Joint Statement on HUD Proposal That Would Allow Discrimination Against Transgender People Seeking Shelter
Washington, DC - Earlier today, Ben Carson, Secretary of the US Department of Housing and Urban Development announced a new proposed rule that would allow discrimination against transgender people…
July 1, 2020National Housing Advocates Statement on Policing and Black Communities
As organizations dedicated to ending America’s homelessness and housing crisis, we stand in support of Black people and the Black organizers who are working on housing justice including the Movement…
June 30, 2020Statement from NLIHC President and CEO Diane Yentel on Passage of the “Emergency Housing Protections and Relief Act”
Washington, DC - With today's passage of H.R. 7301, the “Emergency Housing Protections and Relief Act of 2020,” the House has taken an important step in responding to the urgent need to help…
June 29, 2020Op-Ed: Why We Need Rent Relief Now
Renters, Landlords Hurt by Pandemic’s Fallout Face Financial Cliff Originally published in Banker And Tradesman on May 24, 2020 By Rachel Heller | Special to Banker & Tradesman Massachusetts…
June 29, 2020Op-Ed: Congress must provide emergency rental assistance to protect Coloradans during Pandemic
Originally published in Sentinel Colorado on June 3, 2020 By Cathy Alderman, Letter to the Editor EDITOR: From where I stand, the economic fallout of the COVID-19 pandemic threatens to…
June 29, 2020Memo to Members & Partners | Volume 25, Issue 26
House Votes on Housing Bills This Week; Tracking Increasing Evictions; and More
June 29, 2020Take Action: House to Vote Today on Urgently Needed Housing Resources and Protections
The House of Representatives will vote today, June 29, on a package of critically needed emergency housing resources and protections to help keep renters in their homes and to address the health and…
June 29, 2020House to Vote This Week on Infrastructure Investments in Affordable Housing
The House of Representatives will vote as soon as this week on H.R. 2, the “Moving Forward Act,” a comprehensive $1.5 trillion infrastructure spending package. In addition to investing substantially…
June 29, 2020Eviction Lab Releases Data Tool to Track Evictions
The Eviction Lab at Princeton University recently launched the Eviction Tracking System (ETS), which tracks the number of eviction filings 11 U.S. cities. The ETS provides weekly updates of eviction…
June 29, 2020Senator Elizabeth Warren to Join NLIHC’s National Call on Coronavirus, Housing, and Homelessness Today at 2:30 pm ET
Join today’s (June 29) national call on Coronavirus, Housing, and Homelessness at 2:30-4 pm ET to hear from Senator Elizabeth Warren on the necessity of housing security during the COVID-19 pandemic…
June 29, 2020Nikole Hannah-Jones to Address “Racial Equity and Housing Justice During and After COVID-19” on July 7
Join Nikole Hannah-Jones, Pulitzer-Prize-winning author and creator of the New York Times Magazine’s “The 1619 Project,” and Marla Newman, NLIHC board chair, for a conversation on “Racial Equity and…
June 29, 2020