Additional 2017 Disaster Housing Recovery Updates – October 1, 2018
The following is a review of additional housing recovery developments related to Hurricanes Harvey, Irma, and Maria, and the 2017 California wildfires since last week’s Memo to Members and…
Hurricane Florence Housing Recovery Updates – October 1, 2018
The following is a review of housing recovery developments related to Hurricane Florence since last week’s Memo to Members and Partners (for the article in last week’s Memo, see 9/24…
House Passes Supplemental Disaster Spending Bill in Response to Hurricane Florence
The House passed a recovery package of $1.68 billion in Community Development Block Grant–Disaster Recovery (CDBG-DR) funding to help with recovery efforts for Hurricane Florence. This money is…
NLIHC Provides Sample Letter for Commenting on HUD Request for Input on “Streamlining” AFFH Rule
HUD published in the Federal Register on August 16, “Affirmatively Furthering Fair Housing: Streamlining and Enhancements,” an Advanced Notice of Proposed Rulemaking (ANPR) inviting public comment on…
Advocates Ask Court to Set Aside its AFFH Decision and Consider Additional Information
The three organizations that sued HUD over indefinitely suspending implementation of the Affirmatively Furthering Fair Housing (AFFH) regulation (see Memo, 5/14) filed a motion asking the Court to…
Congress Passes Stopgap Funding for HUD and Department of Agriculture
Congress failed to pass a four-bill spending package (“minibus”) that included the FY19 Transportation-HUD (THUD) and Agriculture spending bills, instead passing a stopgap funding measure running…
House Passes Opioid Legislation that Includes Housing Pilot Program to Assist People Recovering From Substance-Abuse Disorders
The House passed on September 28 a package of opioid legislation (H.R. 6) that includes a new pilot program to provide housing assistance to individuals recovering from substance-use disorders. The…
House Subcommittee Holds Hearing on Oversight of Public Housing in Cairo, Illinois
The House Financial Services Subcommittee on Housing and Insurance held a hearing on a recent HUD Inspector General (IG) report on HUD’s oversight of the Alexander County Housing Authority (ACHA) in…
Senator Warren Introduces Bold Affordable Housing Bill
Senator Elizabeth Warren (D-MA) introduced on September 26 the “American Housing and Economic Mobility Act,” a bold and comprehensive affordable housing bill designed to end homelessness and housing…
Homeland Security Releases Draft “Public Charge” Rule that Would Affect Immigrants’ Access to Assisted Housing and Other Benefits
The U.S. Department of Homeland Security (DHS) released a draft version of a forthcoming Notice of Proposed Rulemaking proposing to change the criteria used by the U.S. Citizenship and Immigration…
Where to Find Us – September 24
NLIHC President and CEO Diane Yentel and other NLIHC staff will be speaking at the following events in the coming months: NACCED Annual Conference, Minneapolis, MN, on September 24 Foundation…