The NLIHC-led Disaster Housing Recovery Coalition is convening and supporting disaster-impacted communities to ensure that federal disaster recovery efforts reach all impacted households, including…
The 2019 Atlantic hurricane season officially came to an end on November 30, marking the fourth consecutive season of above-normal storm activity in the U.S., something not seen since 2001. The…
As with other disasters, including the COVID-19 pandemic, the NLIHC-led Disaster Housing Recovery Coalition stands ready to support disaster-impacted communities to ensure that federal disaster…
The NLIHC-led Disaster Housing Recovery Coalition stands ready to convene and support disaster-impacted communities to ensure that federal disaster recovery efforts reach all impacted…
The NLIHC-led Disaster Housing Recovery Coalition is convening and supporting disaster-impacted communities to ensure that federal disaster recovery efforts reach all impacted households,…
National Updates
Department of Treasury
The U.S. Department of the Treasury announced on May 21 it has distributed $6.1 billion through the Emergency Rental Assistance (ERA) 2 program in less…
The National Housing Law Project (NHLP) and NLIHC sent a letter to HUD Secretary Ben Carson on April 21 urging HUD to take additional steps to protect tenants and maximize existing resources to house…
NLIHC sent a letter to Treasury Secretary Steve Mnuchin and Federal Housing Finance Agency (FHFA) Director Mark Calabria on September 24 urging the agencies to continue Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac…
The Movement for Black Lives released the “BREATHE Act” on September 24, a sweeping proposal to divest resources from policing and incarceration and invest in a new vision of community safety focused…
As congressional leaders are moving quickly to negotiate final details in a compromise COVID-19 relief package, including $25 billion in emergency rental assistance, for the next three months,…
The Senate passed by a vote of 82-15 a stopgap funding measure, known as a continuing resolution (CR), on September 26. President Donald Trump signed the CR on September 27, extending Congress’s…
Congress passed and the president signed a continuing resolution (CR) on September 30 to extend current funding for federal agencies and programs through December 11. The bill (HR 8337) passed out of…
