Senate Republicans released on April 23 a $568 billion infrastructure proposal in response to President Biden’s $2 trillion “American Jobs Plan.” The Republican plan would provide funding to repair…
Senator Elizabeth Warren (D-MA) and Representative Emanuel Cleaver (D-MO) reintroduced the “American Housing and Economic Mobility Act” to help address the underlying causes of America’s housing…
HUD announced on April 19 the release of a final $2 billion in Community Development Block Grant – Mitigation (CDBG-MIT) funding approved for Puerto Rico almost two years ago. The majority of the…
Representatives Ilhan Omar (D-MN) and Carolyn Maloney (D-NY) introduced on April 23 the “Affordable Housing Preservation Act” to create a demonstration program to fund the creation of community-owned…
NLIHC Resources
FEMA Non-Congregate Sheltering During the COVID-19 Pandemic – April 2021
Overview of the Federal Eviction Moratorium – Updated April 2021
Federal Eviction Moratorium: FAQ for…
The Campaign for Housing and Community Development Funding (CHCDF) sent on April 22 a letter signed by over 830 national, state, and local organizations to congressional appropriators requesting the…
HUD Secretary Marcia Fudge, Transportation Secretary Pete Buttigieg, Environmental Protection Agency Administrator Michael Regan, and Commerce Secretary Gina Raimondo, testified on April 20 before…
Senator Bernie Sanders (I-VT) and Representative Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez (D-NY) reintroduced on April 19 the “Green New Deal for Public Housing Act,” which would create new HUD grant programs to…
The NLIHC-led Disaster Housing Recovery Coalition convenes and supports disaster-impacted communities to ensure that federal disaster recovery efforts reach all impacted households, including the…
HUD’s Office of Community Planning and Development (CPD) posted a notice in the Federal Register on April 26 inviting public comment about the January 30, 2015 Interim Final Rule implementing the…
New research published in Housing Policy Debate examines the effect of supply-side subsidized housing programs on eviction filings. The paper, “Sheltered from Eviction? A Framework for Understanding…
The Urban Institute has released results from the December 2020 Well-Being and Basic Needs Survey. The report, “Average Decline in Material Hardship during the Pandemic Conceals Unequal Circumstances…
