Puerto Rico Governor Ricardo Rosselló announced on July 24 that he would resign from office, after massive island-wide protests and the start of impeachment proceedings in the Puerto Rico House of…
The House voted on July 24 to pass a pair of bills that aim to improve public access to fiscal information about the use of federal disaster recovery funds.
The “Post-Disaster Assistance Online…
NLIHC President and CEO Diane Yentel sent a letter on July 23 to FEMA Acting Administrator Mark Gaynor on behalf of the Disaster Housing Recovery Coalition (DHRC) expressing significant concerns…
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 7/22…
It is critical for advocates to engage directly with policymakers to urge them to take action to address the issues of housing affordability and homelessness – and there is no better time for this…
Presidential candidate Senator Amy Klobuchar (D-MN) held a roundtable on affordable housing issues on July 26 in Iowa City, IA at the Cross Park Place, a permanent supportive housing…
Former HUD Secretary and 2020 presidential candidate Julián Castro issued a blueprint of proposals to support Indigenous communities that includes provisions to address affordable housing. In…
Former Vice President and presidential candidate Joe Biden released a “Plan for Strengthening America’s Commitment to Justice” which sets a national goal of ensuring 100% of formerly incarcerated…
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…
The Office of Information and Regulatory Affairs (OIRA) at the Office of Management and Budget (OMB) cleared HUD’s proposed changes to the disparate impact regulations on July 19. According to HUD’s…
HUD’s Office of Public and Indian Housing (PIH) has published a fifth new chapter, “Housing Search and Leasing,” to the 13-chapter Housing Choice Voucher Guidebook it is incrementally revising (see…
