National Updates
Department of the Treasury
The U.S. Department of the Treasury (Treasury) released the reallocation amounts for ERA2 Quarter 1 Reallocation and Designated Voluntary Reallocations…
Hurricane Ian
FEMA has acknowledged that more than 400 disaster survivors in Florida received improper approvals for Critical Needs Assistance payments. Many of those survivors said they were…
NLIHC issued a new report, The National Housing Trust Fund: A Summary of 2018 State Projects, on October 26. Part of NLIHC’s effort to document the impact of the national Housing Trust Fund (HTF),…
On NLIHC’s most recent (October 24) national call for the “HoUSed: Universal, Stable, Affordable Housing” campaign, NLIHC President and CEO Diane Yentel welcomed members back after a brief hiatus,…
NLIHC has released a new fact sheet explaining the need for targeted reforms to the Low-Income Housing Tax Credit (LIHTC) program and a call-to-action tool to help advocates ask their members of…
The U.S. Department of the Treasury (Treasury) recently released additional data on voluntary reallocations from the third round of Emergency Rental Assistance (ERA1) funds; ERA1 reallocation from…
HUD’s Real Estate Assessment Center (REAC) announced 14 “Get Ready” sessions regarding National Standards for the Physical Inspection of Real Estate (NSPIRE). NSPIRE is a new approach to defining and…
The Our Homes, Our Votes: 2022 webinar series features experts with frontline election experience to walk through every step of voter and candidate engagement activities and support housing…
A new study from the Hawai‘i Appleseed Center for Law and Justice, “Eviction Prevention through Hawai‘i’s Tenant-Landlord Mediation Program,” compares tenant outcomes across three tenant-landlord…
The National Consumer Law Center (NCLC) issued a short paper, “Even the Catch-22s Come with Catch-22s: Potential Harms and Drawbacks of Rent Reporting,” detailing how rent reporting can carry…
Urban Institute and The Kelsey released a new report on October 21 highlighting the barriers to housing access faced by people with disabilities. The report, People with Disabilities Living in the US…
Source: U.S. Census Bureau, “2021 American Housing Survey,” https://bit.ly/3rQ1QGZ
Note: The survey asks respondents, “For how many of the last 3 months [were you] unable to pay all or part of the…
