HUD’s Multifamily Office Proposes Changes to Rent Comparability Guidance
HUD’s Office of Multifamily Housing Programs (Multifamily) is proposing changes to the Rent Comparability Study (RCS) guidance included in Chapter 9 of its Section 8 Renewal Policy Guidebook.…
HUD’s Office of Fair Housing Issues Guidance Regarding Marketing, Application, and Waitlist Processes for HUD-Assisted Multifamily Housing
HUD’s Office of Fair Housing and Equal Opportunity (FHEO) released “Guidance on Compliance with Title VI of the Civil Rights Act in Marketing and Application Processing at Subsidized Multifamily…
Report Highlights Challenges of Using Emergency Housing Vouchers and Strategies for Overcoming Them
The National Alliance to End Homelessness (NAEH) has released a report, “Using EHVs to Get People Housed: Focus Group Discussions on Challenges and Current Strategies,” describing homeless services…
Maine Governor Signs Two Bills to Expand Availability of Affordable Housing
Maine Governor Janet Mills signed two bills into law on April 27 to address Maine’s shortage of affordable housing. LD 2003 eliminates all single-family zoning restrictions, allows accessory dwelling…
Recording of 2022 Virtual Housing Leadership Awards Celebration Now Available
NLIHC and friends celebrated NLIHC’s 2022 Housing Leadership Awards honorees, the Congressional Progressive Caucus, Ann O’Hara, and Representative Ritchie Torres (D-NY), at the Virtual Housing…
NLIHC Seeks Housing Advocacy Organizer
NLIHC seeks a housing advocacy organizer who will be responsible for maintaining and expanding NLIHC membership and mobilizing advocates on federal policy priorities to advance the Coalition’s…
NLIHC in the News for the Week of May 3
The following are some of the news stories that NLIHC contributed to during the week of May 3: “Housing investments at risk as Build Back Better withers” The Hill, May 2 at: https://bit.ly/3LUKVLQ…
NLIHC Promotes Brooke Schipporeit to Manager of Field Organizing
NLIHC is pleased to announce that Brooke Schipporeit, one of the Coalition’s housing advocacy organizers, has been promoted to the position of manager of field organizing. Brooke has served as an…
Where to Find Us – May 9
NLIHC President and CEO Diane Yentel and other NLIHC staff will be speaking at the following events in the coming months: Connecticut Coalition to End Homelessness, 19th Annual Training Institute…
House Transportation and Infrastructure Committee Passes Disaster Mitigation Legislation
The U.S. House Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure voted on April 28 on several disaster recovery reform bills. One of the bills, the “Community Disaster Resilience Zone Act,” is supported…
Coronavirus Updates – May 2, 2022
National Updates Department of Housing and Urban Development (HUD) HUD released a policy brief on the relationship between HOME Investment Partnerships-American Rescue Plan Program (HOME-ARP)…