Thank you for joining our efforts to have presidential debate moderators ask candidates for their plans to address the country’s affordable housing and homelessness crisis. Together we have made real…
The following are some of the news stories that NLIHC contributed to during the week of December 15:
“My Home Is a Place That Feels Safe. For Too Many Families, That’s Not the Case,” ProPublica,…
Senators Tammy Duckworth (D-IL), Dick Durbin (D-IL), and Cory Booker (D-NJ) introduced the “Averting Crises in Housing Assistance Act” (S.3088) on December 18. If passed, the bill would require HUD…
Senators Tina Smith (D-MN) and Amy Klobuchar (D-MN) introduced the “Public Housing Fire Safety Act” (S.3090) on December 18. If enacted, the bill would create a $25 million competitive grant program…
NLIHC sent a letter to Senator Dianne Feinstein (D-CA) on December 20 expressing support for the provisions in the “Violence Against Women Reauthorization Act of 2019” (S.2843). The provisions…
President Trump signed two final spending packages for FY20 that avoid a government shutdown and provide funding for affordable housing and community development programs at HUD and USDA. Overall,…
NLIHC’s president and CEO Diane Yentel joined former HUD Secretary Julián Castro for an Our Homes, Our Votes: 2020 tour of Skid Row in Los Angeles on Wednesday, December 18. The tour was organized…
Senator Amy Klobuchar (D-MN), a 2020 presidential candidate, participated in an Our Homes, Our Votes: 2020 tour of the Arroyo, a new affordable housing development in Santa Monica, CA, on Thursday…
The Opportunity Starts at Home campaign will host an event, “Broadening the Movement: Housing as a National Priority in 2020,” at the National Press Club in Washington D.C. on January 16 from 1:00-2:…
Disaster recovery advocates in Puerto Rico and around the country voiced concerns about the Puerto Rico Department of Housing’s (PRDOH’s) main recovery program in a statement released by 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 12/16…
