New York’s fiscal year (FY) 2024 budget passed on May 3, more than one month late, due in part to prolonged negotiations between the governor and legislature over a new housing production plan.…
NLIHC is currently recruiting members for the 2023-2024 Tenant Leader Cohort. The Cohort is a group of tenant advocates and community leaders with lived experience of housing insecurity who work…
Join Monday’s (May 22) national HoUSed campaign call from 2:30 to 4:00 pm ET. We will be joined by Siobhan Kelly, associate director of the Office of Multifamily Analytics and Policy at the Federal…
Advocates showed up strong for NLIHC’s “Spring into Action” campaign between May 8-19, engaging their members of Congress about the importance of funding vital housing and homelessness programs. The…
Negotiations between the White House and proxies for House Speaker Kevin McCarthy (R-CA) stretched into the weekend, as both sides sought to reach an agreement to raise the nation’s debt ceiling.…
Congressional and National Updates
A University of Southern California blog profiled NLIHC Board Member and founding member of the DHRC Chrishelle Palay’s journey to working in disaster recovery.…
The Government Accountability Office (GAO) released a report on May 16 about disaster assistance for individuals who experience homelessness during a disaster. GAO recommended better coordination…
NLIHC president and CEO Diane Yentel and Ariadna Michelle Godreau Aubert, executive director of Ayuda Legal Puerto Rico, sent a pair of letters on May 18 to officials at FEMA and the Puerto Rico…
The U.S. House Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure’s Subcommittee on Economic Development, Public Buildings, and Emergency Management held a hearing on May 17 entitled “The Impacts of FEMA…
"Reforming Disaster Recovery Act” was introduced in the Senate on May 18 by Senators Brian Schatz (D-HI) and Susan Collins (R-ME), along with bipartisan sponsorship from 12 additional senators. The…
In a Federal Register notice published on May 18, HUD announced the allocation of $2 billion in long-term disaster recovery funds to states, territories, and local governments impacted by major…
More than 11,000 people registered for the Homelessness and Housing First webinar on May 15 hosted by NLIHC, the National Alliance to End Homelessness (NAEH), and the Center on Budget and Policy…
