Washington, DC – The Department of Housing and Urban Development (HUD) announced yesterday, the creation of the Rapid Unsheltered Survivor Housing (RUSH) program to help the lowest-income and…
HUD’s New Disaster Housing Recovery Program Fills an Important Gap in Addressing Homelessness
In response to years of advocacy by the NLIHC-led Disaster Housing Recovery Coalition, HUD announced on…
NLIHC invites advocates to join the Coalition on Human Needs’ (CHN) sign-on letter urging Congress to swiftly enact a fiscal year (FY) 2023 budget that provides significantly increased funding for…
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…
NLIHC President and CEO Diane Yentel sent a letter to FEMA Administrator Deanne Criswell expressing concern over the recent rise in the number of applications for Hurricane Fiona assistance in Puerto…
NLIHC joined the Hispanic Federation and the Puerto Rico-based organizations Fundacion Fondo De Acceso a la Justicia, Inc., Taller Salud, and Proyecto Matria in a letter to FEMA and HUD presenting a…
HUD’s Office of Public and Indian Housing (PIH) released last month an updated version of its “Public Housing Agency Disaster Readiness, Response, and Recovery Guidebook.” The guidebook, the last…
Hurricane Ian
FEMA has made individual assistance available to 26 counties in Florida. Residents in Brevard, Charlotte, Collier, DeSoto, Flagler, Glades, Hardee, Hendry, Highlands, Hillsborough,…
Congressional leaders have left Capitol Hill to campaign in their home districts and states and will not return until after the November elections. Even so, Congressional and appropriations staff…
More than 1,200 people came together in-person and online on October 17 for “Emergency Rental Assistance: The Path to a Permanent Program,” a national convening held by NLIHC’s ERASE project at the…
HUD published a fact sheet on October 13 announcing that over 35,000 households have leased their own housing through the $5 billion Emergency Housing Voucher (EHV) program established by the “…
