Presidential Debate Moderators Again Fail to Ask about Affordable Housing
News of the Trump administration’s potential plans to address California’s homeless crisis in a harmful and unjust manner made headlines last week, and yet the Democratic presidential debate…
Mark your Calendars: September 24 is National Voter Registration Day
Affordable homes are built with ballots every bit as much as they are built with bricks and drywall. To elevate affordable rental housing as a top priority for policymakers, it is critical to…
HUD Ignores Deadline for the Release of Disaster Funds; FEMA Officials and Contractor Indicted for Fraud
HUD continues to delay the release of disaster mitigation funding for Puerto Rico even after the expiration of a statutory September 4 deadline set by Congress. Congress approved $16.5 billion in…
Additional Disaster Housing Recovery Updates - September 16, 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 9/09…
NLIHC Responds to Reports of Trump’s Possible Proposals to Criminalize or Otherwise Harm People Experiencing Homelessness
The Trump administration may be considering taking measures to further criminalize or otherwise punish poor people for their poverty, including possibly sweeping unhoused people into increasingly…
NLIHC Provides Sample Comment Letter Opposing HUD’s Proposed Disparate Impact Rule
NLIHC has prepared a sample comment letter for advocates to use to respond to the drastic changes HUD is proposing to the 2013 fair housing “Disparate Impact” rule. HUD’s changes would make it far…
HUD REAC Posts NSPIRE Health and Safety Risks
HUD’s Real Estate Assessment Center (REAC) has posted lists of health and safety items for each inspectable area to be inspected as part of REAC’s National Standards for the Physical Inspection of…
NLIHC Submits Comment Letter Opposing Proposed Rule Ending Broad-Based Categorical Eligibility for SNAP
NLIHC voiced opposition to a proposed rule published in the Federal Register on July 23 that would end “broad-based categorical eligibility” for the Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program (SNAP;…
Stable, Affordable Homes are Critical For Baby and Toddler Development
The Opportunity Starts at Home multi-sector affordable homes campaign published a new blog on September 12 written by Mollyrose Schaffner, policy writer and editor for ZERO TO THREE. ZERO TO THREE,…
Household Income Stagnated, Poverty Decreased, and Uninsured Rate Increased in 2018
A set of three reports from the United States Census Bureau—Income and Poverty in the United States: 2018, Health Insurance Coverage in the United States: 2018, and The Supplemental Poverty Measure:…
Fact of the Week: Housing Assistance and Other Federal Aid Lift Millions Out of Poverty
Source: U.S. Census Bureau Supplemental Poverty Measure Report, 2019