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…
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…
HUD announced approval an allocation of more than $2 billion in long-term disaster recovery funds to 10 states struck by disasters last year. These funds constitute a little less than half of the $5…
Recent research from Urban Institute and Avail demonstrates that as awareness of emergency rental assistance increases, existing relationships between small landlords and tenants influence…
NLIHC President and CEO Diane Yentel sent a letter on November 4 to U.S. Department of the Treasury Secretary Janet Yellen, HUD Secretary Marcia Fudge, and White House Senior Advisor Gene Sperling,…
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…
Emergency Rental Assistance Spending and Performance Trends
Washington, DC – The National Low Income Housing Coalition (NLIHC) released today Emergency Rental Assistance Spending and Performance…
The House Committee on Homeland Security and the House Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure held hearings on disaster recovery on October 26 and 27, respectively. Both featured discussion…
JP Morgan Chase Institute released “How did landlords fare during COVID?,” which used administrative data to examine how small- and medium-scale landlords fared financially during the pandemic. While…
A report published in the Journal of Planning Education and Research, “You Can’t Get There from Here: Mobility Networks and the Housing Choice Voucher Program,” examines how administrative boundaries…
The U.S. Department of the Treasury on October 25 published a letter to Emergency Rental Assistance (ERA) program grantees highlighting additional details on the ERA1 reallocation process and three…
The U.S. Department of the Treasury released updated Emergency Rental Assistance (ERA) program spending data through September 30, revealing that an additional $2.6 billion in ERA1 and $354 million…
