The following are some of the news stories that NLIHC contributed to during the week of December 29:
“Ben Carson’s latest plan to weaken fair housing enforcement,” The Washington Post, January 3…
History was made in Kansas City, MO, when the city council passed the city’s first Tenant Bill of Rights on December 12, 2019. This legislation, which expands renters’ rights and establishes the city…
Source: Urban Institute. (2019). “Who is accessing charitable food in America? Results from the Well-Being and Basic Needs Survey.” Washington, DC: Author…
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 12/23…
The FY20 spending package Congress successfully passed on December 19 and the president subsequently signed into law included two important disaster recovery measures benefiting California and Puerto…
HUD posted two new proposed regulations on the EO 12866 Regulatory Review web page of the Office of Information and Regulatory Affairs (OIRA), an arm of the Office of Management and Budget (OMB). One…
Nominations/applications for the NLIHC 2020 Housing Organizing Awards are due by 5:00 pm E.T. on Friday, January 10! Nominations can be submitted online here.
NLIHC’s 2020 Housing Organizing…
House Financial Services Committee (FSC) Chairwoman Maxine Waters (D-CA) announced on January 4 several FSC and subcommittee hearings for the month of January related to homelessness, affordable…
Register today for an Opportunity Starts at Home multi-sector affordable homes campaign event, “Broadening the Movement: Housing as a National Priority in 2020,” at the National Press Club in…
Two major pieces of bipartisan legislation, both of which have been championed by NLIHC’s multi-sector Opportunity Starts at Home campaign – the “Eviction Crisis Act” and the “Family Stability and…
Originally published Thursday, December 26, 2019 in The Durango Herald at: https://tinyurl.com/w2h73k5
In its editorial (“President’s homelessness czar could surprise us,” Dec. 24), The…
NLIHC’s Housing Policy Forum 2020: Ending Homelessness and Housing Poverty taking place in Washington, DC, March 25-27, 2020 will feature a session on “Mobilizing Against Attacks on Housing…
