Members of Congress Send Letter to Treasury and IRS Urging Action to Address Barriers to Accessing Economic Impact Payments for People Experiencing Homelessness
Representatives Lisa Blunt Rochester (D-DE) and Marc Veasey (D-TX) led 40 of their colleagues in drafting an April 22 letter to Treasury Secretary Steven Mnuchin and Internal Revenue…
Recording of NLIHC Webinar on CARES Act Implementation Now Available
The Campaign for Housing and Community Development Funding (CHCDF) and Disaster Housing Recovery Coalition (DHRC), two NLIHC-led groups, hosted an April 23 webinar on the implementation of “…
Senators Urged Leaders to Include Assistance for People Experiencing Homelessness in COVID-19 Stimulus Package
As Congress and the White House negotiated a COVID-19 stimulus package, a number of Democratic members of the Senate urged Senate leaders and the administration to ensure that people experiencing…
Additional Disaster Housing Recovery Updates, February 3
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 01/27…
HUD Announces Completion of Grant Agreement with Puerto Rico to Make Nearly $8.3 Billion in CDBG Disaster Mitigation Funds Available and Issues Notice Containing Conditions
After many months of delay, HUD Secretary Ben Carson formally announced a grant agreement with Puerto Rico on January 16, making an additional $8.285 billion in Community Development Block Grant…
Appropriations Committee Announces Bill to Provide $3 Billion in Emergency Funding to Puerto Rico
The House Appropriations Committee unveiled on January 16, a supplemental Bipartisan Budget Act bill authored by Representative Nita Lowey (D-NY) to provide emergency assistance to Puerto Rico in the…
Advocates and Congressional Leaders Call for HUD to Release Mitigation Assistance for Puerto Rico After Deadly Earthquake
In the aftermath of the deadly earthquake and subsequent tremors that devastated parts of Puerto Rico last week, members of Congress and advocates pushed for HUD to release the over $16 billion in…
Three Bills Introduced to Better Target Opportunity Zones, A Fourth Proposes Eliminating Them
Three bills recently introduced in Congress would tighten the statute that created Opportunity Zones (OZs). The three combined would limit the OZ tax benefit associated with any housing projects to…
“Reforming Disaster Recovery Act” Passes House of Representatives with Bipartisan Vote
The House of Representatives approved the “Reforming Disaster Recovery Act of 2019” (H.R. 3702) on November 18 by a vote of 290-118. The bi-partisan bill is supported by NLIHC and its Disaster…
Senator Sanders and Representative Ocasio-Cortez Introduce “Green New Deal for Public Housing Act”
Senator Bernie Sanders (I-VT) and Representative Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez (D-NY) introduced on November 14 the “Green New Deal for Public Housing Act,” (S. 2876) which would create new HUD grant…
Take Action: House to Vote on Disaster Recovery Reform Legislation This Week; Call Your Representative Today!
The House of Representatives will vote this week on a bipartisan bill to permanently authorize HUD’s Community Development Block Grant–Disaster Recovery (CDBG-DR) program. The bill includes key…