NLIHC is accepting nominations for the 2018 Annual Organizing Awards, recognizing outstanding achievement during 2017 in statewide, regional, citywide, neighborhood, and/or resident organizing that…
The Trump administration submitted its latest disaster supplemental request to Congress on November 17. The White House is requesting $44 billion in emergency aid, including $25.2 billion for FEMA’s…
HUD announced on November 17 that will allocate $5.024 billion of Community Development Block Grant-Disaster Relief (CDBG-DR) funding to the state of Texas from the $7.4 billion that was appropriated…
A group of 12 senators sent a letter on November 15 to FEMA Administrator Brock Long and HUD Secretary Ben Carson urging them to better coordinate hurricane recovery housing efforts in Puerto Rico…
Housing groups in Texas and Florida sent a letter to House Speaker Paul Ryan (R-WI) opposing the House Republican tax plan, saying it would hurt disaster recovery efforts. The House tax plan would…
The Texas Low Income Housing Information Service (Texas Housers), an NLIHC state partner, sent a letter to Anna Maria Farias, assistant secretary for fair housing and equal opportunity at HUD, asking…
Governor Rick Scott (R) released his budget proposal on November 14 that would take $92 million away from the state affordable housing trust fund to help pay for $1.4 billion in investments for…
NLIHC released on November 17 the fall 2017 edition of Tenant Talk, a semi-annual newsletter created to engage residents in housing advocacy and to highlight innovative approaches and recent…
Puerto Rico Governor Ricardo Rosselló sent a letter and a 90-page plan to President Donald Trump on November 13, requesting $94.4 in additional disaster aid to help the island rebuild and…
The following is a review of additional housing recovery developments related to Hurricanes Harvey, Irma, and Maria, and the California wildfires since last week’s Memo to Members and Partners…
The House of Representatives passed a seriously flawed tax reform bill by a vote of 227-205 on November 16. The legislation is estimated to increase the national debt by $1.5 trillion over a decade.…
The House Financial Services Committee unanimously passed the “Family Self Sufficiency (FSS) Act” (HR 4258) on November 14. The bill, introduced by Representatives Sean Duffy (R-WI) and Emanuel…
