Representative Sylvia Garcia (D-TX) introduced legislation (HR 2763) on May 16 to block HUD’s proposed rule that would prohibit “mixed-status” immigrant families from living in public and other…
Representative Mike Turner (R-OH) reintroduced on May 9 the “Fostering Stable Housing Opportunities Act,” which would – for the first time ever – impose new burdens, including work, education,…
The House of Representatives voted 236 to 173 to approve the “Equality Act” to expand civil rights protections to LGBTQ individuals by banning discrimination based on sexual orientation and gender…
NLIHC has prepared a sample comment letter about HUD’s proposed Section 3 rule that organizations can adapt to their priorities. NLIHC urges residents and advocates to submit comments before the June…
HUD Secretary Ben Carson will testify before the House Financial Services Committee during a HUD oversight hearing on Tuesday, May 21 at 10:00 a.m. ET. The hearing will take place in 2128 Rayburn…
NLIHC state partner Housing Action New Hampshire (Housing Action NH) and NLIHC together launched the nonpartisan Our Homes, Our Votes, Our New Hampshire project on May 16. Through this initiative…
HUD formally published the 2019 national Housing Trust Fund allocations for the states, Puerto Rico, and the U.S. territories on May 17. As previously reported, $248 million is available (see Memo, 2…
HUD released on May 14 allocations of Community Development Block Grant–Disaster Recovery (CDBG-DR) funding for areas impacted by the 2018 disasters. These awards come from money Congress…
A bipartisan group of senators including Senators Joe Manchin (D-WV), John Cornyn (R-TX), Dianne Feinstein (D-CA), Ted Cruz (R-TX), Thom Tillis (R-NC), and Kamala Harris (D-CA) introduced on May 7…
A bipartisan group of ten governors from North Carolina, Alabama, California, Georgia, Iowa, Illinois, Missouri, Nebraska, South Carolina, and Wisconsin sent a letter on May 7 to President Trump and…
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 5/13…
A study by the Urban Institute, Despite Labor Market Gains in 2018, There Were Only Modest Improvements in Families’ Ability to Meet Basic Needs, finds that families saw little improvement over the…
