The White House announced steps to expand the affordable housing supply by 100,000 units for homeowners and renters over the next three years. These steps will create, preserve, and sell units to…
The Opportunity Starts at Home multi-sector affordable homes campaign sent a letter on August 31 to congressional leaders urging them to: 1) expand rental assistance by $180 billion; 2) invest $70…
HUD’s Office of Community Planning and Development (CPD) issued Notice CPD-21-09 regarding the new Section 3 regulations, providing guidance for local and state governments (“grantees”) that receive…
The Joint Center for Housing Studies has released “How are Landlords Faring During the COVID-19 Pandemic? Evidence from a National Cross-Site Survey,” which summarizes a survey of landlords conducted…
The Massachusetts legislature finalized the fiscal year 2022 (FY22) state budget on July 29, overriding Governor Charlie Baker’s veto of $4.7 million for the Residential Assistance for Families in…
Our thoughts are with everyone impacted by Hurricane Ida, which slammed into the Southeast Louisiana coast as a major Category 4 hurricane on August 29, causing catastrophic damage sixteen years to…
Join NLIHC’s next Tenant Talk Live webinar on Monday, September 13 at 6 pm ET (5 pm CT, 4 pm MT, 3 pm PT). We will discuss resources available for tenants who are interested in becoming…
NLIHC, in partnership with the Public and Affordable Housing Research Corporation (PAHRC), hosted an August 25 webinar titled “Assessing Vulnerability to Disaster in the Federally Assisted Housing…
NLIHC is pleased to welcome Brenna Olson as our fall 2021 policy intern! Brenna is a senior at American University (AU) pursuing her bachelor’s in communications, legal institutions, economics, and…
National Updates
Congress
Representatives Ayanna Pressley (D-MA), Cori Bush (D-MO), Jimmy Gomez (D-CA), and Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez (D-NY) led over 60 of their House colleagues in writing to…
During our most recent (August 30) national call on “HoUSed: Universal, Stable, Affordable Housing,” House Speaker Nancy Pelosi (D-CA) spoke about Congress’s short- and long-term efforts to expand…
NLIHC and the HoUSed and Opportunity Starts at Home campaigns are hosting a congressional briefing on September 9 at 3 pm ET titled “Housing is Infrastructure: What the Latest Research Tells Us About…
