Voters in Dallas, TX, overwhelmingly approved a $1.25 billion bond package in a special election on May 4 that will allocate approximately $82 million to increase the supply of affordable…
NLIHC and Pew Charitable Trusts released on May 23 a new research brief, Homeowners, Renters, and Households of All Incomes Back Housing Reforms. Based on a national survey, the brief highlights the…
NLIHC is circulating an organizational sign-on letter supporting HUD’s efforts to decrease barriers to HUD-assisted housing for formerly incarcerated or convicted people and their families. The…
NLIHC, the National Alliance to End Homelessness (The Alliance), and the Center on Budget and Policy Priorities (CBPP) hosted a webinar, “Using the FY25 Appropriations Process to Fund Solutions to…
Senator Elizabeth Warren (D-MA) reintroduced the “Public Housing Emergency Response Act” in the Senate on May 20. The NLIHC-endorsed bill provides a one-time, $70 billion appropriation to address the…
The House Financial Services Subcommittee on Housing and Infrastructure held a hearing on May 22, “PHA Oversight: How Scandals and Mismanagement Harm Residents and Taxpayers.” The hearing focused on…
As reported last week (see Memo 5/20), the Office of Affordable Housing Programs (OAHP) in HUD’s Office of Community Planning and Development (CPD) announced on May 15 the availability of a preview…
NLIHC members are invited to join NLIHC’s second Policy Advisory Committee (PAC) meeting of the year on Wednesday, June 12, from 4 to 5 pm ET. PAC meetings offer NLIHC members a space to weigh in on…
The Our Homes, Our Votes campaign is NLIHC’s nonpartisan initiative to boost voter turnout among low-income renters and elevate housing as an election issue. This biweekly section of Memo provides…
The Opportunity Starts at Home (OSAH) campaign hosted a congressional briefing on May 20 focusing on two major bipartisan housing bills: the “Eviction Crisis Act” and the “Family Stability and…
Opportunity Starts at Home (OSAH) campaign partner ZERO TO THREE hosted a webinar, “A National Call for Safe, Affordable Housing for Our Children,” on May 22. On the webinar, leading experts from the…
