Representatives Pramila Jayapal (D-WA) and Grace Meng (D-NY) reintroduced the “Housing is a Human Right Act” (H.R.1708) on March 22. If enacted, the NLIHC-endorsed bill would invest more than $300…
The U.S. Interagency Council Homelessness (USICH) hosted in March its first council meeting since releasing All In: The Federal Strategic Plan to Prevent and End on Homelessness. Representatives from…
NLIHC has long offered tenant sessions to provide learning and networking opportunities for low-income tenants prior to the start of its larger Housing Policy Forum. This year, the pre-Forum Tenant…
NLIHC held a convening of its state and tribal partners in Washington, D.C., on March 20. More than 50 people representing 35 of NLIHC’s partner organizations, along with many NLIHC staff and board…
NLIHC hosted its first hybrid Capitol Hill Day on March 23, enabling advocates from around the country to push their members of Congress to advance essential affordable housing legislation. Held on…
The U.S. Department of Veterans’ Affairs (VA) announced its 2023 goals for preventing and ending veteran homelessness on March 15. In 2023, the VA will aim to move at least 38,000 veterans…
More than 10,000 people registered for the Homelessness and Housing First webinar hosted by NLIHC, the National Alliance to End Homelessness (NAEH), and the Center on Budget and Policy Priorities (…
Republicans in the U.S. House of Representatives who have threatened to use negotiations over raising the debt ceiling to secure major funding concessions in fiscal year (FY) 2024 are struggling to…
Representative Rosa DeLauro (D-CT), ranking member of the U.S. House of Representatives’ Committee on Appropriations, sent letters to federal agencies on January 19 requesting information about how…
NLIHC will host the next session of “Tenant Talk Live” – a webinar with and for tenant and resident leaders – today, April 3, at 6 pm ET. During our annual Housing Policy Forum, held on March 20-23…
The U.S. Department of the Treasury (Treasury) released emergency rental assistance (ERA) spending and demographic data through December 2022. Since January 2021, over $22.7 billion of ERA1 has been…
The Idaho state legislature passed a bipartisan bill, SB 1039, that will require any fees imposed on tenants to be reasonable and that will create greater transparency about fees. In addition to…
