NLIHC President and CEO Diane Yentel will testify at a House Select Subcommittee on the Coronavirus hearing, “Oversight of Pandemic Evictions: Assessing Abuses by Corporate Landlords and Federal…
Representative James Clyburn (D-SC), chair of the Select Subcommittee on the Coronavirus Crisis, sent letters on July 19 to corporate landlords Invitation Homes, Pretium Partners, Ventron Management…
A new NLIHC report, Direct-to-Tenant Payment Implementation: Increasing Flexibility and Equity in Emergency Rental Assistance Programs, outlines why direct-to-tenant payments are needed in emergency…
The NLIHC-led Campaign for Housing and Community Development (CHCDF) sent a letter on July 23 to congressional leadership and appropriators urging Congress to enact the highest possible funding for…
The Center for Public Health Law Research at Temple University and the Legal Services Corporation (LSC) have released the LSC Eviction Laws Database, an online interactive tool that allows users to…
Vermont’s recent legislative session included both wins and setbacks for housing advocates. Vermont advocates secured historic levels of funding for affordable housing in the state’s FY22 budget, but…
The Maine Legislature on June 10 passed key legislation and allocated American Rescue Plan Act (ARPA) funding for affordable housing. The legislation will create a commission to address zoning and…
The National Housing Law Project (NHLP) held a webinar on July 14 informing advocates about how they can protect low-income residents of private housing that has Rural Development (RD) Section 515…
The National Alliance to End Homelessness (NAEH) is hosting a webinar on July 28 at 1:30 pm ET on coordinating services for emergency housing voucher (EHV) recipients.
The 70,000 EHVs allocated in…
In a recent National Catholic Reporter article, Catholic Charities calls on the federal government to ensure families are stably housing throughout the pandemic. The organization has 164 member…
HUD’s Office of Community Planning and Development (CPD) will hold a two-day virtual conference to discuss how jurisdictions can use supplemental funds made available by the CARES Act. The act…
HUD’s Office of Community Planning and Development (CPD) issued Notice CPD-21-08 reestablishing waivers of Emergency Solutions Grants (ESG) requirements implementing the $3.96 billion supplemental…
