigration Rule is Based on a Lie – by NLIHC President and CEO Diane Yentel
Last week, HUD proposed to evict families with undocumented immigrants in their households from public and other subsidized housing. Over fifty thousand deeply poor children – all US citizens or…
Trump Administration Publishes Proposed “Mixed-Status” Rule that Would Lead to Family Separations and Evictions for Certain Immigrant Families
HUD published a proposed rule in the Federal Register on May 10 that would lead to thousands of “mixed-status” immigrant families that have members who are undocumented or otherwise ineligible for…
Join Twitterstorm on May 16 at 3 p.m. ET to Oppose HUD’s Rule that Would Evict Certain Immigrant Families from Subsidized Housing
The Trump administration published a proposed rule on May 10 that would prohibit “mixed-status” immigrant families from living in public and other subsidized housing (see related article in this Memo…
NLIHC Provides Materials from Webinar on HUD’s Proposed Section 3 Rule
NLIHC recently held a webinar for residents of subsidized housing on the public housing-related provisions of HUD’s proposed revisions to Section 3 regulations. During the webinar, public housing and…