Representative Waters Reintroduces Bills to Combat Affordable Housing and Homelessness Crises
Representative Maxine Waters (D-CA), Ranking Member of the House Financial Services Committee, reintroduced a legislative housing package on June 21 to tackle the affordable housing crisis, end…
Recap of June 20 National HoUSed Campaign Call
On the most recent (June 20) call for the National HoUSed Campaign, participants heard details from the latest edition of NLIHC’s annual report Out of Reach: The High Cost of Housing, learned about…
Hearing Held on HUD Oversight with Inspector General
The House Financial Services Subcommittee on Housing and Infrastructure held a hearing on June 22 regarding HUD oversight with HUD Inspector General Rae Oliver Davis. The Office of the Inspector…
“LIFT the BAR Act” Introduced to Repeal Five-Year Bar on Lawfully Present Immigrants’ Access to Federal Assistance
Senator Mazie Hirono (D-HI) and Representative Pramila Jayapal (D-WA) introduced the “Lifting Immigrant Families Through Benefits Access Restoration (LIFT the BAR) Act” on June 15 with 11 Senate…
“VITAL Act” Introduced to Increase Accessible LIHTC Developments, The Kelsey Releases Advocacy Materials
Representatives Dwight Evans (D-PA) and Brian Fitzpatrick (R-PA) introduced the “Visitable Inclusive Tax Credits for Accessible Living (VITAL) Act” (H.R.3963), a companion bill to Senator Bob Casey’s…
Sign on to Letter Urging Passage of “Reforming Disaster Recovery Act”
NLIHC and its Disaster Housing Recovery Coalition (DHRC) of more than 850 local, state, and national organizations support the bipartisan “Reforming Disaster Recovery Act” that would formally…
Follow-Up Letter Sent to FEMA Regarding Inadequate Rental Assistance for Hurricane Ida Survivors in New Jersey
NLIHC, the New Jersey Resource Project, and nine other New Jersey-based organizations sent a follow-up letter to the Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA) on June 19 requesting the agency…
HUD Publishes Final NSPIRE Physical Inspection Standards Notice
HUD published the new final National Standards for Physical Inspection of Real Estate (NSPIRE) physical inspection Standards notice in the Federal Register on June 22, including a link to 295 pages…
NLIHC’s First Racial Equity Cohort Comes to a Close
NLIHC wrapped up its first Racial Equity Cohort on June 20 after ten months of meetings, trainings, and workshops held with housing advocates from across the country. The Racial Equity Cohort was a…
From the Field: Illinois State Budget Makes Historic Investment in Ending Homelessness
The Illinois 2023 General Assembly session wrapped at the end of May, with several housing policy wins, including historic investments in preventing and ending homelessness, increased American Rescue…
Local Tenant Organizing Efforts to Increase Housing Stability, Topic of This Week’s First of Three ERASE Summer Webinars
Local tenant organizing to increase housing stability is the topic of this week’s initial NLIHC End Rental Arrears to Stop Evictions (ERASE) Summer Webinar Series. The series will highlight the 2022…