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Congress
The U.S. House Select Subcommittee on the Coronavirus Crisis released a staff report on July 28 with findings from its year-long investigation into the eviction…
NLIHC joined eight national housing and homelessness organizations in submitting testimony on August 4 to the Georgia State Senate Committee on Unsheltered Homelessness. The testimony opposed two…
NLIHC’s Summer of IDEAS event series concluded on August 4 with a panel discussion moderated by Melissa Harris-Perry about the Pulitzer Prize-winning book Invisible Child: Poverty, Survival and Hope…
The White House and the U.S. Department of the Treasury (Treasury) hosted a virtual summit, “Building Lasting Eviction Prevention Reform,” on August 2. The summit addressed ways to build on the…
The Connecticut Fair Housing Center and CT Data Collaborative released a report, “Exposing Connecticut’s Eviction Crisis: Understanding the Intersection of Race and Sex in Connecticut’s Eviction…
The U.S. Senate Committee on Banking, Housing, and Urban Affairs held a hearing, “‘The Rent Eats First’: How Renters and Communities are Impacted by Today’s Housing Market,” on August 2. The hearing…
Representative Jamaal Bowman (D-NY) unveiled the “Emergency Price Stabilization Act” on August 4. The bill would expand the White House Supply Chains Disruption Task Force to include a new sub-task…
Senate Democrats passed yesterday a reconciliation package that includes roughly $433 billion in new spending over the next 10 years on climate, energy, and health provisions. However, the “Inflation…
On NLIHC’s most recent (August 1) national call for the “HoUSed: Universal, Stable, Affordable Housing” campaign, we provided brief updates from Capitol Hill, learned about NLIHC’s upcoming webinars…
The House released and voted out of committee all 12 of its fiscal year (FY) 2023 spending bills, and the Senate Appropriations Subcommittee on Transportation, Housing and Urban Development, and…
The U.S. Senate Committee on Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs held a markup hearing on August 3 during which 28 bills were unanimously approved. Among these bills was a measure to create a…
