NLIHC Submits AFFH Comment Letter, Signs On to Housing Justice Network Letter
NLIHC submitted a comment letter to HUD on April 24 supporting the proposed Affirmatively Furthering Fair Housing (AFFH) rule while also suggesting improvements. NLIHC also signed on to an AFFH…
NLIHC Signs On to Joint Press Statement on AFFH Rule
NLIHC signed on to a joint press statement led by the National Fair Housing Alliance (NFHA) in support of the proposed Affirmatively Furthering Fair Housing (AFFH) rule and urging HUD to move quickly…
HUD FHEO Seeks Input before Updating Section 504 Regulations Prohibiting Discrimination on the Basis of Disability
HUD’s Office of Fair Housing and Equal Opportunity (FHEO) published an Advanced Notice of Proposed Rulemaking (ANPRM) on April 25 seeking public input in advance of updating the regulations…
NLIHC Signs On to NHLP Letter Urging Congress Not to Expand RAD and to Promote Alternatives to Public Housing Demolition
NLIHC signed on to a letter submitted by the National Housing Law Project (NHLP) to U.S. Senate and House of Representatives Appropriations Subcommittee leaders, urging Congress to oppose lifting the…
NLIHC Submits Comment Letter Regarding Proposed NSPIRE Scoring Model
NLIHC submitted a comment letter endorsing all but one provision in HUD’s proposed National Standards for Physical Inspection of Real Estate (NSPIRE) physical inspection scoring and ranking…
House Financial Services Committee’s Subcommittee on Housing and Insurance Holds Hearing on National Flood Insurance Program Reform
The U.S. House of Representatives’ Committee on Financial Services’ Subcommittee on Housing and Insurance held a hearing, “The Reauthorization of the National Flood Insurance Program: FEMA’s…
OSAH Urges Advocates to Tell Congress to Reject Budget Cut Proposal
The U.S. House of Representatives voted on April 26 to pass a harmful budget proposal that would lift the debt ceiling in exchange for dramatic cuts to domestic spending, including funding for…
Maryland Counties Introduce Legislation to Strengthen Rent Control
Elected officials in Maryland’s Montgomery County Council introduced the “Housing Opportunity, Mobility, and Equity (HOME) Act” on March 2. The act would limit rent increases to an amount determined…
Join Today’s (May 1) “Tenant Talk Live” Webinar on Section 9 Public Housing
NLIHC will host the next session of “Tenant Talk Live” – a webinar with and for tenant and resident leaders – today, May 1, at 6 pm ET. During the webinar, NLIHC staff will be joined by advocates…
NLIHC Invites Cover Art Submissions for Summer Edition of Tenant Talk!
NLIHC invites artistically inclined advocates (and anybody else!) to submit your original artwork for a chance to be featured on the cover of this summer’s edition of Tenant Talk! Entries should…
Research Finds Increased Risk of Death and Hospitalization Associated with Encampment Sweeps
Research recently published in the Journal of the American Medical Association, “Population-Level Health Effects of Involuntary Displacement of People Experiencing Unsheltered Homelessness Who Inject…