Disaster Housing Recovery Updates – May 16, 2022
Congress Support for permanently authorizing the Community Development Block Grant-Disaster Recovery (CDBG-DR) program is building in the Biden administration and in Congress. If enacted, the DHRC-…
Report Suggests Supportive Housing Programs Should Better Address Needs of Clientele with Intersectional Identities
A paper published in Housing Policy Debate, “Supportive Housing for Sexual and Gender Minority Individuals with Criminal Justice Histories: Challenges and Opportunities Identified by Providers and…
Only 8% of ZIP Codes in the Most Populous Metro Areas Are Affordable to Low-Income Renter Households
The National Equity Atlas released a report, “The Shrinking Geography of Opportunity in Metro America,” demonstrating the extent to which affordable housing in high-opportunity neighborhoods has…
Treasury’s Emergency Rental Assistance Data Show More Than $1.8 Billion Disbursed to Households in March
The U.S. Department of the Treasury (Treasury) has released Emergency Rental Assistance (ERA) spending data through March 2022. More than $714 million of ERA1 and more than $1.1 billion of ERA2 was…
New State-Level Demographic Data Provide Insight on Households Served by ERA1 in 2021
The U.S. Department of the Treasury has released demographic data disaggregated by state that indicate emergency rental assistance (ERA) programs assisted a high share of Black households in each…
Sen. Warren and Rep. Thompson Introduce FEMA Equity Act
Senator Elizabeth Warren (D-MA) and Representative Bennie Thompson (D-MS), chair of the House Committee on Homeland Security, introduced the “Federal Emergency Management Advancement of Equity Act” (…
NLIHC and Disaster Recovery Advocates Send Disaster Recovery Transparency Recommendations to HUD
NLIHC, the Fair Share Housing Center of New Jersey, Ayuda Legal Puerto Rico, and Texas Appleseed sent a memo to HUD on May 6 with recommendations to increase transparency and public involvement in…
OSAH Campaign Releases New Podcast Episode on History of the Fair Housing Act
The Opportunity Starts at Home campaign released a new podcast episode, “The History of the Fair Housing Act.” The thirty-third installment in OSAH’s podcast series, the new episode…
Register for May 16 Our Homes, Our Votes Webinar: With a Little Help from Our Friends!
Our Homes, Our Votes is NLIHC’s nonpartisan campaign to increase voter participation among low-income renters and to educate candidates about housing solutions. The Our Homes, Our Votes: 2022…
Become an Our Homes, Our Votes Affiliate!
Our Homes, Our Votes affiliates are nonpartisan organizations that are formally identified with the NLIHC-led Our Homes, Our Votes project and committed to carrying out its goals. Tenant associations…
Appropriations and Reconciliation Negotiations Inch Forward – Take Action Today!
With the U.S. House of Representatives out of session from May 2 to May 10, few developments have been reported regarding the status of negotiations over a fiscal year (FY) 2023 budget since…