Interview with Mindy Woods, Resident Action Project
Tell us a little bit about yourself and what brought you to housing work.
I am a Desert Storm veteran and single mother. Eleven years ago, our…
Washington, D.C. – National members of the National Coalition for Housing Justice (NCHJ) call on the Biden-Harris administration and Bowser administration to immediately halt plans to forcibly remove…
President Biden delivered the State of the Union address before a joint session of the U.S. House of Representatives and Senate on February 7. President Biden called for increased investments in…
The Bipartisan Policy Center (BPC) released a legislative brief, “Housing Supply and the Drivers of Homelessness,” on February 7. The brief supports key NLIHC-endorsed housing policies, including…
The National Coalition for Housing Justice (NCHJ) sent a letter to the Biden administration and the National Park Service (NPS) on February 6 urging the administration to immediately halt efforts to…
U.S. House of Representatives’ Committee on the Budget Chair Jodey Arrington (R-TX) released a list of potential federal spending cuts, totaling almost $1.3 trillion, on January 8. The list was…
Medicaid’s “continuous coverage” requirement, which prevents states from disenrolling anyone from Medicaid even if their income or household size has changed, will end on March 31.
Created in the…
The formal, Federal Register version of the proposed rule to implement the “Fair Housing Act of 1968” obligation to Affirmatively Further Fair Housing (AFFH) was published on February 9. NLIHC has…
HUD released a resource for tribal communities and organizations that are new to the Continuum of Care (CoC) program. The resource, “CoC Program Resources for Tribal Communities,” is intended to…
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…
