The Trump administration announced on March 18 that foreclosures and evictions for Federal Housing Administration (FHA)-backed mortgages for single family properties would be suspended for the next…
The Office of Management and Budget (OMB) sent a letter to Congress on March 17 requesting $400 million in additional funding for the HUD’s Emergency Solutions Grants program. The additional funding…
HUD’s Office of Multifamily Housing Programs (Multifamily), which oversees contracts with private owners of HUD-assisted properties made updates to its “Questions and Answers for Office of…
HUD’s Office of Public and Indian Housing (PIH) issued “COVID-19 FAQs for the Public Housing, Housing Choice Voucher (HCV) – including the Project-based Voucher Program (PBV) – and Native American…
The U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services (USCIS) announced on March 13 that the agency will not consider “testing, treatment, nor preventative care (including vaccines, if a vaccine becomes…
NLIHC joined a sign-on letter on March 3 urging local, state, and national responses to the coronavirus pandemic to address the needs of people with disabilities at every stage of the pandemic. Led…
Senator Jeff Merkley (D-OR) introduced on March 12 the “Making Affordable Housing Opportunities More Equitable Act” (S. 3452). This comprehensive bill is designed to reduce the shortcomings of…
Representatives Pramila Jayapal (D-WA) and Grace Meng (D-NY) introduced on March 19 the “Housing is a Human Right Act” (H.R. 6308). The bill would authorize more than $200 billion over 10 years in…
A group of 37 Democratic senators, led by Senate Committee on Banking, Housing, and Urban Affairs Ranking Member Sherrod Brown (D-OH), submitted a comment letter on March 16 opposing HUD’s proposed…
NLIHC submitted a comment letter opposing HUD’s proposed Affirmatively Furthering Fair Housing (AFFH) rule that is, in fact, not a fair housing rule. HUD’s proposal to gut the 2015 AFFH rule…
Voting by mail—also known as absentee voting—is a proven way to allow individuals to exercise their right to vote without having to go to the polls. This option is more important than ever in the…
NLIHC’s Our Homes, Our Votes: 2020 nonpartisan voter and candidate engagement project proceeds with its “Third Thursdays at Three” presentation series on crucial elements of effective election…
