The House of Representatives passed the “Violence Against Women Reauthorization Act (VAWA) of 2019” (H.R. 1585) by a vote of 263-158 on March 4. The bill builds upon the housing protections that were…
The House Finance Services Committee’s Subcommittee on Housing, Community Development, and Insurance held its first hearing in the 116th Congress on April 2 to assess the federal response to the…
The Senate Banking, Housing & Urban Affairs Committee held a two-part hearing on Chairman Crapo’s (R-ID) outline for housing finance reform on March 26-27. Many witnesses spoke about housing…
The Harvard Joint Center for Housing Studies (JCHS) released growth projections of homeowner and renter households in a new report, Tenure Projections of Homeowner and Renter Households for 2018-2038…
The National Fair Housing Alliance (NFHA), Communications Workers of America (CWA), several regional fair housing organizations, and individual consumers and job seekers settled civil rights claims…
The House Financial Services Subcommittee on Oversight and Investigations held a hearing on “The Administration of Disaster Recovery Funds in the Wake of Hurricanes Harvey, Irma, and Maria” on March…
The following is a review of disaster housing recovery developments since the last edition of Memo to Members and Partners (for the article in the previous Memo, see 3/25).
Federal…
Advocates from around the country are beginning to plan how they will be involved in this year’s Our Homes, Our Voices National Housing Week of Action May 30-June 5. Every state and…
NLIHC and the Public and Affordable Housing Research Corporation (PAHRC) will co-present a webinar hosted by the National Housing Law Project (NHLP), Saving Multifamily Homes-- How to…
NLIHC bids farewell to Creative Services Manager Ellen Errico at the end of March. Ellen accepted a creative services position at the ALS Association.
Ellen joined NLIHC in July 2014 and…
NLIHC is pleased to welcome Ikra Rafi as its newest creative services specialist. Ikra first worked at NLIHC as a graphic design intern during the 2015-2016 fall and spring semesters. Ikra…
