Last Call for Housing Organizing Awards Nominations – Deadline January 11
Just a few days remain for submitting nominations for the 2019 NLIHC Housing Organizing Awards: the deadline for submissions is Friday, January 11! The awards recognize outstanding achievement during…
January 7, 2019Register Today for the NLIHC 2019 Housing Policy Forum on Seizing the Moment for Bold Solutions, March 27-29
NLIHC’s 2019 Housing Policy Forum: Seizing the Moment for Bold Solutions is right around the corner! The Forum will take place in Washington, DC, March 27-29. Awareness about the affordable housing…
January 7, 2019Honor the 2019 Housing Leadership Awardees!
Join NLIHC in recognizing 2019 Housing Leadership Award honorees Representative Emanuel Cleaver (D-MO); Emma “Pinky” Clifford, executive director of the Oglala Sioux Tribe Partnership for Housing and…
January 7, 2019National Association of Social Workers Joins Opportunity Starts at Home Steering Committee
The National Association of Social Workers (NASW) announced on December 19 that it is joining the Opportunity Starts at Home multi-sector affordable housing campaign Steering Committee. As a campaign…
January 7, 2019Pamela Patenaude Resigns as HUD Deputy Secretary
Pamela Patenaude submitted her resignation as HUD Deputy Secretary on December 17 after serving in that role for 15 months. In a Twitter statement, Ms. Patenaude wrote, “This morning I informed…
January 7, 2019HUD Offers HOME Program Training Webinars
HUD's Office of Affordable Housing Programs (OAHP) is offering a “Building HOME” webinar training series. The training series will provide an overview of the HOME Investment Partnerships Program (…
January 7, 2019Report Finds Large Share of Voucher-Assisted Families in Lower Opportunity and Segregated Neighborhoods
A report from the Center on Budget and Policy Priorities, Where Families with Children Use Housing Vouchers: A Comparative Look at the 50 Largest Metropolitan Areas, examines the neighborhood…
January 7, 2019Fact of the Week: Smaller Share of HUD-Assisted Homes Are Physically Inadequate Compared to Unassisted Homes for Poor Renter Households
Source: NLIHC tabulations of 2017 AHS PUMS data.
January 7, 2019From the Field: New Recommendations to Reduce Evictions in Wisconsin and Milwaukee
Wisconsin Policy Forum released last month a review of statewide eviction data intended to inform growing discussions on practical solutions to evictions throughout the state and in Milwaukee County…
January 7, 2019NeighborWorks Training Institute to be Held in Cleveland, February 19-22
The next NeighborWorks Training Institute (NTI) will be held in Cleveland, OH, February 18-22. The NTI offers more than 100 professional affordable housing and community development courses lasting…
January 7, 2019NLIHC in the News for the Week of December 30
The following are some of the news stories that NLIHC contributed to during the week of December 30. “How the government shutdown is hurting some of America's poorest families,” NBC News, January 4…
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