National Leaders Oppose Harmful Legislation to Undermine Efforts to End Homelessness
Washington, D.C. - National organizations from the housing, disability rights, faith-based, and other sectors oppose the “Housing Promotes Livelihood and Ultimate Success (PLUS) Act,” reintroduced…
May 18, 2023NLIHC Statement on HUD’s House America Initiative
Washington, D.C. – The National Low Income Housing Coalition (NLIHC) applauds the U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development (HUD) and U.S. Interagency Council on Homelessness (USICH) for…
January 26, 2023Recording Available of October 4 National HoUSed Call
On our most recent (October 4) call on “HoUSed: Universal, Stable, and Affordable Housing,” we welcomed Richard Cho and David Gonzalez Rice from HUD, who highlighted the department’s new House…
October 12, 2021Robert Marbut Removed as Executive Director of USICH
Robert Marbut left his position as executive director of the United States Interagency Council on Homelessness (USICH) on February 16. Mr. Marbut’s tenure at USICH was defined by his rejection of…
February 22, 2021Banking Committee Democrats Send Letter to USICH Director Marbut Questioning His Approaches to Ending Homelessness
Senator Sherrod Brown (D-OH), ranking member of the Senate Committee on Banking, Housing and Urban Affairs, led Committee Democrats in a letter to United States Interagency Council on Homelessness (…
February 3, 2020Urge the Trump Administration to Support Evidence-Based Approaches to Ending Homelessness
Homelessness is one of our country’s most urgent, tragic and solvable crises. We cannot end homelessness, however, by ignoring the evidence about what works. For this reason, NLIHC, the National…
February 3, 2020Bipartisan Congressional Leaders Urge USICH Director to Commit to “Housing First” Model to Ending Homelessness
Four key congressional leaders – Senators Susan Collins (R-ME) and Jack Reed (D-RI) and Representatives David Price (D-NC) and Mario Diaz-Balart (R-FL) – sent a letter on January 10 to Robert Marbut…
January 21, 2020House Subcommittee Discusses Ways to Improve HUD-VASH
The House Committee on Veterans’ Affairs Subcommittee on Economic Opportunity on January 14 held a hearing about “Making HUD-VASH Work for all Veteran Communities” on how to make the HUD-VA…
January 21, 2020House Democrats Send Letter Rejecting Robert Marbut as Head of U.S. Interagency Council on Homelessness
Led by Representatives William Lacy Clay (D-MO), Pramila Jayapal (D-WA), and Gwen Moore (D-WI), a group of 75 House Democrats sent a letter to President Trump on December 10 outlining their…
December 16, 2019Trump Appoints Robert Marbut as Executive Director of United States Interagency Council on Homelessness
President Trump appointed Robert Marbut as executive director of the United States Interagency Council on Homelessness (USICH) on December 4, following the ousting of former USICH Director Matthew…
December 9, 2019