Committee Advances Nomination for HUD Secretary-Designate Marcia Fudge to Full Senate
The Senate Banking, Housing, and Urban Affairs Committee advanced the nomination of HUD Secretary-designate Marcia Fudge (D-OH) to the full Senate on a 17-7 bipartisan vote. In her confirmation…
HUD’s Office of Inspector General Reviews Landlord Incentives at Moving to Work (MTW) Demonstration PHAs
HUD’s Office of the Inspector General (OIG) issued Use of Landlord Incentives in the Housing Choice Voucher Program (Memorandum No: 2021-LA-0803), a limited review conducted to determine the use of…
President Biden Signs Executive Orders on Immigration Reform, Including Public Charge Directives for Agencies
President Joe Biden signed three Executive Orders (EOs) on immigration reform on February 2, including an order on “Inadmissibility on Public Charge Grounds,” which sets into motion changes to the…
“Best Practices in Organizing” to be Featured at NLIHC Virtual Housing Policy Forum 2021, March 30-31
NLIHC’s Virtual Housing Policy Forum 2021: A New Day, taking place March 30-31 from 1-5 pm ET, will feature a special session on the best practices in organizing for affordable homes, featuring the…
Resident Leader Joy Johnson, Sen. Sherrod Brown, Rep. Maxine Waters, and the Housing Justice Network to Be Honored with NLIHC’s 2021 Housing Leadership Awards
Celebrate the NLIHC 2021 Housing Leadership Awards honorees: Joy Johnson, long-time resident leader of the Charlottesville Public Housing Association of Residents (PHAR) and former NLIHC board member…
Natural Resources Defense Council: “How HUD Can Address the Crisis of Housing & Climate Change”
A new blog by the Natural Resources Defense Council (NRDC) explores major housing proposals made by President Biden and explains how housing represents a key element of the president’s climate…
Eviction and Utility Disconnection Moratoriums Led to Fewer COVID-19 Cases and Deaths
A National Bureau of Economic Research working paper, “Housing Precarity & the COVID-19 Pandemic: Impacts of Utility Disconnection and Eviction Moratoria on Infections and Deaths Across US…
Share of Household Budget Spent on Housing Rose Fastest for Lower-Income Groups over 30 Years
Source: U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics, Consumer Expenditure Survey, 1989-2019.
Toledo City Council Passes Source-of-Income Discrimination and Pay-to-Stay Ordinances
The Toledo, OH City Council recently passed two major housing-related ordinances that will expand housing options and prevent evictions. Beginning in April 2021, housing discrimination based on a…
Register for NeighborWorks Virtual Training Institute Taking Place Feb. 15-19
NeighborWorks America’s quality training in community development, affordable housing and nonprofit management has gone virtual! The NeighborWorks Winter 2021 Virtual Training Institute (VTI) is…
NLIHC Welcomes Neetu Nair as Research Analyst
NLIHC is pleased to welcome Neetu Nair as the Coalition’s newest research analyst. Neetu will help evaluate the effectiveness of state and local emergency rental assistance programs and other housing…