NLIHC sent a letter to congressional leaders on November 5 to express support for the “Fair Chance at Housing Act” (H.R. 3685/S. 2076) and to urge members of Congress to sign-on as co-sponsors. More…
The House Financial Services Subcommittee on Housing, Community Development, and Insurance will hold a hearing, “Safe and Decent? Examining the Current State of Residents’ Health and Safety in HUD…
NLIHC will offer a webinar on “Helpful Tools and Partners for Election Engagement” on November 21 at 3:00 p.m. ET. This offering is part of a 15-month “Third Thursdays at Three” webinar and…
The National Fair Housing Alliance (NFHA) released its 2019 Fair Housing Trends Report: Defending Against Unprecedented Attacks on Fair Housing, which found the number of housing discrimination…
HUD will provide extra rent revenue of up to $100 per unit per month to a public housing project located in an Opportunity Zone that converts to Section 8 project-based rental assistance (PBRA)…
NLIHC’s Housing Policy Forum 2020: Ending Homelessness and Housing Poverty taking place in Washington, DC, March 25-27, 2020 will delve into issues related to racial inequities in housing, the…
NLIHC encourages affordable housing advocates to submit applications or nominations for the 2020 Annual Organizing Awards today! One award will recognize statewide or regional achievements, and one…
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 11/04…
Teachers in the nation’s third-largest school district have returned to school after an 11-day strike. While the contract negotiations included traditional issues like class sizes and benefits, the…
Source: JCHS tabulations of U.S. Census Bureau, 2017 American Community Survey 1-Year Estimates. Housing cost-burdened households spend more than 30% of their incomes on housing and…
