NLIHC Joins National Women’s Law Center AFFH Comment Letter
NLIHC signed on to a letter drafted by the National Women’s Law Center (NWLC) that comments on HUD’s proposed Affirmatively Furthering Fair Housing (AFFH) rule. The letter, which commends HUD for…
HUD CPD Removes Requirement to Spend 80% of CDBG-CV Funds in Three Years
HUD’s Office of Community Planning and Development (CPD) published a notice in the Federal Register on April 18 removing the requirement that state and local grantees that received Community…
NLIHC Signs On to NHLP Letter Urging Congress to Place Guardrails on Funds Intended to Preserve HUD-Assisted Multifamily Properties
NLIHC signed on to a letter submitted by the National Housing Law Project (NHLP) to U.S. Senate and House of Representatives Appropriations Subcommittee leaders, urging Congress to place tighter…
NLIHC Submits Comment Letter Addressing Proposed Changes to PIH Form 50058
NLIHC submitted a comment letter supporting proposed changes to HUD’s Public and Indian Housing (PIH) Form 50058 and providing information about households assisted through public housing, Housing…
New Reallocation Data Indicate Initial Disparities in States’ ERA Allocations Have Been Addressed in Limited Ways
The U.S. Department of the Treasury (Treasury) released data on the third round of allocations from the second tranche of Emergency Rental Assistance (ERA2) funds. Reallocation is a process in which…
NLIHC Joins National Rural Housing Coalition in Letter to Congress Urging Increases to Funding for Rural Housing
NLIHC joined a letter led by the National Rural Housing Coalition in support of increased appropriations for federal rural housing and water sewer programs administered by the U.S. Department of…
FEMA Administrator Criswell Testifies before House Appropriations Homeland Security Subcommittee Regarding FEMA’s FY24 Budget Request
FEMA Administrator Deanne Criswell testified before the U.S. Congress on April 18, defending the agency’s recent budget request for fiscal year (FY) 2024 and warning that without quick congressional…
Disaster Housing Recovery Updates – April 24, 2023
Congressional and National Updates Representative Dina Titus, the Ranking Member of the U.S. House of Representatives’ Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure’s Subcommittee on Economic…
New Issue Brief Explores Connections between Housing, the Environment, and Policy Solutions
The Opportunity Starts at Home (OSAH) campaign released an issue brief, “Housing Policy is Environmental Policy: The Complementary Aims of Fair Housing and Environmental Justice,” on Earth Day (April…
Colorado Organization Releases Report on Prioritizing Low-Income Housing
The Colorado Coalition for the Homeless recently published a report, Colorado’s Affordable Housing Crisis: It’s Time for Strategic Investments, highlighting the current state of affordable housing in…
Study Finds Less Restrictive Zoning Regulations Increase Housing Supply, though Not Necessarily for Renters with Low Incomes
New research from the Urban Institute, “Land-Use Reforms and Housing Costs: Does Allowing for Increased Density Lead to Greater Affordability?,” evaluates the relationship between local land-use…