NLIHC joined other national organizations on a letter calling on the Department of Treasury to allow emergency rental assistance (ERA) grantees to establish a rental assistance standard for rehousing…
New research from NLIHC, the Housing Initiative at Penn (HIP), and the NYU Furman Center for Real Estate and Urban Policy provides an initial analysis of key program-design features of the Department…
The U.S. Department of the Treasury released on June 24 an updated frequently asked questions (FAQs) and fact sheet to support rapid deployment of emergency rental assistance (ERA) and prevent…
During the most recent national call on “HoUSed: Universal, Stable, Affordable Housing,” we heard from HUD Senior Advisor Richard Cho about updates on homelessness and housing resources from the…
Join today’s (June 28) national HoUSed campaign call from 2:30-4 pm ET. We will be joined by senior officials from the Biden administration, including Gene Sperling, senior advisor to President Biden…
The White House announced on June 24 that it has reached an agreement with a bipartisan group of senators on an infrastructure package that could pass with bipartisan support. The deal does not…
Representatives Ayanna Pressley (D-MA), Jimmy Gomez (D-CA), and Cori Bush (D-MO) led 45 of their House colleagues in a June 22 letter calling on the Biden administration and Director of the Centers…
The Biden administration announced on June 25 that it will extend through July 31 the federal eviction moratorium issued by the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC), and it will implement…
Senator Jeff Merkley (D-OR) and Representative Ritchie Torres (D-NY) are circulating a “Dear Colleague” letter urging congressional leaders to include the HoUSed campaign’s top priorities in any…
The House Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure’s Subcommittee on Economic Development, Public Buildings, and Emergency Management hosted FEMA Administrator Deanne Criswell for the first…
Source: Housing Initiative at Penn, NYU Furman Center, & NLIHC, “Treasury Emergency Rental Assistance Programs in 2021: Analysis of a National Survey,” June 2021.
Senators Michael Bennet (D-CO) and Rob Portman (R-OH), along with Sherrod Brown (D-OH) and Todd Young (R-IN), reintroduced the “Eviction Crisis Act” on June 24. The bill would create new tools…
