The House Financial Services Subcommittee Task Force on Financial Technology held a remote hearing entitled “Inclusive Banking During a Pandemic/Stimulus Payment Delivery.” The June 11 hearing…
The House Financial Services Subcommittee on Housing, Community Development and Insurance held a remote hearing, "The Rent Is Still Due: America’s Renters, COVID-19, and an Unprecedented Eviction…
The Senate Committee on Banking, Housing, and Urban Affairs held a virtual hearing entitled “Oversight of Housing Regulators” on June 9. HUD Secretary Ben Carson and Federal Housing Finance Agency (…
The Office of Affordable Housing Programs (OAHP) in HUD’s Office of Community Planning and Development (CPD) posted on June 9 a sample flyer for tenants and a sample letter to owners. Participating…
HUD’s Office of Community Planning and Development (CPD) on June 9 posted amounts allocated to states and localities from the second round of CARES Act supplemental funding for the Emergency…
Join NLIHC’s next Tenant Talk Live! – a webinar with and for residents and resident leaders - on Monday, June 22 at 6 pm ET (5 pm CT, 4 pm MT, and 3 pm PT) to discuss race, housing, and hope. Our…
NLIHC released a special edition of Tenant Talk: A Response to the COVID-19 Pandemic – Shelter in Place Requires Shelter. The June 10 special edition of Tenant Talk, a publication dedicated to low-…
NLIHC’s most recent national call on “Coronavirus, Housing, and Homelessness” took place on June 8. The call featured an opening conversation with Senate Minority Leader Chuck Schumer (D-NY), an…
National Updates
Congress
Senator Elizabeth Warren (D-MA) and Representative Adriano Espaillat (D-NY) sent a joint letter to Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell (R-KY) and Senate Minority…
The Opportunity Starts at Home multisector affordable homes campaign released the topline results of a national opinion poll last month that assessed the extent to which the public is…
Nine states and Washington, DC held presidential primaries on June 2. State and local election officials and advocates closely monitored these elections as a test case for November around what voting…
A report released by the Poverty & Race Research Action Council, “Recruiting Opportunity Landlords: Lessons from Landlords in Maryland,” investigates landlord motivations and hesitations to…
