HUD Secretary Testifies before Full House Financial Services Committee in Hearing on HUD Oversight
HUD Secretary Marcia L. Fudge served as the sole witness during a U.S. House of Representatives Committee on Financial Services (HFSC) hearing, “Oversight of the Department of Housing and Urban…
Senator Rosen Introduces Bill to Address Price Gouging by Corporate Investors
Senator Jacky Rosen (D-NV) introduced the “Housing Oversight and Mitigating Exploitation (HOME) Act” (S.3561) in the U.S. Senate on January 9. The bill aims to hold corporate investors accountable…
Los Angeles’s Last Remaining COVID-19 Eviction Protections to Expire on February 1
The last of the longstanding renter protections implemented by the City of Los Angeles during the COVID-19 pandemic will expire on February 1. Among the protections expiring at the end of this month…
Partnership for Just Housing Submits Comment on Proposed Rule to Remove Restrictions on Hiring People with Conviction Histories as Fair Housing Testers
The Partnership for Just Housing (PJH) submitted a comment on a HUD Notice of Proposed Rulemaking (NPRM), “Removing Criminal Conviction Restrictions for Testers in FHIP- and FHAP-Funded Testing…
HUD OIG Reviews Disaster Recovery Efforts and Reiterates Need for Permanent Authorization of HUD Long-Term Recovery Programs
HUD’s Office of Inspector General (OIG) released conclusions from an audit of the department’s Office of Community Planning and Development (CPD) that revealed the slow delivery of funds distributed…
Disaster Housing Recovery Update – January 16, 2024
Congressional and National Updates The Florida Housing Coalition will host a webinar to discuss its new disaster dashboard, created in partnership with Texas Appleseed. Register for the webinar here…
A Look Ahead at Housing Policy Forum 2024 Breakout Sessions!
NLIHC’s Housing Policy Forum 2024: An Unwavering Path Forward to Housing Justice will feature an array of breakout sessions in which attendees can engage with and learn from thought leaders, policy…
New Research Provides Stronger Evidence That Housing First Leads to Health Care Savings
A paper published in Housing Policy Debate, “Exchanging Housing Dollars for Health Care Savings: The Impact of Housing First on Health Care Costs,” examines whether Housing First leads to health care…
Hawai‘i Supreme Court Hears Case on Maui County Encampment Sweep
The Hawai‘i Supreme Court heard oral arguments on December 14 from a Maui County attorney and a lawyer from the American Civil Liberties Union (ACLU) of Hawai‘i representing former residents of Pu‘…
Share of Federally Assisted Housing in Communities with Greatest Risks from Natural Hazards Varies Widely by State
Source: Aurand, A., Emmanuel, D. McElwain, K., Asp, K. (2023). Natural hazards and federally assisted housing. Retrieved from https://bit.ly/3QOqvsN
NLIHC in the News for the Week of January 7
The following are some of the news stories to which NLIHC contributed during the week of January 7: “Hochul’s Housing Approach Stirs Questions About Tenant Protections, Developer Incentive” City…