The U.S. Senate Committee on Banking, Housing, and Urban Affairs held a hearing, “The State of Housing 2023,” on February 9. Witnesses included Christopher Herbert, managing director of Harvard…
PolicyLink released a public comment guide for the proposed Affirmatively Furthering Fair Housing (AFFH) rule that was posted in the Federal Register on February 9. PolicyLink also hosted a webinar…
Results for America, the National Coalition for a Civil Right to Counsel (NCCRC), PolicyLink, and Human Impact Partners have begun accepting applications for Advancing Racial and Health Justice…
Join today’s (February 13) national HoUSed campaign call from 2:30 to 4 pm ET. U.S. House Financial Services Committee Ranking Member Maxine Waters (D-CA) will join the call to provide remarks, and U…
The U.S. House of Representatives passed two pieces of disaster recovery legislation on February 8, both sponsored by Resident Commissioner Jenniffer Gonzalez-Colon (R) of Puerto Rico. The bills,…
Congressional and National Updates
Senators Rick Scott (R-FL) and Senate Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs Committee Chairman Gary Peters have reintroduced a bipartisan bill seeking to…
A recent study evaluating the Right Care, Right Place, Right Time (R3) program finds that collaboration between healthcare providers and affordable housing sites improves health outcomes for seniors…
A new report published by the National Alliance to End Homelessness (NAEH), “Connecting Older Adults to Housing: Examining Disparities,” analyzes the ways older adults (aged 55 and over) exit…
Source: National Alliance to End Homelessness. (2023). Connecting Older Adults to Housing: Examining Disparities. Retrieved from https://endhomelessness.org/resource/connecting-older-adults-to-…
The Michigan legislature approved a $1.1 billion supplemental spending bill that dedicates federal resources to housing and community development programs. Governor Gretchen Whitmer signed the…
NLIHC released on February 9 the winter issue of Tenant Talk, our semi-annual newsletter designed to engage residents in housing advocacy. The new issue, Advancing Tenant Protections: Building Tenant…
In addition to featuring a keynote address by acclaimed author and sociologist Matthew Desmond, NLIHC’s Housing Policy Forum 2023 will celebrate the launch of Desmond’s new book, Poverty, by…
