NLIHC Sends Letter to Treasury and HUD Outlining Recommendations for Further Emergency Rental Assistance Guidance
NLIHC President and CEO Diane Yentel sent a letter on behalf of NLIHC and its Disaster Housing Recovery Coalition (DHRC) to Treasury Secretary Janet Yellen, HUD Acting Secretary Matt Ammon, and HUD…
Join March 12 Webinar on Designing Emergency Rental Assistance Programs to Advance Racial Equity and Serve Extremely Low-Income Households
Join NLIHC for a webinar on March 12, 2021 at 1 pm ET to learn how emergency rental assistance programs can incorporate racial equity in their program structure and effectively serve households with…
Join NLIHC’s National Call on Coronavirus, Disasters, Housing, and Homelessness Today at 2:30 pm ET12
Join today’s (March 8) national call on coronavirus, disasters, housing, and homelessness at 2:30-4 pm ET. We will hear from Davin Reed and Eileen Divringi of the Federal Reserve Board of…
Recording Available of NLIHC’s March 1 National Call on Coronavirus, Disasters, Housing, and Homelessness
During the most recent national call on coronavirus, disasters, housing, and homelessness, we shared an overview of a new research note on practices to advance racial equity in emergency rental…
Additional Coronavirus Updates – March 8, 2021
New NLIHC Resources: Court Rulings on the Federal Eviction Moratorium Housing Provisions in the "American Rescue Plan Act" "American Rescue Plan Act:" Estimated Allocations of Homelessness…
State and Local Emergency Rental Assistance Programs to be Highlighted at NLIHC Virtual Housing Policy Forum 2021, March 30-31!
NLIHC’s Virtual Housing Policy Forum 2021: A New Day, taking place March 30-31 from 1-5 pm ET, will feature a session on state and local emergency rental assistance programs and NLIHC’s ongoing…
Nearly One in Three Renters Could Not Find Local Rental Assistance Programs or Did Not Know How to Apply
Source: Federal Reserve Bank of Philadelphia, “CFI COVID-19 Survey of Consumers—Relief Programs, Vaccines, and the Effects of the Crisis on Renters and Mortgage Holders,” February 2021.
House Passes Coronavirus Relief Package with Over $40 Billion for Housing and Homelessness
The House of Representatives passed by a vote of 219 to 212 the “American Rescue Plan Act,” a $1.9 trillion coronavirus relief package containing $40 billion in essential housing and homelessness…
NLIHC and NHLP Urge HUD, USDA, and Treasury to Notify Tenants of CDC Eviction Moratorium
NLIHC and the National Housing Law Project (NHLP) sent letters on February 23 to HUD, the Treasury Department, and the U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) urging the agencies to take immediate…
Treasury Publishes Revised Emergency Rental Assistance FAQ with Significant Improvements
The U.S. Department of the Treasury released on February 22 a new Frequently Asked Questions (FAQ) document to help states and communities quickly distribute more than $25 billion in emergency rental…
New Resource on Targeting Emergency Rental Assistance for Homelessness Prevention from the Framework for an Equitable COVID-19 Homelessness Response
Partners leading the work on the Framework for an Equitable COVID-19 Homelessness Response on February 25 released a new resource to help communities target emergency rental assistance to prevent…