Governor Bill Lee of Tennessee announced that $400 million of federal COVID-19 relief funds will be used to provide home- and community-based services (HCBS) to individuals with disabilities and…
An article published by the Urban Institute, “The Rise of Market-Reliant Affordable Housing Tools,” examines the changing use of three local-level affordable housing tools: housing trust funds,…
Senators Susan Collins (R-ME) and Joe Manchin’s (D-WV) bipartisan resolution designating November as Homeless Children and Youth Awareness Month passed the Senate on November 16 with unanimous…
The House of Representatives voted on November 19 to approve the “Build Back Better Act” by a near party-line vote of 220-213. The $1.75 trillion economic recovery package includes more than $150…
National Updates
Department of Housing and Urban Development (HUD)
HUD on November 10 announced $74 million in Indian Community Block Grant – American Rescue Plan (ICDBG-ARP) grants to 68 Tribal…
While many Emergency Rental Assistance (ERA) programs funded by the U.S. Department of the Treasury continue to distribute funds slowly, others have received enough applications to allocate all funds…
Source: Urban Institute. (2021). The Rise of Market-Reliant Affordable Housing Tools: Findings from the National Longitudinal Land Use Survey. Washington, DC: Author. Retrieved from https://urbn.is…
Children’s HealthWatch recently released a new research article that explores the connection between housing and child poverty. The article reviews how historical housing policies are linked to child…
At our most recent (November 15) national call on “HoUSed: Universal, Stable, and Affordable Housing,” we discussed advocacy efforts to prevent evictions in HUD housing, provided updates on the “…
Join today’s (November 22) national HoUSed campaign call from 2:30-4 pm ET. We will discuss the latest developments on the “Build Back Better Act,” its historic affordable housing investments, and…
Advocacy
Chrishelle Palay, NLIHC board member and director of the Houston Organizing Movement for Equity (HOME) Coalition, joined last week’s Disaster Housing Recovery Coalition (DHRC) Disaster…
The Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA) held a day-long Civil Rights Summit, “CR Summit 2.0,” on November 17. The summit, hosted by FEMA’s Office of Equal Rights (OER), included updates from…
