Senators Urge Biden Administration to Include Affordable Housing and Homeless Assistance Funding in Supplemental Spending Request
A group of 14 Democratic senators led by Senator Jack Reed (D-RI) sent a letter on August 9 to President Biden urging his administration to include critically needed homeless assistance funding as…
HUD and VA Launch HUD-Veterans Affairs Supportive Housing (HUD-VASH) Boot Camps
HUD and the U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs (VA) launched the new HUD-Veterans Affairs Supportive Housing (HUD-VASH) “Boot Camps” workshop series on August 8. The HUD-VASH Boot Camps are meant to…
Register for Today’s (8/14) NLIHC, Alliance, and CBPP Webinar on Homelessness and Housing First
NLIHC, the National Alliance to End Homelessness (the Alliance), and the Center on Budget and Policy Priorities (CBPP) invite advocates nationwide to register for the eighth webinar in our…
HUD Issues New Notice to Supplement Main RAD Notice
HUD’s Office of Recapitalization (Recap) issued Notice H-2023-08/PIH-2023-19, “Rental Assistance Demonstration – Supplemental Notice 4B,” dated July 27. Supplement 4B contains improved resident…
GAO Releases Report on National Housing Trust Fund
The Government Accountability Office (GAO) released Affordable Housing: Improvements Needed in HUD’s Oversight of the Housing Trust Fund Program (GAO-23-105370) on August 8. The GAO report provides…
Celebrate Civic Health Month!
Our Homes, Our Votes is NLIHC’s nonpartisan campaign to boost voter turnout among low-income renters and educate candidates about housing solutions. NLIHC is proud to join over 300 organizations…
Join Next Monday’s (8/21) “Tenant Talk Live” on Forming a Tenant-Based Group!
NLIHC will host the next session of “Tenant Talk Live” – a webinar geared towards tenant and resident leaders – next Monday, August 21, at 6 pm ET. The webinar, “How to Form a Tenant-Based Group:…
Tribal Housing Advocates Celebrate Senate’s Passage of “Native American Housing Assistance and Self-Determination Act”
The U.S. Senate passed on July 27 the “Native American Housing Assistance and Self-Determination Act of 2023” (NAHASDA) through an amendment (S.Amdt.1078) attached to the “National Defense…
NLIHC to Release Summer Issue of Tenant Talk on Thursday (August 17)!
NLIHC will release the summer issue of Tenant Talk, our biannual newsletter engaging tenants in housing advocacy, this Thursday (August 17)! The upcoming issue, Tenant Talk: Taking Pride into Our…
ACLU Article Connects Systemic Inequality to Lack of Fair Housing
In a recent article, the American Civil Liberties Union (ACLU) explains why efforts to address systemic inequality must focus on ensuring fair housing. The article explores the concept of fair…
Housing First Approach Helps Survivors of Intimate Partner Violence Remain Stably Housed
A study published in the Journal of the American Medical Association (JAMA) Network Open finds that a Housing First model of service delivery for survivors of intimate partner violence may be more…