HUD published the new final National Standards for Physical Inspection of Real Estate (NSPIRE) physical inspection Standards notice in the Federal Register on June 22, including a link to 295 pages…
In the first Senate appropriations markup in two years, the Senate Appropriations Committee approved on June 22 topline funding allocations – known as 302(b) numbers – for all 12 fiscal year (FY)…
The following are some of the news stories that NLIHC contributed to during the week of June 18:
“Eviction filings soar above pre-pandemic levels in some cities” The Hill, June 21 at: https://bit.…
Representative Maxine Waters (D-CA), Ranking Member of the House Financial Services Committee, reintroduced a legislative housing package on June 21 to tackle the affordable housing crisis, end…
Senator Mazie Hirono (D-HI) and Representative Pramila Jayapal (D-WA) introduced the “Lifting Immigrant Families Through Benefits Access Restoration (LIFT the BAR) Act” on June 15 with 11 Senate…
Representatives Dwight Evans (D-PA) and Brian Fitzpatrick (R-PA) introduced the “Visitable Inclusive Tax Credits for Accessible Living (VITAL) Act” (H.R.3963), a companion bill to Senator Bob Casey’s…
NLIHC and its Disaster Housing Recovery Coalition (DHRC) of more than 850 local, state, and national organizations support the bipartisan “Reforming Disaster Recovery Act” that would formally…
NLIHC, the New Jersey Resource Project, and nine other New Jersey-based organizations sent a follow-up letter to the Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA) on June 19 requesting the agency…
NLIHC wrapped up its first Racial Equity Cohort on June 20 after ten months of meetings, trainings, and workshops held with housing advocates from across the country. The Racial Equity Cohort was a…
The Illinois 2023 General Assembly session wrapped at the end of May, with several housing policy wins, including historic investments in preventing and ending homelessness, increased American Rescue…
