National Updates
Department of Housing and Urban Development (HUD)
As part of the CDBG CARES (CDBG-CV) Act Webinar Series, HUD will hold a webinar on November 17 from 1-2:30 pm ET on co-managing…
The House of Representatives failed to vote on November 5 on the “Build Back Better Act,” a $1.75 trillion economic recovery package containing $150 billion in vital affordable housing and community…
Representative Cori Bush (D-MO) and Senator Elizabeth Warren (D-MA) led 52 of their colleagues in sending a letter to Treasury Secretary Janet Yellen on November 3 requesting additional information…
Senators Susan Collins (R-ME) and Joe Manchin (D-WV) led 14 of their Senate colleagues in introducing on November 4 a bipartisan resolution designating November as Homeless Children and Youth…
The Consumer Financial Protection Bureau (CFPB) issued on November 4 an advisory opinion affirming that consumer reporting companies (including tenant-screening companies) engaging in “name-matching…
NLIHC, the National Housing Law Project, the National Consumer Law Center, and the Center for Survivor Agency and Justice on November 3 sent a letter to HUD Secretary Marcia Fudge requesting a…
The Urban Institute is conducting a survey of public housing authorities (PHAs) to understand how communities are using and targeting Emergency Housing Vouchers (EHVs) and the extent to which they…
The Monroe County Indiana Circuit Court attempted to require the implementation of a Pre-Filing Eviction Diversion Program in August of 2021. Shortly after the inception of the program, the Indiana…
Washington, DC—The National Low Income Housing Coalition (NLIHC) taps Renee M. Willis as its first senior vice president for racial equity, diversity, and inclusion. Ms. Willis, formally NLIHC’s vice…
On our most recent (November 1) call on “HoUSed: Universal, Stable, and Affordable Housing,” Senator Chris Van Hollen (D-MD) discussed the historic housing investments he is championing in the Build…
NLIHC President and CEO Diane Yentel sent a letter to HUD on November 5 regarding the pending release of new agency policy regarding long-term recovery funding. HUD’s Community Development Block…
