A new study reports that positive population health outcomes are associated with inclusionary zoning (IZ) policies. The study finds that cities with IZ policies have a lower percentage of people…
HUD’s Office of Community Planning and Development (CPD) posted a comprehensive CDBG-CV Toolkit for the $5 billion CARES Act supplemental Community Development Block Grant funds (CDBG-CV). The…
NLIHC tracks all emergency rental assistance programs and shares best practices to ensure funds are equitably distributed. As of June 2, NLIHC has identified 390 rental assistance programs…
House Financial Services Committee (HFSC) Chairwoman Maxine Waters (D-CA) announced on June 4 several full and subcommittee hearings for the month of June, including a hearing on ending homelessness…
The following are some of the news stories that NLIHC contributed to during the week of June 6:
“States Are Making Tenants Jump Through Hoops to Get Federal Rental Assistance,” The Intercept, June…
The following are some of the news stories that NLIHC contributed to during the week of May 23:
“A flood of federal rental aid has been slow to reach those who most need it,” Washington Post, May…
Illinois Governor J.B. Pritzker on May 17 signed the state’s “COVID-19 Emergency Housing Act” (HB 2877) into law, providing robust protections for Illinois renters and homeowners. The new state law…
The Poverty & Race Research Action Council (PRRAC) released a policy brief outlining its recommendations for federal and state guidelines for the national Housing Trust Fund (HTF). The HTF is a…
NLIHC has prepared a sample comment letter for advocates to use to respond to the drastic changes HUD is proposing to the 2013 fair housing “Disparate Impact” rule. HUD’s changes would make it far…
The Fight for Housing Justice campaign and the Defend Civil Rights campaign have each provided new materials to help advocates write and submit comments against HUD’s extremely harmful proposed…
NLIHC submitted comments expressing strong opposition to HUD’s proposed changes to the 2013 Disparate Impact rule. NLIHC urges HUD to withdraw its proposed rule because it is designed to make it…
Led by Senate Banking Committee Ranking Member Sherrod Brown (D-OH), 46 Senate Democrats sent a letter today to HUD Secretary Ben Carson, expressing their deep concerns about the agency’s proposed…
