NLIHC President and CEO Diane Yentel testified before the U.S. Senate Judiciary Subcommittee on Competition Policy, Antitrust, and Consumer Rights on October 24 at a hearing, “Examining Competition…
In the most recent (October 23) call for the national HoUSed campaign, we were joined by Sonya Acosta of the Center on Budget and Policy Priorities (CBPP), who shared an analysis of housing voucher…
The NLIHC-led Disaster Housing Recovery Coalition (DHRC) sent a letter to FEMA on October 23 to express concern about the lack of access to translation services for households affected by the 2023…
Source: Abdelhadi, S. and Aurand, A. (2023). State and Local Investments in Rental Housing: A Summary of Findings from the 2023 Rental Housing Programs Database. National Low Income Housing…
The Biden administration announced on October 27 new actions to support the conversion of high-vacancy commercial buildings to residential buildings, including through new financing, technical…
After three weeks of infighting, Republicans in the U.S. House of Representatives coalesced around Representative Mike Johnson (R-LA), electing him as the new Speaker of the House on October 25. With…
NLIHC convened its second annual Collective Retreat (previously known as the Tenant and Community Leader Retreat) on October 6-9 in Albany, Georgia. This year, NLIHC returned to the sacred grounds of…
In partnership with the National Association of Counties (NAC), National League of Cities (NLC), National Association of Counties (NCA), and Enterprise, NLIHC sent a letter to congressional…
National Updates
An artificial intelligence system for automating urban building evaluation using Google Street View images and deep learning is in development, led by University of Florida…
NLIHC joined a sign-on letter led by the Union of Concerned Scientists urging senators to vote against an amendment to the fiscal year (FY) 2024 appropriations bill that would undermine voter access…
HUD’s Office of Public and Indian Housing (PIH) issued Notice PIH 2023-29 on October 12, providing a streamlined process for public housing agencies (PHAs) to request Housing Choice Voucher (HCV)…