In a few weeks the presidential candidates will return to the debate stage in Houston, TX, to discuss their positions, promises, and policies. NLIHC and our partners are calling on the moderators of…
Labor Day is characterized by family BBQs, parades down Main Street, and - in many communities – appearances by candidates for elected office. Candidates use Labor Day events as opportunities to…
Former U.S. Representative John Delaney (D-MD) joins a growing list of Democratic presidential candidates calling for increased investments in affordable homes for those with the greatest needs. Mr.…
Seven civil rights organizations, led by the National Fair Housing Alliance, formed the Defend Civil Rights campaign and website to mobilize responses against HUD’s proposed changes to the current…
HUD is seeking public housing agencies (PHAs) and owners of private HUD-assisted multifamily properties to volunteer for its Real Estate Inspection Center (REAC) pilot project. According to a Federal…
NLIHC President and CEO Diane Yentel sent a letter to FEMA Director of Individual Assistance Chris Smith outlining serious concerns with the execution FEMA Individual Assistance (IA) in Puerto Rico.…
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 8/19…
Representative Deb Haaland (D-NM) and Senator Elizabeth Warren (D-MA) released a proposal for an upcoming bill, the “Honoring Promises to Native Nations Act,” which aims to address the issues…
The Rural Community Assistance Corporation (RCAC) and the California Coalition for Rural Housing (CCRH), an NLIHC state partner, released on August 14 a comprehensive study on California Tribal…
The Opportunity Starts at Home multi-sector affordable homes campaign published on August 7 a blog written by Dr. Patricia Martin, DO, a family physician at Unity Health Care Minnesota Avenue Health…
A recent paper in Housing Policy Debate, “The Cost of Code Violations: How Building Codes Shape Residential Sales Prices and Rents,” found that unresolved building code violations have a different…
