HUD’s Office of Public and Indian Housing (PIH) has published a fourth new chapter, “Payment Standards,” as it incrementally revises the 13-chapter Housing Choice Voucher Guidebook (see…
Our Homes, Our Votes, Our New Hampshire, a nonpartisan candidate engagement partnership between NLIHC and Housing Action NH, hosted its first “coffee-with-the-candidate” event on Sunday, July 7…
Diminishing Affordability – Inescapable, a report from the Multifamily Research Center at Freddie Mac, finds the percentage of multifamily rental units affordable to very low-income (VLI) households…
Representatives Al Green (D-TX) and Ann Wagner (R-MO) introduced the “Reforming Disaster Recovery Act of 2019” (H.R. 3702) on July 11. The bi-partisan legislation will formally authorize HUD’s…
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/…
The National League of Cities (NLC) Housing Task Force published a report, Homeward Bound, urging major action at all levels of government to solve the nation’s housing affordability…
The Arizona legislature appropriated $15 million to the state’s Housing Trust Fund during this year’s legislative session, one of the largest investments towards housing and homelessness the state…
The next NeighborWorks Training Institute (NTI) will be held in New Orleans the week of August 19-23. In addition to offering a wide array of courses for nonprofit professionals in…
The following are someof the news stories that NLIHC contributed to during the weeks of June 30 and July 7:
“Ben Carson is repeating mistakes on housing,” The Washington Post, July 1 at…
NLIHC is accepting applications for our fall internship positions. Interns are highly valued and fully integrated into our staff work. We seek students passionate about social justice issues, with…
NLIHC President and CEO Diane Yentel and other NLIHC staff will be speaking at the following events in the coming months:
RESULTS 2019 International Conference, Washington, DC, July 15
NAACP…
Originally published in The Washington Post, July 1, 2019
Local zoning laws prohibiting communities from building apartments exacerbate the housing crisis and maintain segregated communities. An…
