New Collaborative Program between States and Localities Working to Expand Right-to-Counsel Protections Launches This Month
Results for America, the National Coalition for a Civil Right to Counsel (NCCRC), PolicyLink, and Human Impact Partners have begun accepting applications for Advancing Racial and Health Justice…
Congresswoman Maxine Waters and Senator Sherrod Brown to Join Today’s (February 13) National HoUSed Campaign Call for Universal, Stable, Affordable Homes
Join today’s (February 13) national HoUSed campaign call from 2:30 to 4 pm ET. U.S. House Financial Services Committee Ranking Member Maxine Waters (D-CA) will join the call to provide remarks, and U…
House Passes Two Pieces of Disaster Recovery Reform Legislation
The U.S. House of Representatives passed two pieces of disaster recovery legislation on February 8, both sponsored by Resident Commissioner Jenniffer Gonzalez-Colon (R) of Puerto Rico. The bills,…
Disaster Housing Recovery Update – February 13
Congressional and National Updates Senators Rick Scott (R-FL) and Senate Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs Committee Chairman Gary Peters have reintroduced a bipartisan bill seeking to…
Research Finds Older Adults Benefit from Health and Housing Partnerships
A recent study evaluating the Right Care, Right Place, Right Time (R3) program finds that collaboration between healthcare providers and affordable housing sites improves health outcomes for seniors…
Older Adults Experiencing Homelessness Are Less Likely Than Younger Adults to Receive Permanent Supportive Housing
A new report published by the National Alliance to End Homelessness (NAEH), “Connecting Older Adults to Housing: Examining Disparities,” analyzes the ways older adults (aged 55 and over) exit…
Older Black Adults Disproportionately Exit Homelessness to Incarceration, While Older White Adults Disproportionately Receive Permanent Supportive Housing
Source: National Alliance to End Homelessness. (2023). Connecting Older Adults to Housing: Examining Disparities. Retrieved from https://endhomelessness.org/resource/connecting-older-adults-to-…
Michigan Supplemental Spending Bill Invests in Housing and Community Development Programs
The Michigan legislature approved a $1.1 billion supplemental spending bill that dedicates federal resources to housing and community development programs. Governor Gretchen Whitmer signed the…
NLIHC Releases Winter Issue of Tenant Talk!
NLIHC released on February 9 the winter issue of Tenant Talk, our semi-annual newsletter designed to engage residents in housing advocacy. The new issue, Advancing Tenant Protections: Building Tenant…
Evicted Author Matthew Desmond to Launch New Book at NLIHC’s Housing Policy Forum 2023
In addition to featuring a keynote address by acclaimed author and sociologist Matthew Desmond, NLIHC’s Housing Policy Forum 2023 will celebrate the launch of Desmond’s new book, Poverty, by America…
Renowned Social Activist Rev. Dr. William J. Barber II to Address NLIHC’s Housing Policy Forum
NLIHC’s 2023 Housing Policy Forum will feature a keynote address by Reverend Dr. William J. Barber II, a renowned scholar and social activist. The Forum will also offer participants an array of…