HUD’s Office of Community Planning and Development (CPD) issued a memorandum on December 20 updating some waivers previously available by an earlier memorandum (see Memo, 7/12/21) for the Continuum…
The United States Interagency Council on Homelessness (USICH) released on December 20 guidance for communities on using resources from the American Rescue Plan Act (ARPA) to address homelessness. The…
NLIHC’s Virtual Housing Policy Forum 2022: Achieving Housing Justice, taking place March 22-23, 2022, 12:30-5:30 pm ET on March 22 and 1-5:30 pm ET on March 23, will feature a variety of interactive…
NLIHC hosted a January 6 conversation between NLIHC’s End Rental Arrears to Stop Evictions (ERASE) state and local partners cohort and key federal government officials. The aims of the convening were…
Advocates have two major opportunities in 2022 to advance the HoUSed campaign’s bold agenda of advancing anti-racist policies and achieving the large-scale, sustained investments and reforms…
Join today’s (January 10) national HoUSed campaign call from 2:30-4 pm ET. We will be joined by House Majority Whip Jim Clyburn (D-SC) to discuss the necessity of including historic housing…
In a report to Congress, HUD’s Office of Policy Development and Research outlined the feasibility of a national evictions database, including the need for such a database, potential challenges, and…
The U.S. Department of the Treasury published on January 6 a final rule on the Coronavirus State and Local Fiscal Recovery Funds (SLFRF) program established under the “American Rescue Plan Act” and…
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Rob Moore from the Natural Resources Defense Council (NRDC) joined the DHRC Disaster Recovery Working Group on January 4 to discuss FEMA’s Request for Information on its proposed changes to…
A new study by Kirk McClure and Alex Schwartz explores mobility in the Housing Choice Voucher (HCV) program, with a special focus on Latino households. The study, “Movement Toward High Opportunity…
NLIHC welcomes Gabrielle Ross to the field team as housing advocacy organizer. Prior to joining NLIHC, Gabby was a housing stability specialist for a property management company in Washington, DC,…
The following are some of the news stories that NLIHC contributed to during the week of January 2:
“Goodbye, rent assistance,” Forbes, January 6 at: https://bit.ly/3n70VjE
“Several states have…
