NLIHC News: Where to Find Us – January 30
NLIHC staff will be speaking at the following events in the coming months: Prosperity Indiana Summit and Statehouse Day – Indianapolis, IN, February 1 and 2 (Diane Yentel) Public Health: Social…
HUD Announces Proposed Fair Housing Rule; NLIHC Releases Statement in Support
HUD announced plans to publish a proposed Affirmatively Furthering Fair Housing (AFFH) rule “imminently.” The proposed rule would help communities meet a more than five-decade old requirement to…
NLIHC Joins Statement with Leading Civils Rights and Housing Organizations Supporting Proposed Fair Housing Rule
NLIHC, along with the National Fair Housing Alliance and 34 other civil rights and housing organizations, issued a joint statement applauding HUD’s release of the proposed Affirmatively Furthering…
Treasury Initiates “Extraordinary Measures” to Avoid Default While House Republicans Push Spending Cuts
U.S. Department of the Treasury (Treasury) Secretary Janet Yellen announced on January 19 that the federal government had reached its statutory debt limit and that Treasury would begin implementing “…
House Appropriations Ranking Member Requests Information on Impact of Potential Budget Cuts
Representative Rosa DeLauro (D-CT), ranking member of the U.S. House of Representatives’ Committee on Appropriations, sent letters to several federal agencies on January 19 requesting information…
Representatives Velázquez and Goldman Introduce Bill to Address Capital Needs Backlog in Public Housing
Representatives Nydia Velázquez (D-NY) and Dan Goldman (D-NY) introduced the “Public Housing Emergency Response Act” (H.R.235) in the U.S. House of Representatives on January 11. The bill would…
Recording of January 17 National HoUSed Campaign Call Now Available
In our most recent (January 17) national call for the “HoUSed: Universal, Stable, and Affordable Homes” campaign, we discussed the outlook for the new legislative session, heard about findings from a…
Representative Jayapal to Address NLIHC’s Housing Policy Forum 2023
NLIHC’s Housing Policy Forum 2023: Onward to Housing Justice, taking place on March 21-23 at the Hilton Washington DC Capitol Hill Hotel in Washington, D.C., will feature a discussion with…
Hotel Discounts and Scholarships Still Available for 2023 Housing Policy Forum – Book Now!
Planning to attend this year’s Housing Policy Forum in Washington, D.C.? Be sure to book your hotel room now to lock in a discounted rate! NLIHC still has a limited number of discounts available for…
2023 Housing Leadership Awards to Honor Representative Cori Bush, John Parvensky, and Ayuda Legal Puerto Rico
Every year, NLIHC honors individual leaders and organizations for their outstanding contributions to affordable housing at our Housing Leadership Awards Ceremony. This year, we are excited to present…
Article Identifies Rising Sea Levels as Threat to Affordable Housing
Housing Matters, an initiative undertaken by the Urban Institute, has published an article, “Rising Sea Levels Are Threatening Affordable Housing. What Can Local Governments Do?,” tracing the impact…