Coronavirus Updates – January 18, 2022
National Updates Biden Administration The Biden administration announced on January 7 a state-by-state breakdown of funding for the Low Income Home Energy Assistance Program (LIHEAP). The…
Disaster Housing Recovery Updates – January 18, 2022
Take action! To ensure more efficient and equitable disaster recovery, Congress should pass the “Reforming Disaster Recovery Act” (S.2471/H.R. 4707). The bill would permanently authorize the CDBG-DR…
More than 80% of Reallocated ERA Funds Remained in Same States during First Reallocation Round
The Department of the Treasury (Treasury) released new data about Emergency Rental Assistance (ERA) grantees that voluntarily reallocated their funds or had their funds recaptured and the programs…
Representatives Waters, Cleaver, Torres, Ocasio-Cortez, and Dean Submit Letters Demanding Answers on Tragic Housing Fire Deaths
House Financial Services Committee Chair Maxine Waters (D-CA) and members of the committee, including Representatives Emmanuel Cleaver (D-MO), Richie Torres (D-NY), Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez (D-NY)…
Poll Shows Public Wants Housing Investments in Build Back Better Act
The Opportunity Starts at Home multi-sector affordable homes campaign released a national opinion poll that shows the public supports affordable housing investments in the “Build Back Better Act” by…
Evictions Associated with Lower Voter Turnout
A new article in the journal Politics & Society, “Eviction and Voter Turnout: The Political Consequences of Housing Instability,” examines the impact of evictions on voter turnout in the 2016…
Majority of Reallocated ERA1 Funds Remained in Same States rather than Moving to Different States
Sources: U.S. Department of the Treasury, ERA1 Voluntary Reallocation Voluntary Reallocation to Designated Entities; U.S. Department of the Treasury, ERA 1 Round 1 Reallocation
New Jersey Landlord to Pay $4.5 Million to Tenants He Sexually Exploited
A New Jersey landlord accused of coercing more than 20 tenants into sexual acts in exchange for housing has reached a landmark $4.5 million settlement with the Department of Justice (DOJ). Joseph…
Learn How to Expand the Multi-Sector Affordable Housing Movement at NLIHC Virtual Housing Policy Forum 2022, March 22-23!
NLIHC’s Virtual Housing Policy Forum 2022: Achieving Housing Justice, taking place March 22-23, 2022, 12:30-5:30 pm ET on March 22 and 1-5:30 pm ET on March 23, will feature an in-depth session…
NLIHC to Honor Representative Ritchie Torres at the 2022 Housing Leadership Awards Celebration on April 28
NLIHC will honor Representative Ritchie Torres (D-NY) at our 40th Annual Housing Leadership Awards Celebration, held virtually on Thursday, April 28. Representative Torres will receive the…
Framework for an Equitable COVID-19 Homelessness Response to Host Jan. 20 Webinar on Partnering with People with Lived Expertise for Homelessness Response
The Framework for an Equitable COVID-19 Homelessness Response is hosting a webinar on January 20 at 3-4:30 pm ET on partnering with people with lived expertise to design and implement homelessness…