Potential Interim Final Rule May Have Significant Reforms to FEMA Individual Assistance Program
The Biden administration released the spring 2023 edition of the Unified Agenda of Regulatory and Deregulatory Actions (Agenda) on June 14. The Agenda, which catalogues regulatory actions…
Disaster Housing Recovery Update – June 20, 2023
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 5/22).…
DEPOSIT Act Introduced to Cover Renters’ Security Deposit and Moving Costs
Senator Martin Heinrich (D-NM), along with Senators Ben Ray Luján (D-NM), Peter Welch (D-VT), and Alex Padilla (D-CA), introduced the “Delivering Essential Protection, Opportunity, and Security for…
Senate Banking Committee’s Housing Subcommittee Holds Hearing on Native American Housing
The Senate Committee on Banking, Housing, and Urban Affairs’ Subcommittee on Housing, Transportation, and Community Development held a hearing, “State of Native American Housing,” on June 13.…
HUD Notice Provides Guidance to PHAs for Better Assisting Homeless People Through Public Housing and Vouchers
HUD issued joint Notice PIH 2023-13/CPD 2023-05 providing guidance from the Office of Public and Indian Housing (PIH) to public housing agencies (PHAs) explaining how they could expand housing…
Report Enumerates Impact of New Jersey’s Mount Laurel Exclusionary Zoning Ruling, Offers Recommendations for Other States to Build on This Success
A new report by Fair Share Housing Center, Dismantling Exclusionary Zoning: New Jersey’s Blueprint for Overcoming Segregation, documents how New Jersey’s affordable housing model has led to the…
Register for NLIHC’s ERASE Summer Webinar Series Highlighting the 2022-2023 ERASE Cohort Members’ Successes
NLIHC is pleased to announce the End Rental Arrears to Stop Evictions (ERASE) Summer Webinar Series highlighting the 2022 – 2023 ERASE cohort members’ successes in supporting local tenant organizing…
Take Action, Support the Family Stability and Opportunity Voucher Act
The bipartisan “Family Stability and Opportunity Vouchers Act” (S.1257, H.R.3776) would provide an additional 250,000 Housing Choice Vouchers for families with young children to increase those…
Report Finds Restrictive Zoning Laws in Connecticut Are Correlated with Racial and Economic Segregation
The Urban Institute released a report, Bringing Zoning into Focus, which evaluated the relationship between local zoning laws and racial and economic segregation in Connecticut. The research found…
NLIHC Releases Out of Reach 2023: The High Cost of Housing
NLIHC released its annual report, “Out of Reach 2023: The High Cost of Housing,” on June 14. The report highlights the gulf between the wages people earn and the price of modest rental housing in…
Hard Copies of NLIHC Publications Are Now Available
Did you know that in addition to digital versions, NLIHC publishes paper copies of all our flagship publications, including Tenant Talk, The Gap, and the Advocates’ Guide? Tenant Talk is a bi-annual…