The Senate Indian Affairs Committee held a field hearing on August 25 discussing “Overcrowded Housing and the Impacts on American Indian and Alaska Natives.” The hearing, held in Savoonga, AK,…
The Los Angeles City Council took a major step forward on August 17 in creating a “right to counsel” for tenants facing eviction. A motion instructing the city’s housing department to develop…
Elected leaders in Baltimore announced a major agreement on August 13, making an historic commitment of funding for affordable, decent, and accessible homes. Mayor Catherine Pugh (D) and City Council…
The following are some of the news stories that NLIHC contributed to during the week of August 19.
“Housing, homelessness and the California Dream,” Southern California Public Radio, August 24 at…
Lauren Ricci joins NLIHC as a policy intern for the fall semester. Lauren is a second-year Master of Public Administration candidate at the American University School of Public Affairs. Prior to…
Please ask your senators to co-sponsor two new bills – one that would help low income families move to areas of opportunity and one that would address the impacts of the U.S. affordable housing…
Representative Scott Peters (D-CA), co-chair of the New Democrat Coalition Housing Task Force, introduced in the House H.R. 6671, the “Rent Relief Act of 2018,” to provide cost-burdened renters with…
The Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA) is providing federal disaster assistance to Rio Grande Valley residents following the heavy rain and flooding the region experienced this past June.…
The National Housing Law Project (NHLP) updated An Affordable Home on Reentry, a tool for advocates working with people who have criminal records and are seeking access to federally assisted housing…
The following are some of the news stories that NLIHC contributed to during the week of August 12.
“Readers' Mailbag: Being moved out of their homes,” Lake News Online, August 16 at: https://bit.…
NLIHC President and CEO Diane Yentel and other NLIHC staff will be speaking at the following events in the coming months:
NeighborWorks Training Institute, Louisville, KY, on August 20
Oklahoma…
Delegates at the 2018 American Medical Association (AMA) Annual Meeting in Chicago adopted several policies intended to alleviate racial housing segregation and chronic homelessness.
With the aim of…
