Urge members of Congress to oppose cuts to federal investments in affordable housing using resources, tips, and strategies from our summer congressional advocacy toolkit! In addition to providing…
NLIHC’s IDEAS (Inclusion, Diversity, Equity, Anti-racism, and Systems-thinking) is an organization-wide initiative to advance racial equity and inclusion in our policy analysis and strategy, internal…
Washington, D.C. – President Biden will soon announce a proposal to temporarily cap rent increases by large landlords at 5% for two years, a policy that would affect half of all rental properties in…
Senator Tina Smith (D-MN), chair of the U.S. Senate Committee on Banking, Housing and Urban Affairs’ Subcommittee on Housing, Transportation and Community Development, introduced the “Housing for All…
The Federal Housing Finance Agency (FHFA) announced on July 12 the introduction of minimal new renter protections in properties receiving a federally backed mortgage. These policy changes will do…
The U.S. House of Representatives’ Committee on Appropriations reviewed and passed its draft fiscal year (FY) 2025 spending bill for HUD programs on July 10 by a party-line vote, with 31 Republicans…
Hurricane Beryl reached record-breaking strength for a June hurricane as it moved through the Caribbean before weakening and striking southeastern Texas as a Category One storm with gusting 75 mile…
The arrival of Hurricane Beryl, which impacted southeastern Texas a month after a damaging derecho and heavy rain had already brought destructive winds and flooding to the Houston area, added urgency…
HUD has published a new resource, Homeless Response System 101 for Community Development Block Grant-Disaster Recovery (CDBG-DR) Grantees, encouraging CDBG-DR grantees to coordinate long-term…
FEMA and HUD published a Pre-Disaster Housing Planning Initiative Report on July 9, marking a first-of-its-kind partnership between the two agencies. The report details findings on how to create and…
