HUD proposed drastic changes to the “Equal Participation of Faith-Based Organizations” rule (§5.109) on February 13. The proposed changes would remove the requirement that faith-based service…
Senator Michael Bennet (D-CO) and House Majority Whip James Clyburn (D-SC) introduced the “Legal Assistance to Prevent Evictions Act” on February 13. If enacted, the bill would establish a…
Senators Chris Coons (D-DE) and Sherrod Brown (D-OH) and Representatives TJ Cox (D-CA), Kim Schrier (D-WA), and Jimmy Gomez (D-CA) introduced the “Allowing Steady Savings by Eliminating Tests (ASSET…
President Trump and HUD Secretary Ben Carson’s Fiscal Year (FY) 2021 budget request – released on February 10 – proposes to slash funding for HUD by an astounding $8.6 billion or 15% below…
House Democrats have unveiled a $760 billion blueprint for an infrastructure package that does not include robust resources to build or preserve affordable and accessible homes for America’s lowest-…
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…
NLIHC and other members of the Fight for Housing Justice campaign hosted a webinar on February 13 about HUD’s proposed Affirmatively Furthering Fair Housing (AFFH) rule. Speakers provided a brief…
Join NLIHC in celebrating the lifetime achievements of 2020 Housing Leadership Award Honoree Bill Faith, who will be recognized at the 38th Annual Housing Leadership Awards Reception …
Join NLIHC for a podcast “The Role of Housing Providers in Registering and Mobilizing Voters” on February 20 at 3:00 pm ET. Register for this podcast and NLIHC’s entire 15-month “Third Thursdays at…
The Opportunity Starts at Home (OSAH) multi-sector affordable homes campaign submitted a Statement for the Record to the House Financial Services Committee in advance of its January 14 hearing, “On…
Senator Elizabeth Warren (D-MA) led ten other members of Congress in requesting an inquiry by the HUD Inspector General into whether the Trump administration’s continued delay in providing disaster…
The following is a review of additional disaster housing recovery developments since the last edition of Memo to Members and Partners (for the article in the previous Memo, see 02/10…
