NLIHC is delighted to welcome Jenna Parker to the field team as an intern for the spring and summer of 2022. Jenna is a graduate student at the University of Maryland, where she is pursuing a master…
“$15 minimum wage opposition ‘doesn’t make any sense to me’ Labor Secretary Walsh says” Yahoo Finance, January 16, at: https://yhoo.it/3KpAz6m
“New FEMA program would place homeless disaster…
A descriptive analysis of more than 130 new state and local policies related to tenant protections and emergency rental assistance during and after the COVID-19 pandemic
WASHINGTON, DC– The…
Memo: House Committee Hearings this Week, NLIHC to Testify; Appropriators Continue Negotiations on FY22 Spending Deal, Significant Housing Funding Possible; & More
The House Financial Services Subcommittee on Oversight and Investigations will hold a hearing on January 19 at 10 am ET titled “Ensuring Equitable Delivery of Disaster Benefits to Vulnerable…
Congressional appropriators in the House and Senate announced progress towards reaching a deal on a federal spending package for fiscal year (FY) 2022. The announcement came after a January 13…
Join today’s (January 18) national HoUSed campaign call from 2:30-4 pm ET. We will discuss the latest developments, negotiations and critical discussions happening on Capitol Hill around the “Build…
On our most recent (January 10) national call on “HoUSed: Universal, Stable, and Affordable Housing,” we were joined by House Majority Whip James Clyburn (D-SC), who discussed the vital affordable…
The National Housing Law Project (NHLP) published two newsletters (here and here) on addressing the housing rights and needs of survivors of violence during the COVID-19 pandemic.
The first…
The HUD Office of the Inspector General (OIG) released an audit report detailing issues in distributing HUD Community Development Block Grant–Disaster Recovery (CDBG-DR) funds in Houston as the city…
HUD allocated over $85 million in Community Development Block Grant-Disaster Recovery (CDBG-DR) funds and over $186 million in Community Development Block Grant-Mitigation (CDBG-MIT) funds on January…
National Updates
Biden Administration
The Biden administration announced on January 7 a state-by-state breakdown of funding for the Low Income Home Energy Assistance Program (LIHEAP). The…
