The National Alliance to End Homelessness (NAEH) released a third report as part of its series on homeless system responses during COVID-19. The report, Responding to COVID-19: Conversations with…
The NeighborWorks Achieving Excellence Program helps nonprofits transform to achieve greater community impact by focusing on the organization’s performance and outcomes; it is an agent of change to…
NLIHC seeks a manager/director of media relations and communications to develop, implement, and manage media and public relations strategies to advance NLIHC’s mission of achieving socially just…
The following are some of the news stories that NLIHC contributed to during the week of September 20:
“These seniors were left behind when Hurricane Laura hit. No one claimed responsibility,”…
NLIHC sent a letter to Treasury Secretary Steve Mnuchin and Federal Housing Finance Agency (FHFA) Director Mark Calabria on September 24 urging the agencies to continue Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac…
The Senate passed by a vote of 82-15 a stopgap funding measure, known as a continuing resolution (CR), on September 26. President Donald Trump signed the CR on September 27, extending Congress’s…
HUD Secretary Ben Carson rejected California Governor Gavin Newsom’s request for increased federal investment in housing options for people experiencing homelessness in a letter published on…
The Fight for Housing Justice campaign has updated its website with a general advocate sample comment letter to make it easier to submit comments regarding HUD’s drastic proposal to make it virtually…
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…
