Survey Indicates Outreach Increased Participation of Low-Income Tenants in California ERA Program
A report released by the Housing Initiative at Penn (HIP), “Emergency Rental Assistance Outreach: Evaluating strategies to reach and support vulnerable tenants during the COVID-19 pandemic in…
Texas Supreme Court Issues Executive Order Extending Pandemic-Era Protections; Applications for Rent Relief Set to Reopen in Texas This Week
The Supreme Court of Texas issued an executive order on March 1extending pandemic-era protections that were set to expire this month. Meanwhile, the Texas Rent Relief (TRR) program and Texas Eviction…
Rep. Maxine Waters to Speak at NLIHC’s 2023 Housing Policy Forum!
Representative Maxine Waters (D-CA) will join a plenary panel discussion at NLIHC’s Housing Policy Forum 2023: Onward to Housing Justice, taking place on March 21-23 at the Hilton Washington DC…
The State of Evictions and Eviction Prevention Work: Breakout Session at NLIHC’s 2023 Housing Policy Forum
NLIHC’s Housing Policy Forum 2023: Onward to Housing Justice, taking place on March 21-23 at the Hilton Washington DC Capitol Hill Hotel in Washington, D.C., will feature a wide range of breakout…
NLIHC Provides Summary of Key AFFH Definitions, Modifies AFFH Community Engagement Overview
NLIHC has prepared “Preliminary Overview of Key AFFH Definitions,” the latest in a series of briefs providing initial overviews of the proposed Affirmatively Furthering Fair Housing (AFFH) regulation…
HUD Announces Agreement with State of Louisiana to Resolve Repayment Obligations for 3,300 Homeowners Impacted by Hurricane Katrina
The U.S. House of Representatives’ Committee on Financial Services’ Subcommittee on Housing and Insurance addressed flood insurance reform efforts in a hearing on March 10. The hearing, “How Do We…
Disaster Housing Recovery Update – March 13
Congressional and National Updates Representatives from congressional districts in northern California have sent a letter to President Biden requesting that the president move quickly to approve a…
OSAH Campaign Releases Brief on Threat of Budget Cuts to Affordable Housing
The Opportunity Starts at Home (OSAH) campaign released an issue brief detailing the potential impacts on affordable housing of budget cuts that could be enacted as part of negotiations regarding the…
Housing Choice Voucher Prioritization Policies Impact Healthcare Utilization
Research published in the Journal of Urban Health, “Local Housing Choice Voucher Distribution Policies Impact Healthcare Utilization: a Randomized Natural Experiment,” tests whether prioritizing…
Low-Income Renters Eligible for HUD Assistance More Likely to Live in Inadequate-Quality Housing
Source: U.S. Census Bureau, “2021 American Housing Survey,”
Ayuda Legal Puerto Rico, Congresswoman Cori Bush, and John Parvensky to Receive Housing Leadership Awards!
Ayuda Legal Puerto Rico, Congresswoman Cori Bush (D-MO), and John Parvensky will be recognized at NLIHC’s 41st Annual Housing Leadership Awards Reception on Wednesday, March 22, from 6:00 to 8:30 pm…