Fact of the Week: Twelve of the Twenty Largest Occupations in the U.S. Pay Less Than the One-Bedroom Housing Wage
Source: NLIHC, Out of Reach 2020. Occupational wages from Bureau of Labor Statistics, May 2019 Occupational Employment Statistics, adjusted to 2020 dollars
Op-Ed: Congress, throw renters a lifeline
Originally published on July 17, 2020 at: https://tinyurl.com/yxqunjom RACHEL FEE and DIANE YENTEL The current health and economic crisis threatens the housing stability of millions…
Take Action: Virtual Lobby Day for #RentReliefNow on July 21!
Congress must pass the housing elements of the HEROES Act to protect low-income renters and prevent a tsunami of evictions. As the Senate returns to business on July 20, let’s band together and make…
Pulitzer-Prize Winning Author Nikole Hannah-Jones joins NLIHC’s Marla Newman Discuss Racial Equity and Housing Justice
Almost 5,000 people joined a special NLIHC broadcast on July 7 to hear Pulitzer-Prize winning author Nikole Hannah-Jones and NLIHC’s Board Chair Marla Newman discuss “Racial Equity and Housing…
Join NLIHC’s National Call on Coronavirus, Housing, and Homelessness Today at 2:30 pm ET
Join today’s (July 13) national call on coronavirus, housing and homelessness at 2:30-4 pm ET to hear from Federal Housing Finance Agency Director Mark Calabria and HUD Assistant Secretary for Public…
HUD HOME Program Posts Sample Annual Income Self-Certification Form
HUD’s Office of Affordable Housing Programs (OAHP) posted “Sample Self-Certification of Annual Income Form.” The sample form may be used by HOME Investment Partnerships Program (HOME) Participating…
HUD Extends Mortgage Forbearance and Tenant Eviction Protections at Properties with HUD-Insured or HUD-Held Mortgages
HUD’s Office of Housing issued Notice H 20-07 “Coronavirus Aid, Relief, and Economic Security (CARES) Act Eviction Moratorium” on July 1. The notice announces the ability of owners of HUD-insured or…
HUD’s PIH Posts Eviction Prevention and Stability Toolkit
HUD’s Office of Public and Indian Housing (PIH) posted an Eviction Prevention and Stability Toolkit on July 1. While the toolkit consists of eight attachments, the most important are the first four:…
HUD PIH Posts Updated Waiver Notice
HUD’s Office of Public and Indian Housing (PIH) posted Notice PIH 2020-13, REV1 on July 6. This notice restates the waivers in Notice PIH 2020-05 dated April 10 (see Memo, 4/13) and introduces six…
Recording Available of NLIHC’s July 6 National Call on “Coronavirus, Housing, and Homelessness”
NLIHC’s most recent national call on “Coronavirus, Housing, and Homelessness” took place on July 6. The call addressed the most recent developments in Congress related to the next coronavirus relief…
Additional Coronavirus Updates - Monday, July 13, 2020
National Updates Department of Housing and Urban Development The Federal Housing Administration announced on July 8 additional home retention measures for homeowners financially impacted by the…