The Utah Housing Coalition, an NLIHC state partner, has launched a new strategy to more effectively engage elected officials at all levels of government. The Coalition recently shifted from hosting…
People’s Action released its vision for a national “Homes Guarantee” policy on September 5. The proposal involves “proactive” and “reparative” approaches to address the root causes of housing…
The National Housing Law Project (NHLP) will hold a September 10 webinar on nuisance ordinances, which are local laws that can jeopardize housing security for people needing police or emergency…
The next NeighborWorks Training Institute (NTI) will be held in Portland, OR, the week of December 9-13. Online registration is now open.
In addition to offering a wide array of courses lasting from…
The following are some of the news stories that NLIHC contributed to during the week of September 1:
“For thousands in Dorian’s path, cost can stand in the way of evacuating,” Marketplace,…
NLIHC is pleased to welcome Alayna Calabro as a field intern for the fall and winter/spring semesters.
Alayna is pursuing her Master of Social Work with a specialization in community action and…
Washington, DC - Achieving comprehensive housing finance reform requires moving the conversation forward, not back - but the administration recycles old, tired proposals that have been refuted and…
Washington, D.C. – More than 600 organizations sent a national letter on September 5 to the moderators of the next presidential debate – ABC and Univision’s George Stephanopoulos, David Muir, Linsey…
More than two dozen members of Congress sent a letter to HUD Secretary Ben Carson on August 21 urging him to release a Federal Register notice to trigger the release of desperately needed…
Another massive hurricane is approaching Florida, Georgia and South Carolina, and, as always, the lowest-income people in the hurricane’s path will be hardest hit. Deeply poor households…
As Hurricane Dorian approaches the U.S., government officials have issued mandatory and voluntary evacuations along the East Coast from southern Florida to North Carolina. More than 342,000 low-…
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 8/…
