National Updates
Department of Housing and Urban Development (HUD)
HUD’s Office of Block Grant Assistance is hosting a four-part webinar series for Community Development Block Grant CARES Act (CDBG…
Partners from the Framework for an Equitable COVID-19 Homelessness Response released a new resource on addressing child and family homelessness. The resource, developed in consultation with experts…
On our most recent (October 12) call on “HoUSed: Universal, Stable, and Affordable Housing,” we welcomed Representative Ritchie Torres (D-NY), who highlighted the advocacy needed to ensure the HoUSed…
Join today’s (October 18) national HoUSed campaign call from 2:30-4 pm ET. We will be joined by Barbara Poppe, Alexis Kramer, and Tiffany Haynes, who will share a new resource they authored on…
NLIHC is releasing a new podcast, “The Home Front,” which focuses on housing policy priorities, advocacy by NLIHC and our partners, and other critical topics. Episode one, “Behind the Advocacy,”…
The following are some of the news stories that NLIHC contributed to during the week of October 10:
“When bad weather and bad landlords collide,” The New Republic, October 11 at: https://bit.ly/…
National Updates
FEMA
FEMA and HUD in September jointly released “Model Transitions from Non-Congregate Shelter: Joint Recommendations for Assisting People Experiencing Homelessness,” a document…
The House Committee on Oversight held a hearing on October 5 titled “Hurricane Ida and Beyond: Readiness, Recovery, and Resilience.” The chief witness was FEMA Administrator Deanne Criswell. In her…
NLIHC President and CEO Diane Yentel sent a letter to FEMA Administrator Deanne Criswell, HUD Secretary Marcia Fudge, and White House Domestic Policy Council Director Susan Rice on behalf of the…
A new report from the Joint Center for Housing Studies and Terner Center for Housing Innovation, The Impact of the Pandemic on Landlords: Evidence from Two National Surveys, compares findings from…
According to recent guidance issued by the U.S. Department of the Treasury, emergency rental assistance (ERA) programs that did not reach a 30% expenditure ratio by September 30 risk having a portion…
