Meet Mindy Woods
Resident Action Project | Washington
My name is Mindy Woods, and I am on the Steering Committee for the Resident Action Project, a tenant advocate…
The Senate Appropriations Committee voted June 7 to approve a draft FY19 spending bill that provides robust funding for affordable housing and community development programs at HUD. The strong Senate…
The following are some of the news stories that NLIHC contributed to during the week of June 28:
“Experts fear the end of eviction moratoriums could plunge thousands of people into homelessness,”…
New research published in Housing Policy Debate, “No Easy Decisions: Developing an Evidence-Informed Process to Allocate Housing Choice Vouchers to Survivors of Intimate Partner Violence,” details…
Washington, DC - Earlier today, Ben Carson, Secretary of the US Department of Housing and Urban Development announced a new proposed rule that would allow discrimination against transgender people…
The next NLIHC Our Homes, Our Votes 2020 webinar on July 16 at 3 pm ET will explore “The Challenge of Voting While Homeless” and what advocates, shelter providers, and outreach agencies can do to…
Voters want to know where candidates stand on affordable housing and homelessness. Candidate questionnaires are an effective, nonpartisan way to get information about candidate positions and inform…
The Opportunity Starts at Home multisector affordable homes campaign has updated its vision, mission, and goal statements to explicitly center racial equity. The campaign’s Racial Equity…
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National Updates
Department of Agriculture
USDA announced on June 19 that it has extended the foreclosure and eviction…
NLIHC’s most recent national call on coronavirus, housing, and homelessness took place on June 22. NLIHC President and CEO Diane Yentel announced a new partnership among several national…
