NLIHC hosted a webinar with its partners in the Framework for an Equitable Homelessness Response on September 21. The webinar focused on findings from the Framework’s Healthy Parents Healthy Babies…
Thank you to everyone who participated in the Homelessness and Housing First webinar series hosted by NLIHC, the National Alliance to End Homelessness, and the Center on Budget and Policy Priorities…
Housing was a winning issue at the ballot box in the 2022 midterm elections. Voters overwhelmingly supported ballot measures to strengthen local tenant protections, dedicate resources to housing and…
The U.S. House of Representatives’ Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure’s Subcommittee on Economic Development, Public Buildings and Emergency Management held a hearing, “FEMA: The Current…
A government shutdown on October 1 is looking more and more likely due to stalled negotiations in the U.S. Congress over the appropriations bills that fund government operations, including those of…
Congressional and National Updates
Hurricane Lee made landfall in Canada on September 16 after shifting from a Category 5 hurricane to a post-tropical cyclone. A hurricane watch and tropical storm…
The U.S. Department of State (DOS) published on September 5 a final “public charge” rule, confirming that the agency will not finalize the Trump administration’s harmful 2019 interim final rule. The…
HUD published a notice in the Federal Register on September 18 extending the National Standards for the Physical Inspection of Real Estate (NSPIRE) compliance date for programs administered by HUD’s…
HUD’s Office of Recapitalization (Recap) posted updated fact sheets reflecting changes in the resident engagement and protections provisions in the recent revisions to the Rental Assistance…
NLIHC joined a broad and diverse group of leading civil rights, fair housing, affordable housing, and public health advocates in a press statement opposing certain amendments included in the…
California state legislators approved more than a dozen bills to increase housing supply, promote fair housing, and address homelessness in the 2023 legislative session, which concluded on September…
Children’s Defense Fund released a report, “The State of America’s Children,” that identifies housing and homelessness as key issues impacting child poverty. The report reveals that 1.1 million…
