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…
Evanston, Illinois, has expanded the protections the city offers tenants by amending its “Fair Housing Ordinance,” which was adopted with unanimous support by the Evanston City Council on September…
NLIHC seeks a project coordinator for its ERASE (End Rental Arrears to Stop Evictions) project. The ERASE project coordinator will work with the senior director and ERASE team to support the…
The following are some of the news stories to which NLIHC contributed during the week of October 23:
“First look: Federal program tackles post-Ian homelessness” Axios, October 24 at: https://bit.…
NLIHC staff will be speaking at the following events in the coming months:
Housing for All Reception – Washington, DC, November 2 (Kim Johnson)
California Rural Housing Coalition Summit:…
Summary of NLIHC’s 10/24 National HoUSed Campaign Call
NLIHC’s national HoUSed campaign call resumed on October 24. Rasheedah Philips and Jasmine Rangel with PolicyLink joined the call to share an…
NLIHC is maintaining a COVID-19/Housing and Homelessness News and Resource page here.
National Updates
Department of the Treasury
The U.S. Department of the Treasury (Treasury) released the…
In response to years of advocacy by the NLIHC-led Disaster Housing Recovery Coalition (DHRC), HUD announced on October 24 the creation of the Rapid Unsheltered Survivor Housing (RUSH)…
NLIHC’s podcast “The Home Front” focuses on housing policy priorities and elevating the overall conversation about America’s housing crisis, giving listeners an in-depth look into housing advocacy…
