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…
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…
Source: Housing Initiative at Penn, NYU Furman Center, & NLIHC, “Treasury Emergency Rental Assistance Programs in 2021: Analysis of a National Survey,” June 2021.
The following are some of the news stories that NLIHC contributed to during the week of June 20:
“U.S. officials expected to extend eviction moratorium by 30 days as fears about renters mount,”…
HUD’s Office of Public and Indian Housing (PIH) updated its “Eviction Prevention and Stability Toolkit” on June 2. The 10-part toolkit has been updated (see Memo, 7/13/20) with new information and…
The CDC eviction moratorium is set to expire at the end of June. Emergency rental assistance (ERA) program administrators must move quickly to assist tenants whose landlords are resistant to…
Senator Jeff Merkley (D-OR) and Representative Ritchie Torres (D-NY) released on June 16 an updated “Dear Colleague” letter calling for inclusion of bold investments in affordable housing programs in…
Consistent with agency efforts to ensure disaster-affected communities are made stronger and more resilient during the disaster recovery process, FEMA announced on June 10 that owners of homes…
The House of Representatives unanimously passed two bills addressing disaster recovery on June 15. The first bill, the “Preventing Disaster Revictimization Act,” sponsored by Ranking Member Sam…
The Opportunity Starts at Home multi-sector affordable homes campaign recently released a new blog post, “Family Stability and Opportunity Vouchers Act: What It Is and Why It Matters.” The…
