Congressional and National Updates
The Florida Housing Coalition will host a webinar to discuss a new disaster dashboard created in partnership with Texas Appleseed. Register for the webinar here.…
Join NLIHC and our Disaster Housing Recovery Coalition (DHRC) on January 30 from 2 to 3 pm ET for a National DHRC Webinar on the disaster recovery reforms announced recently by FEMA. Panelists will…
FEMA released a long-awaited Interim Final Rule in the Federal Register on January 22. The rule includes significant modifications to FEMA’s Individual Assistance (IA) program to expand the amount of…
Senator Ron Wyden (D-OR), chair of the U.S. Senate Committee on Finance, and Representative Jason Smith (R-MO), chair of the U.S. House of Representatives Committee on Ways and Means, released…
NLIHC encourages affordable housing advocates to submit applications or nominations for the 2020 Annual Organizing Awards today! One award will recognize statewide or regional achievements, and one…
NLIHC and the Public and Affordable Housing Research Corporation (PAHRC) released today a new report, Natural Hazards and Federally Assisted Housing. The report analyzes the risks posed by natural…
Congress passed and President Biden signed into law on January 18 another short-term continuing resolution (CR) that will extend funding for HUD programs through March 1, at which point Congress will…
NLIHC has prepared a sample comment letter for use by tenant leaders and other advocates to reply to HUD’s proposed rule that would require a public housing agency (PHA) or owner of a property…
HUD issued Notice CPD-23-103 on January 11, clarifying its policy regarding addressing radon in the environmental review process pertaining to most HUD-assisted projects. The Notice states that radon…
FEMA released today a long-awaited Interim Final Rule in the Federal Register. The rule includes significant modifications to FEMA’s Individual Assistance (IA) program to expand the amount of…
The Consumer Financial Protection Bureau (CFPB) issued two advisory opinions on January 11. The first opinion clarifies provisions of the “Fair Credit Reporting Act” (FCRA) related to consumer file…
