Governor Janet Mills signed “An Act to Strengthen the Lead Poisoning Control Act” (L.D. 1116) into law on June 27. The new law requires all Maine children to receive blood lead testing at ages one…
The following are some of the news stories that NLIHC contributed to during the week of July 21:
“Cities grappling with affordable housing shortage problems: long commutes, homelessness, costly…
NLIHC is accepting applications for our fall internship positions: one for communications/media/graphic design and one for research. Interns are highly valued and fully integrated into our staff work…
NLIHC President and CEO Diane Yentel and other NLIHC staff will be speaking at the following events in the coming months:
UnidosUS 2019 Annual Conference, San Diego, CA, August 3
Independence…
[In English]
A coalition of more than 800 local, state, and national organizations says that people in Puerto Rico should have control over the island’s finances and disaster recovery.
Washington,…
NLIHC’s Our Homes, Our Votes 2020 nonpartisan voter and candidate engagement effort is offering NLIHC members and partners a webinar, Let’s Get It Started, on July 31 at 1:00 p.m. ET. The…
Last week, HUD proposed to evict families with undocumented immigrants in their households from public and other subsidized housing. Over fifty thousand deeply poor children – all US citizens or…
The House Financial Services Committee voted unanimously on July 16 to approve H.R. 3702, the “Reforming Disaster Recovery Act of 2019,” thanks in large part to the strong advocacy of the more than…
Representative Al Lawson (D-FL) introduced on July 12 the “HUD Inspection Oversight Act” (H.R. 3745) (H.R. 3745) to increase transparency and strengthen enforcement of the inspection process for…
NLIHC, the Coalition for Human Needs, and other national organizations are hosting a Call-In Day today, July 22, to urge congressional leaders and President Trump to reach an agreement to lift the…
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 7/15…
