NLIHC will posthumously honor Shauna Sorrells, former NLIHC board member and chief operating officer at the Housing Opportunities Commission of Montgomery County, with the Edward W. Brooke Housing…
NLIHC continues to engage housing justice advocates and leaders throughout the country to prepare for robust voter and candidate engagement initiatives in 2020. Candidates will address rental housing…
The House Financial Services Committee will hold a hearing on January 14 at 10:00 a.m. ET, “On the Brink of Homelessness: How the Affordable Housing Crisis and the Gentrification of America Is…
A “Capitol Hill Insiders Panel” will be a featured session at NLIHC’s Housing Policy Forum 2020: Ending Homelessness and Housing Poverty taking place in Washington, DC, March 25-27, 2020. …
The National Women’s Law Center (NWLC) announced on January 7 that it is joining the Opportunity Starts at Home multi-sector affordable homes Steering Committee. NWLC is the latest…
Be sure to attend “Broadening the Movement: Housing as a National Priority in 2020,” an Opportunity Starts at Home multi-sector affordable homes campaign event at the National Press Club in…
Puerto Rico continued to experience tremors after a deadly earthquake struck the island’s southern region in the early morning of January 7. The quake demolished homes, destroyed infrastructure, and…
In the aftermath of the deadly earthquake and subsequent tremors that devastated parts of Puerto Rico last week, members of Congress and advocates pushed for HUD to release the over $16 billion in…
The following is a review of additional disaster housing recovery developments since the last edition of Memo to Members and Partners (for the article in the previous Memo, see 1/06…
The New York City Council passed groundbreaking legislation on December 19, 2019, that will create more permanent housing for individuals and families experiencing homelessness.
The legislation (…
The following are some of the news stories that NLIHC contributed to during the week of January 5:
“As Trump Ditches a Fair Housing Rule, New York City Doubles Down,” City Lab, January 8 at: https…
