House Financial Services Committee Chairwoman Maxine Waters (D-CA) sent a letter to President Donald Trump on October 28 condemning his reported plans to forcibly relocate individuals experiencing…
The U.S. Supreme Court rejected a petition to review Martin v. Boise on December 16, upholding the Ninth Circuit Court ruling that people experiencing homelessness cannot be criminally punished for…
Homelessness is one of our country’s most urgent, tragic and solvable crises. We cannot end homelessness, however, by ignoring the evidence about what works. For this reason, NLIHC, the National…
Alaska Governor Mike Dunleavy signed into law Alaska’s fiscal year 2021 (FY21) budget on Monday April 6, prioritizing public safety, education, emergency response, and economic development. Housing…
NLIHC recently released two additional new resources on coronavirus, housing and homelessness: an ongoing list of shelters for people experiencing homelessness that have closed as a result of the…
The Campaign for Housing and Community Development Funding (CHCDF) and Disaster Housing Recovery Coalition (DHRC), two NLIHC-led groups, hosted an April 23 webinar on the implementation of “…
Representatives Lisa Blunt Rochester (D-DE) and Marc Veasey (D-TX) led 40 of their colleagues in drafting an April 22 letter to Treasury Secretary Steven Mnuchin and Internal Revenue…
NLIHC is hosting national calls on “Coronavirus, Homelessness, and Housing” every Monday at 2:30 pm ET. Calls feature leaders from Congress, the administration, state and national partners, local…
More than 2,000 organizers, advocates, reporters, and legislative staff attended the weekly “Coronavirus, Housing, and Homelessness” national call hosted by NLIHC and our Disaster Recovery Housing…
House Democrats released on June 18 the “Moving Forward Act,” a $1.5 trillion infrastructure package. In addition to investing substantially in repairing the nation’s roads and bridges and improving…
The Senate passed by a vote of 50 to 49 the American Rescue Plan Act, a $1.9 trillion coronavirus relief package containing nearly $50 billion in essential housing and homelessness assistance,…
HUD Secretary Marcia Fudge announced on April 8 the allocation of nearly $5 billion in American Rescue Plan (ARP) funds to help communities across the country create affordable housing and services…
