HUD’s Office of Policy Development and Research will hold a symposium exploring how HUD policies have evolved over its 50-year history. Topics will include HUD's treatment of race and poverty; the…
HUD’s Office of Special Needs Assistance Programs (SNAPS) is conducting six identical webinars in January to ensure that all stakeholders understand the new definition of chronically homeless and the…
On January 6, the White House hosted a convening on HUD’s proposed smoke-free public housing rule (see Memo, 11/16/15). HUD Secretary Julián Castro and United States Surgeon General Dr. Vivek Murthy…
The U.S. Interagency Council on Homelessness (USICH) met in December to review the nation’s progress toward ending family homelessness and to recommend new strategies to achieve the goals set forth…
On November 18, New York City Mayor Bill de Blasio (D) announced the largest commitment to supportive housing creation in the city’s history, promising to create 15,000 units over the next 15 years.…
A study published in the recent issue of Housing Policy Debate titled “Development of an Index of Subsidized Housing Availability and its Relationship to Housing Insecurity,” provides evidence that…
Nonprofit VOTE will hold a webinar on Thursday, January 21 at 2pm ET entitled Plan Ahead 2016. The webinar cover best practices for planning and conducting voter registration, voter education,…
The February 5 nomination deadline for NLIHC’s Annual Organizing Award is quickly approaching. Please nominate an outstanding local or statewide organizing effort. The 2016 Organizing Award…
Kate Rodrigues joins NLIHC as a new research intern for the spring semester. Originally from the Minneapolis-St. Paul area and with a B.A. in English and Political Science from the College of Saint…
Source: Economic Policy Institute (2015). Raising the minimum wage to $12 by 2020 would lift wages for 35 million American workers. Washington, DC: Author.
