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…
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…
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…
Opportunity Start at Home (OSAH) campaign steering committee member Natural Resources Defense Council (NRDC) released an issue brief in collaboration with other environmental groups exploring how…
NLIHC’s Housing Policy Forum 2024 will take place from March 19-21 at the Hilton Washington DC Capitol Hill in Washington D.C. Forum attendees booking their room at the Hilton Capitol Hill Hotel…
A new report from the RAND Corporation, “An Evaluation of Crime-Free Housing Policies,” indicates that crime-free housing policies (CFHPs) adopted by municipalities in California may not reduce crime…
The City of Santa Barbara, California, passed several new protections for renters on January 9. The tenant protections package enacted by the city seeks not only to rectify longstanding power…
