Reps. Jayapal and Meng Reintroduce Housing is a Human Right Act
Representatives Pramila Jayapal (D-WA) and Grace Meng (D-NY) reintroduced the “Housing is a Human Right Act” (H.R.1708) on March 22. If enacted, the NLIHC-endorsed bill would invest more than $300…
USICH Hosts First Meeting since Releasing Federal Strategic Plan to Prevent and End Homelessness
The U.S. Interagency Council Homelessness (USICH) hosted in March its first council meeting since releasing All In: The Federal Strategic Plan to Prevent and End on Homelessness. Representatives from…
VA Announces 2023 Goals for Preventing and Ending Veteran Homelessness
The U.S. Department of Veterans’ Affairs (VA) announced its 2023 goals for preventing and ending veteran homelessness on March 15. In 2023, the VA will aim to move at least 38,000 veterans…
Recap of Homelessness and Housing First Webinar
More than 10,000 people registered for the Homelessness and Housing First webinar hosted by NLIHC, the National Alliance to End Homelessness (NAEH), and the Center on Budget and Policy Priorities (…
House Republicans Struggle to Reach Consensus on Budget, Delaying Debt Ceiling Negotiations
Republicans in the U.S. House of Representatives who have threatened to use negotiations over raising the debt ceiling to secure major funding concessions in fiscal year (FY) 2024 are struggling to…
HUD Secretary Fudge Responds to House Appropriations Ranking Member’s Request for Information on Impact of Potential Budget Cuts
Representative Rosa DeLauro (D-CT), ranking member of the U.S. House of Representatives’ Committee on Appropriations, sent letters to federal agencies on January 19 requesting information about how…
Join Today’s “Tenant Talk Live” Webinar on Tenant Power in Action
NLIHC will host the next session of “Tenant Talk Live” – a webinar with and for tenant and resident leaders – today, April 3, at 6 pm ET. During our annual Housing Policy Forum, held on March 20-23…
More Than $37 Billion in ERA Funds Spent between January 2021 and December 2022
The U.S. Department of the Treasury (Treasury) released emergency rental assistance (ERA) spending and demographic data through December 2022. Since January 2021, over $22.7 billion of ERA1 has been…
Idaho Legislature Passes Bipartisan Bill to Require Reasonable Rental Fees
The Idaho state legislature passed a bipartisan bill, SB 1039, that will require any fees imposed on tenants to be reasonable and that will create greater transparency about fees. In addition to…
Restored 2013 Discriminatory Effects Rule Formally Published in Federal Register
A final rule, “Restoring HUD’s Discriminatory Effects Standard,” was formally published in the Federal Register on March 31. The final rule restores the 2013 discriminatory effects rule and rescinds…
NLIHC Provides Sample AFFH Comment Letter
NLIHC has prepared a sample comment letter for advocates who have not studied the proposed Affirmatively Furthering Fair Housing (AFFH) rule to use in submitting comments regarding the rule. NLIHC…