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The Washington Post reports on the federal stimulus benefits that will expire this month, noting that millions of Americans will lose unemployment benefits, access to…
Children’s Defense Fund (CDF) published a new blog warning policymakers that millions of children will be at risk of losing their homes if the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC)…
The House of Representatives passed on December 8 a one-week continuing resolution (CR) to extend current funding for federal agencies and programs through December 18. The bill (H.R. 8900) passed…
President-elect Joe Biden announced on December 8 he will nominate Representative Marcia Fudge (D-OH) as the new secretary of the Department of Housing and Urban Development. If confirmed,…
The House of Representatives on December 8 adopted by a vote of 335-78 the National Defense Authorization Act, which included the “Veteran HOUSE Act of 2020” (H.R.2398). Introduced by Representative…
Senator Catherine Cortez Masto (D-NV) introduced on December 3 S. 4968, the “HOME Investment Partnership Reauthorization Act” and S. 4969, the “Housing Fairness Act of 2020.” Both bills would…
An article in Housing Policy Debate, “Failing the Least Advantaged: An Unintended Consequence of Local Implementation of the Housing Choice Voucher Program,” finds that two practices for managing…
The U.S. Census Bureau released on December 10 estimates from the 2015-2019 five-year American Community Survey (ACS). The ACS is an annual nationwide survey of approximately 3.5 million households…
NLIHC encourages affordable housing advocates to submit applications or nominations for the 2021 Annual Organizing Awards! Two awards will be granted for achievements in expanding housing funding,…
Join a webinar, co-hosted by NLIHC and Community Solutions, on Wednesday, December 16 at 3 pm (ET) to learn more about preventing evictions and their negative impacts on communities during the…
NLIHC is accepting applications for our winter/spring graphic design/communications internship position. Interns are highly valued and fully integrated into our staff work. We seek a student…
