NLIHC released a new report, Implementing Fact-Specific Proxy in ERA Programs: Key Considerations and Lessons Learned, on February 17. The report examines the use of fact-specific proxies in U.S.…
The U.S. House Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure’s Subcommittee on Economic Development, Public Buildings, and Emergency Management held a hearing, “FEMA Priorities for 2022: Stakeholder…
The U.S. Department of Homeland Security’s (DHS) Office of the Inspector General (OIG) released a report on February 4 detailing the need for FEMA to learn from its attempts to implement the…
Reporting
The Associated Press has reported that a growing number of landlords are accepting federal emergency rental assistance (ERA) to cover back rent while still moving to evict tenants. The…
FEMA
NLIHC is circulating a sign-on letter to congressional leadership in support of the “Housing Survivors of Major Disasters Act” (H.R. 3037). If enacted, this legislation would codify and expand…
The National Housing Law Project (NHLP) and the Poverty & Race Research Action Council (PRRAC) issued a policy brief urging HUD to create a right to organize for residents with Housing Choice…
HUD’s Office of Recapitalization (Recap) posted an additional seven fact sheets addressing the Rental Assistance Demonstration (RAD) and designed for public housing residents. The new fact sheets…
The U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services (USCIS), a division of the Department of Homeland Security (DHS), posted on February 19 an advance version of a Notice of Proposed Rulemaking (NPRM) that…
A recent study links growing segregation between low-income Latino families and middle-class white families to a widening achievement gap. The study investigates whether the rising number of Latino…
A report published by Housing Policy Debate, “Multidimensional Discrimination in the Online Rental Housing Market: Implications for Families with Young Children,” uses an intersectional approach to…
NLIHC seeks a development coordinator who will have prime responsibility for a portfolio of development/fundraising activities for the Coalition. The activities, along with those of a second…
The following are some of the news stories that NLIHC contributed to during the week of February 13:
“Housing crisis: Some lawmakers want rent control, others argue it's not the right solution”…
