NHLP to Hold December 16 Webinar on Rights of Domestic Violence Survivors during and after the Pandemic
The National Housing Law Project (NHLP) will hold a webinar discussing the housing rights of domestic violence survivors during and after the coronavirus pandemic. The webinar will be held on…
Join NLIHC and Community Solutions’ Webinar on Preventing Housing Instability During COVID-19 on December 16 at 3 pm (ET)
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 Seeks Winter/Spring Intern for Graphic Design/Communications
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…
Nominate an NLIHC Board Member Today!
NLIHC member and partners are encouraged to submit nominations (or self-nominate!) to fill upcoming vacancies on the NLIHC board of directors. Nominees for board membership must be current dues-…
NLIHC in the News for the Weeks of November 22 and November 29
The following are some of the news stories that NLIHC contributed to during the weeks of November 22 and November 29: “California got $1.3 billion in wildfire relief. Victims have received nothing…
Bill to Increase Amount of FEMA Funding for COVID-19 and 2020 Disasters Passes House
The FEMA Assistance Relief Act of 2020 (H.R. 8266), sponsored by House Transportation and Infrastructure Committee Chairman Peter DeFazio (D-OR), was passed unanimously by the House of…
Bill to Improve Access to Disaster Recovery Assistance for Low Income Households Passes House
The “Housing Survivors of Major Disasters Act” (H.R. 2914), introduced by Representative Adriano Espaillat (D-NY) and Senator Elizabeth Warren (D-MA), was unanimously approved by the House of…
Congress Continues Appropriations Negotiations, Makes Little Progress on a COVID-Relief Package
House and Senate appropriators continue their work to reach a bipartisan spending agreement for fiscal year (FY) 2021. Congress has until December 11 to either reach a deal on all twelve FY21…
New Report from NLIHC and Innovation for Justice Program Estimates Costs Associated with Eviction-Related Homelessness
NLIHC and the Innovation for Justice (i4J) Program at the University of Arizona released a research note, “Costs of COVID-19 Evictions,” on the public costs of eviction-related homelessness that will…
Study Shows Need for Non-Congregate Housing Arrangements for People Experiencing Homelessness
A new working paper from researchers at the University of California at San Francisco, “Comparison of infection control strategies to reduce COVID-19 outbreaks in the United States: A simulation…
NLIHC Testifies Before the Texas Advisory Committee to the U.S. Commission on Civil Rights on Hurricane Harvey Response
NLIHC Vice President of Public Policy Sarah Saadian testified on November 12 before the Texas Advisory Committee to the U.S. Commission on Civil Rights on the federal disaster housing response to…