The following are some of the news stories NLIHC contributed to during the week of July 25:
“The eviction moratorium is about to end, yet federal relief funds largely remain unspent,” NBC News,…
The National Low Income Housing Coalition (NLIHC) seeks a project coordinator for its ERASE (End Rental Arears to Stop Evictions) project to ensure that the historic emergency rental assistance ($46…
Source: Urban Institute, “With Just a Month Left of the Eviction Moratorium, Many Mom-and-Pop Landlords and Tenants Are Still Unaware of Federal Rental Assistance,” 2021. Survey conducted in May…
The NLIHC-led Campaign for Housing and Community Development (CHCDF) sent a letter on July 23 to congressional leadership and appropriators urging Congress to enact the highest possible funding for…
NLIHC President and CEO Diane Yentel will testify at a House Select Subcommittee on the Coronavirus hearing, “Oversight of Pandemic Evictions: Assessing Abuses by Corporate Landlords and Federal…
Representative James Clyburn (D-SC), chair of the Select Subcommittee on the Coronavirus Crisis, sent letters on July 19 to corporate landlords Invitation Homes, Pretium Partners, Ventron Management…
The Center for Public Health Law Research at Temple University and the Legal Services Corporation (LSC) have released the LSC Eviction Laws Database, an online interactive tool that allows users to…
Last week NLIHC released The Road Ahead for Low-Income Renters, which summarizes research largely conducted during the pandemic on renters’ experiences and their needs going forward. The note…
The Department of Treasury on July 22 released updated emergency rental assistance spending data, revealing an uptick in spending in June. By the end of June, grantees had paid out a total of $3…
A new NLIHC report, Direct-to-Tenant Payment Implementation: Increasing Flexibility and Equity in Emergency Rental Assistance Programs, outlines why direct-to-tenant payments are needed in emergency…
Senate Majority Leader Chuck Schumer (D-NY) called a procedural vote on July 21 that would have allowed senators to begin debate on a $1.2 trillion bipartisan infrastructure deal. Senators rejected…
The Maine Legislature on June 10 passed key legislation and allocated American Rescue Plan Act (ARPA) funding for affordable housing. The legislation will create a commission to address zoning and…
