In an effort to expand tenants’ right to counsel and increase access to legal aid, dozens of cities and states across the country are utilizing coronavirus relief funds to provide legal…
As part of FEMA’s periodic two-year review process, the agency released a new version of the Individual Assistance Program and Policy Guide (IAPPG) on May 26. The IAPPG consolidates policy statements…
HUD’s Office of Multifamily Housing Programs (Multifamily) posted an update to “Addressing Tenant Concerns During the COVID-19 National Emergency” (see Memo, 4/27/20). The three-page brochure reminds…
Negotiations between President Joe Biden and Senator Shelley Moore Capito (R-WV) ended on June 8 with both agreeing that, despite weeks of good-faith effort, the two sides remained too far apart to…
Representatives Pramila Jayapal (D-WA) and Grace Meng (D-NY) on June 8 reintroduced the “Housing is a Human Right Act.” Representative Jayapal joined NLIHC’s national call on June 7 to announce the…
Affordable housing and homelessness advocates in Nevada secured significant victories in the state legislature during the 2021 session. The new state policies address equitable housing access, expand…
A Federal Reserve Bank of Atlanta report, “Special Briefing: Despite CDC Moratorium, Atlanta-Area Eviction Filings Hit Low-Income, Minority Neighborhoods,” examines eviction filings in Atlanta…
A working paper from scholars at the University of Chicago and the U.S. Census Bureau, “Learning about homelessness using linked survey and administrative data,” connects multiple large data sources…
Senators Chris Van Hollen (D-MD) and Todd Young (R-IN) on June 9 reintroduced the “Family Stability and Opportunity Vouchers Act,” which would create an additional 500,000 housing vouchers…
HUD’s Interim Final Rule on Affirmatively Furthering Fair Housing (AFFH) was published in the Federal Register on June 10. The rule will restore the statutory definition of AFFH and some…
Representatives Jan Schakowsky (D-IL), Raúl Grijalva (D-AZ), and Elissa Slotkin (D-MI) reintroduced on June 8 the “Supplemental Security Income (SSI) Restoration Act” (H.R. 3763). If enacted,…
