Covid-19 Work Group Updates
DHRC Coronavirus Updates: 9/2/2022 NLIHC maintains a COVID-19/Housing and Homelessness News and Resource page here. ERASE Updates NLIHC’s End Rental Arrears to Stop Evictions (ERASE) team has…
Disaster Housing Recovery Update – September 2, 2022
Nearly five years to the day after Hurricane Harvey made landfall on the Southeastern Texas coast, the Texas General Land Office (GLO) failed to meet a deadline on August 27 to respond to a request…
Residents Moving from Gentrifying Neighborhoods Experience Worsened Neighborhood-Level Determinants of Health
A new paper published in Housing Policy Debate, “Gentrification, Mobility, and Exposure to Contextual Determinants of Health,” assesses how neighborhood-level determinants of health change when a…
Senator Warnock Introduces the NLIHC-Supported “Rent Relief Act of 2022” to Establish a Renters’ Tax Credit
Senator Reverend Raphael Warnock (D-GA) unveiled the “Rent Relief Act of 2022” (S.4728) on August 24. A companion bill (H.R.8357) was introduced in the U.S. House of Representatives by…
Senator Warnock Introduces Legislation to Increase Data Transparency
Senator Reverend Raphael Warnock (D-GA) introduced the “Housing Market Transparency Act” (S.4737) on August 24. The NLIHC-supported bill would help address the need for more data transparency within…
Join Today’s (August 29) NLIHC, NAEH, and CBPP Webinar on Homelessness and Housing First
NLIHC, the National Alliance to End Homelessness (NAEH), and the Center on Budget and Policy Priorities (CBPP) invite advocates nationwide to register for “Homelessness is a Housing Problem,” the…
Join NLIHC Sign-On Letter Urging Congress to Enact the “Fair Housing Improvement Act”!
NLIHC invites advocates to join a sign-on letter urging Congress to enact the “Fair Housing Improvement Act.” The act would increase access to housing for families receiving federal rental assistance…
NLIHC Members, Partners, and Allies Prepare for Post-August Recess Appropriations Push
The U.S. House of Representatives and the U.S. Senate remain out of session for August recess, with the Senate slated to return September 6 and the House returning the following week on September 13…
Federal Housing Finance Agency to Establish a Federal Advisory Committee on Affordable, Equitable, and Sustainable Housing
The Federal Housing Finance Agency (FHFA) announced on August 23 that it will establish a Federal Advisory Committee on Affordable, Equitable, and Sustainable Housing. The new committee will provide…
NLIHC Invites Nominations for 2023 Housing Leadership Awards
NLIHC is accepting nominations for our 2023 Housing Leadership Awards recipients. Every year, NLIHC celebrates leaders in the fight for affordable housing by honoring three individuals or…
OSAH Campaign Releases New Issue Brief on Impacts of Housing Policies on Criminal Justice Reform
The Opportunity Starts at Home campaign released a new issue brief highlighting the critical role of housing policy in efforts to advance criminal justice reform. The brief, “Criminal Justice Reform…