NLIHC has launched Our Homes, Our Votes: 2020, a non-partisan project to urge presidential candidates to address the affordable housing crisis and its solutions and to engage more low-income…
NLIHC and the National Housing Law Project (NHLP) have new resources, including a state-level data table and a recording of the June 5 webinar, available as part of the Keep Families Together…
The House Appropriations Committee moved forward its FY20 spending bills for affordable housing, community development, and rural development programs on June 4. Both the Transportation, Housing and…
The House of Representatives voted on June 3 to approve a disaster aid package for communities impacted by major disasters in 2017, 2018, and 2019 by a vote of 354-58. The bill has been signed by the…
The Department of Homeland Security Inspector General’s Office (OIG), tasked with overseeing FEMA’s performance, confirmed that more than a dozen FEMA audits were found to have excluded shortcomings…
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 6/03…
A report from the Urban Institute, Assessing Miscounts in the 2020 Census, estimates that the 2020 Census could undercount the U.S. population by 0.3% to 1.2%, representing an undercount of 900,000…
A new report from Opportunity Starts at Home multisector affordable homes campaign partner Children’s HealthWatch recommends that efforts to build more affordable homes in Massachutsetts be…
Philadelphia City Councilmember Helen Gym introduced a bill (Bill No. 190386) on May 9 that would amend the “Landlord and Tenant” code to provide access to free legal representation to city’s lowest-…
The next NeighborWorks Training Institute (NTI) will be held in New Orleans, Louisiana the week of August 19-23.
In addition to offering a wide array of courses for nonprofit professionals in…
The following are some of the news stories that NLIHC contributed to during the week of June 2.
“Nonprofits Have the Power to Produce Big Gains in Voter Turnout, Study Says,” The Chronicle of…
