NLIHC joined a sign-on letter on March 18 urging Congress to incorporate the “Allowing Steady Savings by Eliminating Tests (ASSET) Act” (S.3276/H.R.5848) in the next coronavirus supplemental spending…
President Trump signed into law on March 18 the “Families First Coronavirus Response Act” (H.R.6201), a multibillion-dollar emergency assistance package to respond to the coronavirus pandemic. The…
The Trump administration announced on March 18 that foreclosures and evictions for Federal Housing Administration (FHA)-backed mortgages for single family properties would be suspended for the next…
The Office of Management and Budget (OMB) sent a letter to Congress on March 17 requesting $400 million in additional funding for the HUD’s Emergency Solutions Grants program. The additional funding…
HUD’s Office of Multifamily Housing Programs (Multifamily), which oversees contracts with private owners of HUD-assisted properties made updates to its “Questions and Answers for Office of…
HUD’s Office of Public and Indian Housing (PIH) issued “COVID-19 FAQs for the Public Housing, Housing Choice Voucher (HCV) – including the Project-based Voucher Program (PBV) – and Native American…
The U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services (USCIS) announced on March 13 that the agency will not consider “testing, treatment, nor preventative care (including vaccines, if a vaccine becomes…
NLIHC joined a sign-on letter on March 3 urging local, state, and national responses to the coronavirus pandemic to address the needs of people with disabilities at every stage of the pandemic. Led…
Senator Jeff Merkley (D-OR) introduced on March 12 the “Making Affordable Housing Opportunities More Equitable Act” (S. 3452). This comprehensive bill is designed to reduce the shortcomings of…
Representatives Pramila Jayapal (D-WA) and Grace Meng (D-NY) introduced on March 19 the “Housing is a Human Right Act” (H.R. 6308). The bill would authorize more than $200 billion over 10 years in…
A group of 37 Democratic senators, led by Senate Committee on Banking, Housing, and Urban Affairs Ranking Member Sherrod Brown (D-OH), submitted a comment letter on March 16 opposing HUD’s proposed…
NLIHC submitted a comment letter opposing HUD’s proposed Affirmatively Furthering Fair Housing (AFFH) rule that is, in fact, not a fair housing rule. HUD’s proposal to gut the 2015 AFFH rule…
