NLIHC Statement on FEMA Interim Final Rule
Washington, D.C. – The Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA) released today an Interim Final Rule amending regulations for its Individual Assistance (IA) program. The Interim Final Rule includes…
NLIHC and PAHRC Release Report on Natural Hazards and Federally Assisted Housing
Washington, D.C. – The National Low Income Housing Coalition (NLIHC) and the Public and Affordable Housing Research Corporation (PAHRC) released today a new report, Natural Hazards and Federally…
NLIHC and NHLP Release Report on HUD’s Rapid Unsheltered Survivor Housing (RUSH) Program
Washington, D.C. – The National Low Income Housing Coalition (NLIHC) and the National Housing Law Project (NHLP) released today a report exploring the initial implementation of the U.S. Department of…
NLIHC Statement on HUD’s New Disaster Housing Recovery Program to Address Homelessness
Washington, DC – The Department of Housing and Urban Development (HUD) announced yesterday, the creation of the Rapid Unsheltered Survivor Housing (RUSH) program to help the lowest-income and…
FEMA Must Take Urgent Action to Address Wrongful Denial of Individual Assistance to Eligible Low-Income Disaster Survivors
NLIHC-led Disaster Housing Recovery Coalition urge FEMA to ensure assistance for disaster survivors Washington, DC – The National Low Income Housing Coalition (NLIHC) and its Disaster Housing…
NLIHC Statement on FEMA Program Assistance Reforms Supporting Nearly 100,000 Additional Disaster Survivors
Washington, D.C. – Today, the House Homeland Security Committee Subcommittee on Emergency Preparedness, Response, and Recovery hosted FEMA Administrator Deanne Criswell for a hearing on a review of…
FEMA Releases 2022-2026 Strategic Plan, Prioritizes Equity
FEMA released its 2022-2026 strategic plan on December 9, describing the agency’s vision and goals for the coming years. The plan was developed with input from FEMA employees and external partners…
NLIHC President and CEO Diane Yentel to Testify Before U.S. Commission on Civil Rights on Hurricane María Disaster Relief
NLIHC urges Congress to prioritize the housing needs of the lowest-income and most marginalized people in disaster impacted areas. What: National Low Income Coalition (NLIHC) President and CEO…
FEMA Holds Civil Rights Summit on Equity; NLIHC Speaks on Panel of Leaders for Equitable Disaster Recovery
The Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA) held a day-long Civil Rights Summit, “CR Summit 2.0,” on November 17. The summit, hosted by FEMA’s Office of Equal Rights (OER), included updates from…
FEMA Individual Assistance Staff Attend Disaster Housing Recovery Working Group Meeting to Discuss Reforms
Chris Smith, director of the Individual Assistance Division at the Office of Response and Recovery, Recovery Directorate at FEMA, and additional members of the FEMA Individual Assistance team met…
Study Shows Disasters Increase Evictions
A recent article in Housing Policy Debate, “A Perfect Storm? Disasters and Evictions,” is one of the first studies to examine the relationship between disasters and evictions. The study combines a…