California Members of Congress Propose Solutions to Homelessness in Letter to President Trump
A bicameral group of 45 Democratic members of the California congressional delegation sent a letter on September 19 to President Donald Trump criticizing his recent threats to further criminalize…
Representative Ocasio-Cortez Releases Ambitious Proposal to Address Poverty
Representative Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez (D-NY) unveiled “A Just Society,” an ambitious anti-poverty proposal, on September 25. The proposal aims to improve federal anti-poverty interventions through…
NLIHC and Other Groups Send Letters to Treasury and FHFA Urging Continued Funding to the HTF and CMF
NLIHC sent a letter to Treasury Secretary Steve Mnuchin and Federal Housing Finance Agency (FHFA) Director Mark Calabria on September 24 urging the agencies to continue Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac…
Presidential Candidates Continue to Address Homelessness and Affordable Housing on the Campaign Trail
The 2020 presidential candidates are making affordable housing a central part of their campaigns as never before. In just the last week: Senator Warren toured the Golfview Mobile Home Court in…
CommunityVotes Turns Out Voters in New York
CommunityVotes, a New York state-based non-profit that provides support to community-based service organizations to help them engage citizens who traditionally do not exercise their right to vote,…
Take Action! Sign Letter to Debate Moderators Urging Questions on Housing Solutions
The next debates for leading democratic candidates take place on October 15 in Ohio. We have reopened the Our Homes, Our Votes: 2020 sign-on letter to debate moderators; new organizational signers…
Now Available: Recording of First Webinar in Our Homes, Our Votes: 2020 Series
The first episode of the 15-month webinar and podcast series “Our Homes, Our Votes 2020: Third Thursdays at Three” is now available at www.ourhomes-ourvotes.org/webinars. The webinar originally…
HUD Designates Difficult Development Areas and Qualified Census Tracts for 2020
HUD published in the Federal Register on September 25 its list of the 2020 Difficult Development Areas (DDAs) and Qualified Census Tracts (QCTs), which are used in the Low Income Housing Tax Credit (…
Two Tropical Storms Strike U.S. and Territories
Two tropical storms crossed over parts of the United States this past week. Remains of Tropical Storm Imelda hit Southeast Texas, dumping large amounts of rain on the region and claiming five lives.…
Government Accountability Office Releases Two Reports Criticizing Federal Disaster Recovery Efforts
The Government Accountability Office (GAO) released two reports describing multiple deficiencies in federal disaster response. The first report found that FEMA and the American Red Cross failed to…
Additional Disaster Housing Recovery Updates - September 30, 2019
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 9/23…