Senator Jeff Merkley (D-OR) introduced on June 29 the “Affordable Housing Opportunities Made Equitable (HOME) Act,” a comprehensive bill that, if enacted, would provide robust resources for the…
Senator Jeff Merkley (D-OR) and Representative Ritchie Torres (D-NY) are circulating a “Dear Colleague” letter urging congressional leaders to include the HoUSed campaign’s top priorities in any…
NLIHC and other national leaders of the Campaign for Housing and Community Development Funding (CHCDF) are leading a national call-in day on July 15 to tell Congress that housing is vital…
Join today’s (July 6) national HoUSed campaign call from 2:30-4 pm ET. We will be joined by Jacob Leibenluft, counselor to the secretary of the Treasury, to discuss how communities can use assistance…
The following are some of the news stories that NLIHC contributed to during the week of June 27:
“The money is going to sit there: Thousands of Mississippians still waiting on rent relief,” NBC…
Texas Governor Greg Abbott signed legislation on June 15 enforcing a statewide camping ban. HB1925 will ban encampments in all public areas. Local governments can choose to…
The Terner Center for Housing Innovation at the University of California at Berkeley published a report, “Paying the Rent in a Pandemic: Recent Trends in Rent Payments Among Affordable Housing…
The Supreme Court ruled on June 23 that the leadership structure of the Federal Housing Finance Agency (FHFA) is unconstitutional because the authorizing statute wrongfully limited the president’s…
HUD’s Office of Public and Indian Housing (PIH) issued Notice PIH 2021-19 on June 17 extending until October 15 the deadline for public housing agencies (PHAs) to apply to participate in the Landlord…
HUD Secretary Marcia Fudge sent a letter on June 23 to entities participating in various HUD programs emphasizing that people returning to the community from the criminal-legal system who are at risk…
HUD’s proposed rule reinstating the 2013 Disparate Impact Rule was published in the Federal Register on June 25. The rule will recodify the 2013 rule’s discriminatory effects standard, removing most…
