NLIHC’s last national call on “Coronavirus, Housing, and Homelessness” took place on May 18. The call featured updates from national, state, and local advocates and service providers working to…
NLIHC maintains a COVID-19/Housing and Homelessness News and Resource page with policy recommendations, factsheets, frequently asked questions, research notes, and additional resources.…
Through the Opportunity Starts at Home multisector affordable homes campaign, advocates have now sent more than 1,600 letters to members of Congress urging them to include robust housing resources in…
The Office of the Comptroller of the Currency (OCC) on May 20 released a final rule to change Community Reinvestment Act (CRA) regulations. The CRA, enacted in 1977, established responsibilities for…
Increasing opportunities to vote by mail provide voters with a safe and convenient way to exercise their civic duty. This option is more important than ever in the face of the health and safety…
Due to a scheduling conflict, last week’s “Third Thursdays at Three” Our Homes, Our Votes 2020 webinar on “Getting Housing Issues and Ballot Initiatives into the Elections” was postponed and will now…
The National Alliance to End Homelessness released “The State of Homelessness: 2020 Edition,” which provides national homelessness statistics, data visualization, detailed resources about…
The Board of Governors of the Federal Reserve System released its “Report on the Economic Well-Being of U.S. Households in 2019, Featuring Supplemental Data from April 2020.” The report finds that…
The Urban Institute released “Why the Most Affordable Homes Increased the Most in Price between 2000 and 2019.” The report finds that over the last decade, prices for the least expensive homes…
The Oklahoma legislature passed H.B. 2760 on May 12 to cut the Oklahoma Affordable Housing Act’s annual funding in half retroactively to January 2020. The vote occurred without opportunity for input…
NLIHC is pleased to welcome Abigail Barton as the Coalition’s 2020 summer policy intern. A rising junior at Brown University, Abigail is studying public policy and American studies, and she helps…
