The U.S. House Committee on Financial Services approved two bills addressing homelessness on May 18: the “Flexibility in Addressing Rural Homelessness Act” (H.R. 7196) and the “Coordinating Substance…
NLIHC and the Disaster Law Project (DLP) submitted recommendations to the United Nations Committee on the Elimination of Racial Discrimination on May 20 regarding disaster recovery policies the…
Memo: NLIHC Joins White House Panel on Advancing Equity through the American Rescue Plan; Reconciliation and Appropriations Negotiations Ongoing; and More!
NLIHC President and CEO Diane Yentel joined a panel discussion at the White House on May 25 for an event celebrating the release of a new report by the Biden administration, “Advancing Equity through…
NLIHC released on May 26 a new research brief, Balancing Act: An Analysis of Remaining Emergency Rental Assistance Funds, Reallocation, and Outstanding Need. The brief analyzes emergency rental…
Congress has recessed for Memorial Day until June 6, but before leaving the Capitol, Senate Democrats reported progress on reaching a potential outline for a revived reconciliation package. Senate…
The U.S. House Committee on Appropriations’ Subcommittee on Homeland Security held a hearing on May 25 regarding FEMA’s fiscal year (FY) 2023 budget proposal. The budget proposal requests nearly $29.…
HUD has published an allocation notice for the March 2022 distribution of long-term recovery funds for 2020 and 2021 disasters. The notice, published in the Federal Register, details the requirements…
The National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA) announced its forecast for the 2022 Atlantic Hurricane Season on May 24. The forecast predicts above-average hurricane activity, which would…
National Updates
U.S. Department of the Treasury
The U.S. Department of the Treasury (Treasury) updated its ERA Portal on May 20 to allow grantees to directly input their requests for reallocated…
FEMA
An audit by the U.S. Department of Homeland Security’s Office of the Inspector General found that FEMA did not collect information necessary for the accurate review of erroneous distributions…
