NLIHC is pleased to welcome Alex Mears as a research intern for the fall semester.
Alex is a second-year graduate student at Georgetown University pursuing a Master of Public Policy with a focus on…
NLIHC President and CEO Diane Yentel and other NLIHC staff will be speaking at the following events in the coming months:
Vital Services Conference, Jamestown, ND, September 18-19
Non-Profit…
Washington, DC - The solution to homelessness is affordable homes – not further criminalization, punishing poor people for their poverty, sweeping people experiencing homelessness into increasingly…
Originally published in CityLab September 13, 2019
Last night, ten Democratic presidential hopefuls debated their plans for America’s future—with barely a mention of an issue at the top of many…
Washington, DC – HUD’s failure to release critical disaster mitigation funds for Puerto Rico by the statutory deadline set by Congress – September 4 – is yet another example of this administration’s…
Senator Brian Schatz (D-HI) and Todd Young (R-IN) introduced the “Reforming Disaster Recovery Act of 2019” in the Senate on July 26. The legislation, S. 2301, is a companion to a House bill of the…
A coalition of more than 800 organizations calls on Congress to ramp up efforts to oversee federal agencies in charge of disaster recovery.
Washington, D.C. – In response to the arrest of two FEMA…
The Department of Homeland Security (DHS) announced it was planning to transfer at least $115 million out of FEMA’s Disaster Relief Fund and direct the funds to Immigration and Customs…
HUD released a Notice providing over $700 million in disaster mitigation funding to the U.S. Virgin Islands (USVI) as the territory recovers from 2017’s Hurricane Irma. HUD had previously stated that…
The third Democratic presidential debate will be held on September 12, 8:00 p.m.–11:00 p.m. ET in Houston, TX. Ten candidates will participate, most of whom have released significant proposals or…