Disaster Housing Recovery Updates – April 29, 2024
Congressional and National Updates The Brookings Institution wrapped up a six-part series on federal disaster policy reforms with an epilogue calling for legislative action on disaster recovery –…
HUD PIH Posts HOTMA Fact Sheets Tailored to Residents
HUD’s Office of Public and Indian Housing (PIH) posted fact sheets tailored to public housing residents and Housing Choice Voucher (HCV) households addressing new asset limits and income calculations…
Join NLIHC in Fair Housing Month Tweetstorm on April 30!
Join NLIHC and our partners around the country in a tweetstorm on April 30 calling on the Biden administration to release the final “Affirmatively Furthering Fair Housing” (AFFH) rule immediately!…
House Financial Services Committee Ranking Member Waters Sends Letter Urging President Biden to Release Final Fair Housing Rule
Representative Maxine Waters (D-CA), the ranking member of the U.S. House of Representatives’ Committee on Financial Services, sent a letter to President Biden urging the immediate release and…
Register for Today’s (4/29) Our Homes, Our Votes Webinar: Laying the Groundwork for Your Campaign
The Our Homes, Our Votes: 2024 webinar series provides resources, guidance, and inspiration for organizations and individuals seeking to launch or strengthen their own nonpartisan voter and candidate…
Our Homes, Our Votes Updates – Week of April 29, 2024
The Our Homes, Our Votes campaign is NLIHC’s nonpartisan initiative to boost voter turnout among low-income renters and elevate housing as an election issue. This biweekly article in Memo provides…
OSAH Joins Panel on Housing and Food Security at Feeding America Annual Conference
Chantelle Wilkinson, director of NLIHC’s Opportunity Starts at Home (OSAH) campaign, participated in a panel discussion, “Integrating Strategies for Housing and Food Security: A Multidimensional…
Local Vacancy and Crowding Rates Can Better Inform Policies to Address Homelessness among Unaccompanied Youth, Single Adults, and Families
A study published in the Journal of Urban Affairs, “Local rental market dynamics and homelessness rates among unaccompanied youths, single adults, and people in families,” examines the impact of…
NLIHC Releases Spring Issue of Tenant Talk
NLIHC released on April 25 the Spring 2024 issue of Tenant Talk, a semiannual newsletter designed to engage residents in housing advocacy. The new issue, Tenant Talk: The Resilient Work of Tenants,…
Congresswoman Ramirez Holds Press Conference on Two Reintroduced Housing Bills
Congresswoman Delia Ramirez (D-IL) held a “Future of Housing” press conference on April 23 to celebrate the reintroduction of two bills in the U.S. House of Representatives: the “Green New Deal for…
City of Olympia Passes New Protections for Tenants, Including Relocation Assistance
Lawmakers in Olympia, Washington, passed on April 16 a comprehensive set of tenant protections aimed at keeping renters stably housed amid a growing housing crisis in the city. Enacted through “…