Congress directed the National Academies of Sciences, Engineering, and Medicine (the National Academies) in 2015 to conduct a study of childhood poverty in the United States and identify policies and…
Too often, new development and efforts to revitalize communities do not prioritize the needs and interests of long-term residents, and people are pushed out. The NLIHC 2019 Housing Policy Forum:…
The deadline to purchase pre-event tickets to attend NLIHC’s March 28 Reception recognizing 2019 Housing Leadership Award honorees Emma “Pinky” Clifford, executive director of the Oglala Sioux Tribe…
Organizations are urged to endorse a lead-safe housing bill about to be introduced. The Sargent Shriver National Center on Poverty Law and the Green and Healthy Homes Initiative are seeking…
The House Transportation-HUD (THUD) Appropriations Subcommittee held a hearing on March 7 where stakeholders provided their perspectives on the production and preservation of affordable housing.…
Federal investments in proven affordable housing solutions benefit us all. Join the growing grassroots movement to support increasing those investments during this year’s Our Homes, Our Voices…
Senators have been pressuring congressional leadership to prioritize passing a robust disaster supplemental funding bill. Senators Mazie Hirono (D-HI) and Kamala Harris (D-CA) led nine other…
HUD approved the latest Community Development Block Grant–Disaster Recovery (CDBG-DR) state action plans from Florida, Puerto Rico, and the U.S. Virgin Islands. Approval for both Puerto Rico and the…
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 3/4).
Alabama…
In its latest podcast episode, the Opportunity Starts at Home multisector affordable homes campaign talks to Dr. Richard Florida about the complex nexus between housing affordability and economic…
NLIHC and other organizations sent a letter to HUD Secretary Ben Carson urging him to require carbon monoxide detectors at all HUD-assisted housing.
The letter calls on the HUD secretary to…
HUD has informed NLIHC about how residents and advocates can register to attend one of the four remaining listening sessions HUD is conducting to gather input about a pilot program to test new…
