House Subcommittee Holds Field Hearing on Housing and Opioid Recovery
The House Financial Services Subcommittee on Housing and Insurance held a field hearing titled “The Role of Federal Housing and Community Development Programs to Support Opioid and Substance Use…
Register for August 21 Our Homes, Our Votes Webinar on Nonpartisan Voter Mobilization
Register now for NLIHC’s final Our Homes, Our Votes webinar in the six-part series on nonpartisan voter engagement. This webinar, “Voter Mobilization: Getting Out the Vote!,” takes place on August 21…
NLIHC Summarizes Key Provisions of August 14 Disaster Recovery Block Grant Federal Register Notice
NLIHC has prepared summaries of the key provisions of the Community Development Block Grant-Disaster Relief (CDBG-DR) Federal Register Notice published on August 14. The Notice guides states’ use of…
Members of Congress Urge HUD to Release Disaster Recovery Block Grant Mitigation Dollars
A bicameral and bipartisan group of members of Congress sent a letter to HUD Secretary Ben Carson urging his agency to quickly release almost $14 billion in Community Development Block Grant-Disaster…
Additional Updates on Disaster Housing Recovery – August 20
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…
HUD Issues Notice Detailing HOME Homebuyer Program Policy Requirements
HUD’s Office of Affordable Housing Programs (OAHP) issued Notice CPD 18-09, providing guidance to jurisdictions about the homebuyer program requirements of the Home Investment Partnerships Program (…
Formerly Incarcerated People Are Nearly 10 Times More Likely to be Homeless
A report by Lucius Couloute of the Prison Policy Initiative, Nowhere to Go: Homelessness among formerly incarcerated people, finds that formerly incarcerated people are nearly ten times more likely…
Fact of the Week: Racial and Ethnic Diversity of Severely Housing Cost-Burdened Renters Varies Significantly by Income
Source: NLIHC tabulation of 2016 ACS PUMS.
Texas Advocates Monitor FEMA to Ensure Fair Disaster Recovery Process Following June Storms
The Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA) is providing federal disaster assistance to Rio Grande Valley residents following the heavy rain and flooding the region experienced this past June.…
National Housing Law Project Updates Affordable Home on Reentry Tool
The National Housing Law Project (NHLP) updated An Affordable Home on Reentry, a tool for advocates working with people who have criminal records and are seeking access to federally assisted housing…
NLIHC in the News for the Week of August 12
The following are some of the news stories that NLIHC contributed to during the week of August 12. “Readers' Mailbag: Being moved out of their homes,” Lake News Online, August 16 at: https://bit.…