Senator Ron Wyden (D-OR) announced on August 18 the “Decent, Affordable, Safe Housing for All (DASH) Act,” a bill that includes several proposed solutions to the nation’s affordable rental housing…
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…
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The U.S. Conference of Mayors (USCM) hosted a virtual conversation on August 17 on housing and evictions with Biden administration officials. The officials…
In a memo released by the White House on August 17, President Biden announced that the Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA) would continue to cover fully the eligible costs related to…
NLIHC’s End Rental Arrears to Stop Evictions (ERASE) three-part webinar series on ensuring ERA programs are visible, accessible, and preventing evictions concluded on August 11. Recordings are…
Emergency Rental Assistance (ERA) programs are increasingly sharing real-time data to show progress on how much funding has been disbursed, what it is being used for, and who is receiving it. …
Join today’s (August 23) national HoUSed campaign call from 2:30-4 pm ET. This week, Keith Turi, recovery directorate assistant administrator at the Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA), will…
The House of Representatives is slated to return to Washington on August 23 to vote on the budget resolution passed on August 11 in the Senate. If the House passes the resolution, the stage will be…
The U.S. Court of Appeals for the District of Columbia Circuit filed an order on August 20 rejecting an emergency motion by the Alabama Association of Realtors to halt the Biden administration’s new…
The Natural Hazards Center published a new article as part of its “Mitigation Matters” research brief series. “Pre-Disaster Recovery Planning for Public Housing in Salt Lake County, Utah,” a case…
An article in Urban Studies, “The three tenures: A case of property maintenance,” examines differences in the maintenance of owner-occupied homes, rental properties with resident landlords (who…
A recent study conducted by the American Heart Association finds that housing is an important determinant of cardiovascular health and well-being, making the case that housing should be considered in…
