NLIHC's Housing Policy Forum 2023: Onward to Housing Justice will feature tenant sessions with renowned freedom singer and civil rights activist Rutha Mae Harris. The forum’s tenant sessions will be…
HUD released on April 10 a proposal to update existing screening regulations for applicants to HUD-assisted housing with conviction histories or a history of involvement with the criminal-legal…
Advocates across the nation participated in a National Week of Action starting on April 22 to oppose counterproductive and inhumane efforts to punish and arrest people experiencing homelessness and…
NLIHC, in partnership with the Vera Institute for Justice, Formerly Incarcerated and Convicted People and Families Movement (FICPFM), Shriver Center on Poverty Law, and National Housing Law Project (…
Senator Bob Casey (D-PA), the chairman of the U.S. Senate’s Special Committee on Aging, introduced the “Boosting Tax Credits for Accessible Housing Act” (S.3925) in the U.S. Senate. The bill is a…
Republicans on the U.S. House of Representatives’ Committee on Appropriations announced new guidance banning nonprofit organizations from receiving funding (commonly referred to as “earmarks”) from…
The U.S. Senate’s Committee on Appropriations’ Subcommittee on Transportation, Housing and Urban Development (THUD) will hold a hearing at 2:30 pm ET on April 30 to discuss President Biden’s budget…
Representatives Lizzie Fletcher (D-TX) and Nikema Williams (D-GA) introduced the “Heirs Empowerment and Inheritance Rights (HEIR) Act” and the “Heirs’ Estate Inheritance Resolution and Succession (…
Disaster Recovery Housing Coalition (DHRC) member Legal Aid of North Carolina won a major victory for heirs’ property owners on April 24 when the group reached a successful settlement in a housing…
HUD published a final rule in the Federal Register on April 22 expanding what the agency considers a floodplain by establishing a new “Federal Flood Risk Management Standard (FFRMS) Floodplain” and…
An article by WKU Public Radio highlights confusion caused by FEMA regarding appeals deadlines for East Kentucky flood survivors. In particular, the article addresses FEMA’s lack of communication…
