The U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) announced new decoupling authority, as provided in the fiscal year (FY) 2024 appropriations bill, to decouple Rural Housing Service Rental Assistance (RA)…
NLIHC and several NLIHC members and State and Tribal Partners joined a letter led by the National Fair Housing Alliance (NFHA) urging President Biden to release the final “Affirmatively Furthering…
The U.S. House of Representatives’ Committee on Appropriations held a hearing, “Fiscal Year 2025 Request for the Federal Emergency Management Agency,” on April 16. The primary witness was FEMA…
The U.S. Senate Committee on Banking, Housing and Urban Affairs’ Subcommittee on Housing, Transportation and Community Development held a hearing, “Challenges in Preserving the U.S. Housing Stock,”…
The U.S. House of Representatives’ Committee on Financial Services (HFSC) voted along party lines on April 17 to pass the “Respect State Housing Laws Act” (H.R.802), a bill that would eliminate the…
Appropriators sparred during an April 17 subcommittee hearing on the fiscal year (FY) 2025 defense budget proposed by the Biden administration, foreshadowing contentious fights ahead to secure needed…
The Congressional Progressive Caucus unveiled its “Progressive Proposition Agenda” on April 18. The domestic policy legislative agenda outlines comprehensive policies to deliver equality, justice,…
NLIHC’s new State and Local Innovation (SLI) project will convene this month a “State and Local Tenant Protections Network” (the Network), a broad-based coalition of state and local housing-justice…
NLIHC announced on April 18 the launch of its new State and Local Innovation (SLI) project. Building on the success of NLIHC’s End Rental Arrears to Stop Evictions (ERASE) initiative, the State and…
Advocates across the nation are participating in a National Week of Action starting today (April 22) to oppose counterproductive and inhumane efforts to punish and arrest people experiencing…
Statement of Diane Yentel, President and CEO of the National Low Income Housing Coalition; Ann Oliva, CEO of the National Alliance to End Homelessness; and Peggy Bailey, Vice President for Housing…
NLIHC’s Housing Policy Forum 2024: An Unwavering Path Forward to Housing Justice was an opportunity to engage with and learn from thought leaders, policy experts, researchers, tenant advocates,…
