NLIHC updated the Emergency Rental Assistance (ERA) Dashboard “Spending Tracker” to include spending progress for both the first and second rounds of ERA. ERA1 includes $25 billion for emergency…
NLIHC President and CEO Diane Yentel testified at a hearing of the U.S. Commission on Civil Rights to discuss the federal government’s response to Hurricane Maria in Puerto Rico. The hearing, held in…
National Updates
Department of Housing and Urban Development (HUD)
HUD announced on December 7 more than $52 million in Indian Community Block Grant - American Rescue Plan (ICDBG-ARP) grants to 49…
The Senate Banking Committee will hold a hearing on Wednesday, December 15 on permanently authorizing HUD’s Community Development Block Grant – Disaster Recovery Program (CDBG-DR), the only source of…
NLIHC, Ayuda Legal Puerto Rico, the National Consumer Law Center, and over 40 other civil rights organizations sent a letter to Consumer Financial Protection Bureau (CFPB) Director Rohit Chopra…
An article published in Social Forces, “Hard Times: Routine Schedule Unpredictability and Material Hardship among Service Sector Workers,” examines the association between unpredictability in…
A new study from the American Bar Foundation, “The Impact of COVID-19 on Small Rental Property Management: Insights from a Chicago Case Study,” examines small-scale landlords’ business practices and…
The Opportunity Starts at Home multi-sector affordable homes campaign released a new issue brief and interview on the affordable housing needs for veterans. The issue brief and interview further make…
Source: Emergency Rental Assistance Program Monthly Compliance Report: October 1-31, 2021, U.S. Department of the Treasury
Note: ERA2 spending data for April through June are reported under June
NLIHC will host an orientation for new NLIHC organizational and individual members on Thursday, January 13, 2022 at 3 pm ET. While the event is geared towards new members and new staff at NLIHC…
NLIHC encourages affordable housing advocates to submit applications or nominations for the 2022 Annual Organizing Awards. Two awards will be granted for organizations or campaigns that organized to…
