Community Legal Services of Philadelphia recently released a report analyzing COVID-19’s impact on Philadelphia’s historically Black neighborhoods and other communities of color and to what extent…
In preparation for NLIHC’s Virtual Capitol Hill Day on April 1, NLIHC will host a webinar on March 25 at 3 pm ET to equip participants and other advocates with information regarding NLIHC’s policy…
NLIHC’s Virtual Housing Policy Forum 2021: A New Day taking place March 30-31, 12-5:30 pm ET, will feature a special panel discussion on achieving universal housing assistance in the U.S., including…
The Senate confirmed Representative Marcia Fudge (D-OH) as HUD secretary by a bipartisan vote of 66-34 on March 10. As the 18th secretary of HUD since its inception in 1965, Secretary Fudge will be…
The Supreme Court on March 9 agreed to dismiss litigation on the previous administration’s Public Charge Rule at the request of the Biden administration. The Court had announced on February 22 that…
Representative Sheila Jackson Lee (D-TX) and 170 of her colleagues in the House introduced on March 8 the “Violence Against Women Reauthorization Act of 2021” (H.R. 1620). The Violence Against Women…
National Updates
Department of Housing and Urban Development
A HUD factsheet on eligible ESG program costs for infectious disease preparedness has been updated to include costs specific to…
During the most recent national call on coronavirus, disasters, housing, and homelessness, we discussed renters’ experiences during COVID-19, learned about a new resource as part of the “Framework…
Join today’s (March 15) national call on coronavirus, housing, and homelessness at 2:30-4 pm ET. We will provide details of the American Rescue Plan, including the housing and homelessness provisions…
NLIHC released two study briefs on March 12 illustrating how emergency rental assistance programs incorporate racial equity in their program design to effectively serve extremely low-income…
NLIHC, the NYU Furman Center, and the University of Pennsylvania’s Housing Initiative at Penn released Learning from Emergency Rental Assistance Programs: Lessons from Fifteen Case Studies on March 9…
NLIHC’s Disaster Housing Recovery Coalition (DHRC), the National Alliance to End Homelessness, and the National League of Cities (NLC) will hold a webinar on the use of FEMA reimbursements to house…
