NLIHC President and CEO Diane Yentel sent a letter to FEMA Administrator Deanne Criswell thanking her for recent changes making disaster assistance easier to access and requesting a meeting on…
HUD’s Office of Public and Indian Housing (PIH) published a Federal Register notice on September 27 setting forth policies and procedures for administering the HUD-Veterans Affairs Supportive Housing…
HUD’s Office of Affordable Housing Programs (OAHP) issued a memorandum on September 27 revising and extending six coronavirus-related waivers for the HOME Investment Partnerships (HOME) program. The…
NLIHC submitted on September 27 a statement for the record for the September 28 congressional hearing, “Access Denied: Eliminating Barriers and Increasing Economic Opportunity for Justice-Involved…
HUD published a Federal Register notice on September 28 announcing the extension of the National Standards for the Physical Inspection of Real Estate and Associated Protocols (NSPIRE) to April 30,…
HUD’s Office of Public and Indian Housing (PIH) posted a fifth update to its frequently asked questions (FAQs) about the Emergency Housing Voucher (EHV) program created by the “American Rescue Plan…
The Opportunity Starts at Home multi-sector affordable homes campaign released an updated national policy agenda to reflect racial equity more strongly within the campaign’s policy priorities. The…
An article in American Sociological Review, “Racial Discrimination in Housing: How Landlords Use Algorithms and Home Visits to Screen Tenants,” explores how racial discrimination affects landlord…
In the aftermath of Hurricane Ida, Entergy New Orleans, the local power company, failed to restore power to more than 80% of residents within the first week after the storm. The power…
Chrishelle Palay, NLIHC board member and director of the Houston Organizing Movement for Equity (HOME) Coalition, will co-host “But Next Time,” a limited-series podcast airing next month. The series…
NLIHC released the fall 2021 issue of Tenant Talk on September 30. The semi-annual newsletter aims to engage residents in housing advocacy and to highlight innovative approaches and recent housing…
Representatives Rosa DeLauro (D-CT) and Jake Auchincloss (D-MA) on September 24 introduced the “We Need Eviction Data Now Act,” which would create a federal database to track evictions across the…
