Subcommittee Holds Hearing on “A Future Without Public Housing”
The House Financial Services Subcommittee on Housing, Community Development, and Insurance held a hearing on February 5 on “A Future Without Public Housing? Examining the Trump Administration’s…
February 10, 2020NLIHC and NAEH Release New Materials Responding to Administration’s False Statements on Homelessness
NLIHC and the National Alliance to End Homelessness (NAEH) released new materials to respond to several misleading statements made by Robert Marbut, President Donald Trump’s pick to lead the U.S.…
February 10, 2020Join NLIHC and Partners for Webinar on HUD’s Harmful Proposed Fair Housing Rule, February 13
NLIHC and other members of the Fight For Housing Justice campaign will host a webinar on February 13 at 2:00 pm ET about HUD’s proposed Affirmatively Furthering Fair Housing (AFFH) rule (see Memo, 1/…
February 10, 2020“Expanding Affordable Housing Opportunities in Native and Rural Communities” at NLIHC Housing Policy Forum 2020
“Expanding Affordable Housing Opportunities in Native and Rural Communities” will be a featured session at NLIHC’s Housing Policy Forum 2020: Ending Homelessness and Housing Poverty, taking place in…
February 10, 2020Honor Jennifer Ho, Shauna Sorrells, and Bill Faith at March 26 Leadership Awards Reception
Honor the 2020 Housing Leadership Award Honorees Jennifer Leimaile Ho, Bill Faith and Shauna Sorrells, who will be recognized at the 38th Annual Housing Leadership Awards Reception on March 26, 2020…
February 10, 2020Community Catalyst Encourages Health Plans to Invest in Affordable Housing
A recent issue brief from the Center for Consumer Engagement in Health Innovation at Community Catalyst explores how health plan resources can be used to invest in affordable housing. The health care…
February 10, 2020House Passes Puerto Rico Earthquake Assistance Bill, President Threatens Veto
The House passed the “Emergency Supplemental Appropriations for Disaster Relief and Puerto Rico Disaster Tax Relief Act of 2020” (H.R. 5687) by a vote of 235-158 on February 7. The $4.7 billion…
February 10, 2020Additional Disaster Housing Recovery Updates - February 10, 2020
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 2/03). Federal Action…
February 10, 2020HUD Provides Guidance on Service and Support Animals for People with Disabilities
HUD published Notice FHEO-2020-01 providing guidance on the obligation of housing providers under the Fair Housing Act to allow people with disabilities to have assistance animals as a “reasonable…
February 10, 2020Report Finds Significant Increase in Student Homelessness
The National Center for Homeless Education released a report, Federal Data Summary: School Years 2015-16 through 2017-18, which summarizes data about the demographics and academic performance of…
February 10, 2020Fact of the Week: More Than 1.5 Million Students Identified as Experiencing Homelessness in 2017-2018
Source: National Center for Homeless Education, 2020.
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