The Opportunity Starts at Home multi-sector affordable homes campaign hosted a congressional briefing on September 18 featuring three of its Steering Committee members: Children’s HealthWatch,…
HUD’s Office of Affordable Housing Programs (OAHP) issued a Memorandum extending to November 30, 2020 the deadline for local governments to qualify or requalify as an urban county or consortium of…
NLIHC President and CEO Diane Yentel testified on September 16 before the Washington State House Civil Rights and Judiciary Committee on the COVID-19 housing crisis. Yentel discussed national and…
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Advocacy
The NLIHC-led Disaster Housing Recovery Coalition continues to advocate a broad array of resources and protections, including emergency rental assistance and…
Earlier this summer, the Opportunity Starts at Home multisector affordable homes campaign commissioned a national public opinion poll which revealed that majorities of Republicans and…
NLIHC’s Our Homes, Our Votes 2020 is committed to strengthening our democracy by registering low-income voters on September 22, National Voter Registration Day. Celebrate and do your part in the…
A Federal Appeals Court dealt a significant blow to Florida’s successful referendum to restore the vote to citizens convicted of felonies. This is a major setback for voting rights and will impede…
NLIHC President and CEO Diane Yentel testified on September 16 before the Senate Budget Committee’s roundtable on Examining Federal Housing Assistance Programs. In her testimony, Diane addressed the…
Join NLIHC and Ta-Nehisi Coates, National Book Award winner and distinguished writer in residence at NYU’s Arthur L. Carter Journalism Institute for a conversation on “Racial Equity and Housing…
Versions of the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) eviction moratorium “declaration” form in nine languages is currently available on NLIHC’s National Moratorium webpage. Tenants must…
The Center on Budget and Policy Priorities (CBPP) launched on September 14 a Final 30 Days Push campaign to help eligible people apply for their Economic Impact Payments (EIPs), better known as “…
The House Financial Services Committee held on September 16 a hearing to review the Federal Housing Finance Agency’s (FHFA) response to the coronavirus pandemic. Mark Calabria, FHFA director, served…
