Disaster Housing Recovery Coalition Provides Recommendations for Equitable Access to Assistance
The Disaster Housing Recovery Coalition (DHRC) – an NLIHC-led group of over 800 national, state, and local organizations – sent a letter on April 30 to House Speaker Nancy Pelosi (D-CA)…
May 10, 2019HUD OIG Investigates Whether Trump Administration Slowed Relief to Puerto Rico
The HUD Office of the Inspector General (OIG) is investigating, as part of a wider inspection of HUD’s disaster grant administration, whether the Trump Administration slowed hurricane relief to…
May 10, 2019Additional Disaster Housing Recovery Updates – May 6, 2019
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 4/…
May 10, 2019New Study Examines Public Housing Authorities Operating in the Private Market
A new study published in Housing Policy Debate, “Public Housing Authorities in the Private Market,” examines the factors that impact the involvement of public housing authorities (PHAs) in…
May 10, 2019Fact of the Week: Expansion of Housing Vouchers Would Have Greatest Impact on Reducing Child Poverty Among Eight Possible Interventions
The proposals’ combined impact is a 57.1% reduction in the supplemental child poverty rate, less than the sum of the individual policy changes because the same child can benefit from more than one…
May 10, 2019New Report Finds Expansion of Housing Vouchers Could Play Major Role in Reducing Child Poverty
The Children's Defense Fund (CDF), a leading non-profit child advocacy organization and Steering Committee member of the Opportunity Starts at Home multi-sector affordable homes campaign,…
May 10, 2019From the Field: Cook County IL Moves to Remove Criminal Records as Barrier to Housing
Research shows that having a stable home reduces recidivism rates among ex-offenders, but renters across the country continue to find themselves barred from housing due to discrimination based on…
May 10, 2019Where to Find Us – May 6
NLIHC President and CEO Diane Yentel and other NLIHC staff will be speaking at the following events in the coming months: Day for Housing, Housing Alliance Delaware, Dover, DE, May 9 Colorado NAHRO…
May 8, 2019NeighborWorks Brings Training Institute to New Orleans, August 19-23
Join 1,600-2,000 nonprofit professionals for a week of high-quality training in community development, affordable housing, and nonprofit management. The next NeighborWorks Training Institute (NTI)…
May 8, 2019NLIHC in the News for the Week of April 28
The following are some of the news stories that NLIHC contributed to during the week of April 28. “Yes, millions of families spend the bulk of income on housing,” PolitiFact, May 2 at: https://bit.…
May 8, 2019NLIHC Welcomes New Communications/Graphic Design Intern
NLIHC welcomes Nayasia Thomas as the Coalition’s summer communication and graphic design intern. Nayasia graduated with a Bachelor of Fine Art degree in graphic and web design from The Art Institute…
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