Congressional and National Updates
The White House amended its FY 2025 budget request on May 23 to cut $316 million from FEMA’s Disaster Relief Fund (DRF), presenting a major challenge for disaster…
HUD has announced a series of six listening sessions to give interested persons an opportunity to learn about and provide comments on the “HOME Investment Partnerships Program: Program Updates and…
The Our Homes, Our Votes: 2024 webinar series provides resources, guidance, and inspiration for organizations and individuals seeking to launch or strengthen their own nonpartisan voter and candidate…
VoteRiders and HeadCount Release “Vote with Pride” Guide
VoteRiders, a nonpartisan, nonprofit organization that provides voter ID assistance to ensure that all citizens are able to exercise their…
The Opportunity Starts at Home (OSAH) campaign and partner Natural Resources Defense Council (NRDC) invite advocates nationwide to register for a webinar exploring the connections between health,…
A study recently published in Cityscape, “Using Linked Administrative Data to Profile a City’s Rental Stock and Landlords and Guide a Lead-Safe Housing Initiative,” explores how the linkage of…
New Hampshire Governor Chris Sununu signed into law on May 14 H.B. 261, which provides crucial protections for survivors fleeing domestic violence, sexual assault, and stalking. The new law permits…
Note: “Unsheltered” includes spending nights outdoors or in vehicles.
Source: Espinoza, M., Moore, T., Adhiningrat, S., Perry, E., Kushel, M. (2024). Toward Dignity: Understanding Older Adult…
The following are some of the news stories to which NLIHC contributed during the week of June 2:
“Why Rents Are Still Higher in Much of the U.S. than before the Pandemic” PBS News Weekend…
Greater Syracuse Tenants Network Annual Meeting – Syracuse, NY, June 13 (Lindsay Duvall)
22nd Annual New York Supportive Housing Conference – New York, NY, June 20 (Sarah Saadian) …
The National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA) released its 2024 Atlantic Hurricane Season Outlook on May 23. NOAA forecasters predict between 17 and 25 named storms, of which eight to 13…
The most recent Tenant Talk Live meeting on June 3 featured two guests from Washington State: James Hill and Marley J. Hochendoner. James spoke about his experience with a disability and how it has…
