The U.S. Department of the Treasury (Treasury) issued guidance and a fact sheet on March 30 addressing the reallocation of the $21.5 billion in emergency rental assistance appropriated under the “…
Our Homes, Our Votes is NLIHC’s nonpartisan campaign to increase voter participation among low-income renters and to educate candidates about housing solutions. The Our Homes, Our Votes: 2022 webinar…
Register to attend NLIHC’s Virtual Housing Leadership Awards Celebration, which will honor Ann O’Hara, the Congressional Progressive Caucus, and Representative Ritchie Torres (D-NY). The event will…
In our most recent (March 28) national call for the “HoUSed: Universal, Stable, and Affordable Housing” campaign, we discussed President Biden’s budget request for fiscal year (FY) 2023 and its…
NLIHC President and CEO Diane Yentel sent a letter on behalf of the NLIHC-led Disaster Housing Recovery Coalition (DHRC) to FEMA Administrator Deanne Criswell on May 31 calling on the agency to waive…
The U.S. Senate Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs Committee unanimously approved the “Community Disaster Mitigation Zones Act” on March 30. Introduced by Committee Chairman Gary Peters (D-MI…
National Updates
Department of the Treasury
The U.S. Department of the Treasury (Treasury) released new data on reallocations of the initial appropriation of emergency rental assistance (ERA1). The…
Department of Housing and Urban Development (HUD)
HUD announced on March 22 the allocation of nearly $3 billion in Community Development Block Grant-Disaster Recovery (CDBG-DR) funds to help…
The U.S. Senate Committee on Banking, Housing, and Urban Affairs held a hearing, “Affordability and Accessibility: Addressing the Housing Needs of America’s Seniors,” on March 31. Witnesses included…
The National Urban League and the National Partnership for Women and Families have released a new issue brief exploring how racial, socioeconomic, and gender-specific inequities impact women’s access…
HUD released its strategic plan for fiscal years (FYs) 2022-2026 on March 28, outlining the department’s objectives for the next four years as well as its strategies for assessing and achieving those…
A journal article published in Housing Policy Debate, “‘The Rent Eats First’: Rental Housing Unaffordability in the United States,” examines renter cost-burdens using a residual-income approach,…
