Affordable Housing Is Key Election Issue in the Primaries
NLIHC’s nonpartisan voter and candidate engagement project Our Homes, Our Votes: 2020 and our more than 1,000 partners around the country have worked to raise the profile of affordable housing and…
How Can Housing Providers Register and Mobilize their Residents to Vote: Learn How on February 20 Podcast!
Join NLIHC for a podcast on “The Role of Housing Providers in Registering and Mobilizing Voters” on February 20 at 3:00 p.m. ET. Register for this podcast and NLIHC’s entire 15-month “Third Thursdays…
House Committee Examines Trump Administration’s AFFH Proposal
The House Committee on Oversight and Reform’s Civil Rights and Civil Liberties Subcommittee held a hearing on February 5, “A Threat to American’s Children: The Trump Administration’s Proposal to Gut…
Subcommittee Holds Hearing on “A Future Without Public Housing”
The House Financial Services Subcommittee on Housing, Community Development, and Insurance held a hearing on February 5 on “A Future Without Public Housing? Examining the Trump Administration’s…
NLIHC and NAEH Release New Materials Responding to Administration’s False Statements on Homelessness
NLIHC and the National Alliance to End Homelessness (NAEH) released new materials to respond to several misleading statements made by Robert Marbut, President Donald Trump’s pick to lead the U.S.…
Join NLIHC and Partners for Webinar on HUD’s Harmful Proposed Fair Housing Rule, February 13
NLIHC and other members of the Fight For Housing Justice campaign will host a webinar on February 13 at 2:00 pm ET about HUD’s proposed Affirmatively Furthering Fair Housing (AFFH) rule (see Memo, 1/…
“Expanding Affordable Housing Opportunities in Native and Rural Communities” at NLIHC Housing Policy Forum 2020
“Expanding Affordable Housing Opportunities in Native and Rural Communities” will be a featured session at NLIHC’s Housing Policy Forum 2020: Ending Homelessness and Housing Poverty, taking place in…
Honor Jennifer Ho, Shauna Sorrells, and Bill Faith at March 26 Leadership Awards Reception
Honor the 2020 Housing Leadership Award Honorees Jennifer Leimaile Ho, Bill Faith and Shauna Sorrells, who will be recognized at the 38th Annual Housing Leadership Awards Reception…
Community Catalyst Encourages Health Plans to Invest in Affordable Housing
A recent issue brief from the Center for Consumer Engagement in Health Innovation at Community Catalyst explores how health plan resources can be used to invest in affordable housing. The health care…
House Passes Puerto Rico Earthquake Assistance Bill, President Threatens Veto
The House passed the “Emergency Supplemental Appropriations for Disaster Relief and Puerto Rico Disaster Tax Relief Act of 2020” (H.R. 5687) by a vote of 235-158 on February 7. The $4.7 billion…
Additional Disaster Housing Recovery Updates - February 10, 2020
The following is a review of additional disaster housing recovery developments since the last edition of Memo to Members and Partners (for the article in the previous Memo, see 2/03…