National Updates
Department of Housing and Urban Development (HUD)
HUD’s Office of Public and Indian Housing updated its Eviction Prevention and Stability Toolkit on June 2 to reflect the latest…
HUD’s Office of Public and Indian Housing (PIH) has posted frequently asked questions (FAQs) about the Emergency Housing Voucher (EHV) program created by the American Rescue Plan Act (ARPA). Public…
During the most recent national “HoUSed: Universal, Stable, and Affordable Housing” call, Representative Pramila Jayapal (D-WA) discussed the continued push for affordable housing investments in the…
Join today’s (June 14) national HoUSed campaign call from 2:30-4 pm ET. Senator Chris Van Hollen (D-MD) will join the call to discuss the reintroduction of the bipartisan “Family Stability and…
Washington, DC – NLIHC is urging the Biden administration to prevent a historic wave of evictions this summer by extending, strengthening and enforcing the federal eviction moratorium and by…
The Federal Housing Finance Agency (FHFA) announced on June 3 that Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac (the Enterprises) will continue to offer coronavirus forbearance to multifamily property owners with…
Senators Brian Schatz (D-HI) and Bill Cassidy (R-LA) announced the reintroduction of the “Disaster Learning and Lifesaving Act” in the Senate on May 27. The bill was also introduced in the House of…
The American Rescue Plan Act (ARPA) allocated $350 billion in Coronavirus State and Local Fiscal Recovery Funds (Fiscal Recovery Funds) to help states, counties, cities, and tribal governments…
President Joe Biden met last week with Senator Shelly Moore-Capito (R-WV) to continue bipartisan negotiations over the “American Jobs Plan,” the president’s $2.3 trillion infrastructure plan that…
The U.S. Court of Appeals for the District of Columbia ruled on June 2 that it would continue to stay a lower court ruling seeking to overturn the CDC eviction moratorium. This latest ruling leaves…
NLIHC is pleased to welcome Sidney Betancourt as a housing advocacy organizer. Sidney will work with the NLIHC field team to expand NLIHC membership and engage advocates on federal policy priorities…
Memo: New Bills to Expand Rental Assistance and Make Housing a Human Right; Updates on ERA, Eviction Moratorium, Negotiations on Infrastructure Package; & More