NLIHC submitted comments on behalf of its Disaster Housing Recovery Coalition (DHRC) on July 25 regarding a recent request by FEMA for information regarding the Community Disaster Resilience Zone (…
HUD announced on July 27 that it will undertake a series of new actions to protect tenants. The White House signaled its support for these actions in a fact sheet while also proposing three…
The Government Accountability Office (GAO) released a report, HUD Rental Assistance: Enhanced Data and Strategy Could Improve Oversight of Accessibility Requirements (GAO-23-105083), on July 20. GAO…
Richard Monocchio, principal deputy assistant secretary for HUD’s Office of Public and Indian Housing (PIH), sent an email to public housing agency (PHA) executive directors reminding them that the…
NLIHC submitted comments in response to an Advance Notice of Proposed Rulemaking (ANPRM) regarding updating the Section 504 regulations pertaining to nondiscrimination on the basis of disability. HUD…
NLIHC will host the next session of “Tenant Talk Live” – a webinar geared towards tenant and resident leaders – next Monday, August 7, at 6 pm ET. The webinar will focus on Section 3, a statute that…
Florida Governor Ron DeSantis last month signed into law HB 1417, a controversial piece of legislation preempting local tenant protection ordinances throughout Florida. The preemption regulation…
NLIHC will release on August 17 the summer edition of Tenant Talk, our biannual newsletter engaging tenants, residents, and other low-income people in housing advocacy. Tenant Talk: Taking Pride into…
The National Alliance to End Homelessness (NAEH) recently released an article exploring how climate change impacts homelessness. The article shows that climate change deeply impacts people with the…
A study published by Social Service Review, “A Little Bit of a Security Blanket”: Renter Experiences with COVID-19-Era Eviction Moratoriums, explores personal experiences with COVID-19-era eviction…
The following are some of the news stories to which NLIHC contributed during the week of July 23:
“White House rolls out measures aimed at lowering cost of housing, increasing supply” AP, July 27…
