As reported last week (see Memo 5/20), the Office of Affordable Housing Programs (OAHP) in HUD’s Office of Community Planning and Development (CPD) announced on May 15 the availability of a preview…
The Our Homes, Our Votes campaign is NLIHC’s nonpartisan initiative to boost voter turnout among low-income renters and elevate housing as an election issue. This biweekly section of Memo provides…
The Opportunity Starts at Home (OSAH) campaign hosted a congressional briefing on May 20 focusing on two major bipartisan housing bills: the “Eviction Crisis Act” and the “Family Stability and…
Opportunity Starts at Home (OSAH) campaign partner ZERO TO THREE hosted a webinar, “A National Call for Safe, Affordable Housing for Our Children,” on May 22. On the webinar, leading experts from the…
NLIHC seeks a policy coordinator or policy analyst with a portfolio focusing on federal legislative policy and regulatory action related to the Coalition’s mission and priorities. The policy…
The following are some of the news stories that NLIHC contributed to during the week of May 19:
“Amid record homelessness, a Texas think tank tried to upend how states tackle it” NPR,…
NLIHC is recruiting members of its next Collective cohort! The Collective is a group of tenant advocates and community leaders with lived experience of housing insecurity who work towards housing…
National Coalition for Homeless Veterans Annual Conference – Washington, DC, Courtney Cooperman (May 29)
The Intersection of Affordable Housing and Civic Engagement – Virtual, Courtney…
U.S. House of Representatives Committee on Appropriations Chair Tom Cole (R-OK) released topline funding allocations for all 12 fiscal year (FY) 2025 spending bills on May 16. The topline funding…
HUD’s recent Notice of Proposed Rulemaking (NPRM) “Reducing Barriers to HUD-Assisted Housing” proposes to make important changes to the department's existing screening regulations for applicants with…
Launched in April, NLIHC’s new State and Local Innovation (SLI) project supports state and local partners in advancing, implementing, and enforcing state and local tenant protections, sustaining…