NLIHC Provides New State-Specific Voter and Candidate Engagement Resources
Our Homes, Our Votes: 2020, NLIHC’s non-partisan project on candidate and voter engagement, recently revised its website to feature new state-specific pages that let advocates explore key voting…
2020 Elections Approach: Webinar on “Getting Housing Issues and Ballot Initiatives into the Elections,” May 21 at 3 pm ET
As the 2020 elections approach, learn about how advocates can advance housing issues and ballot initiatives during a NLIHC webinar on May 21 at 3 pm ET. Register for this webinar and NLIHC’s entire…
National Housing Trust Fund Allocations Published in Federal Register
National Housing Trust Fund (HTF) FY20 allocations were officially published in the Federal Register on April 29, including specific information for each state, the District of Columbia, Puerto Rico…
Massachusetts Local Land-Use Override Program Continues to Spur Affordable Housing Development
An article published in Housing Policy Debate, “Overriding Exclusion: Compliance with Subsidized Housing Incentives in the Massachusetts 40B Program,” reports that a Massachusetts policy of allowing…
Lowest-Wage Jobs Are Most Exposed to COVID-19-Related Unemployment
Source: Bureau of Labor Statistics, 2020.
Massachusetts Advocates Celebrate Passage of Strong Statewide Eviction and Foreclosure Moratorium
In response to the ongoing coronavirus pandemic, Massachusetts Governor Charlie Baker signed an eviction and foreclosure moratorium bill (H.4647) on April 20 creating some of the strongest…
NLIHC Welcomes Six New Members to the Board of Directors
NLIHC unanimously voted six new members onto its board of directors on March 24: Colorado Coalition for the Homeless Vice President of Communications and Public Policy Cathy Alderman; New York City…
NLIHC in the News for the Week of April 26
The following are some of the news stories that NLIHC contributed to during the week of April 26: “'Mass evictions' on the horizon as US confronts coronavirus housing crisis: Advocates,” ABC News, …
Join NLIHC’s Weekly “Coronavirus, Housing and Homelessness” Call Today at 2:30 pm ET!
NLIHC is hosting national calls on “Coronavirus, Homelessness, and Housing” every Monday at 2:30 pm ET. Calls feature leaders from Congress, the administration, state and national partners, local…
Congress Passes “Interim” Coronavirus Relief Package
After weeks of negotiations, the House and Senate passed a nearly $500 billion coronavirus relief package on April 23. The package, which passed the Senate unanimously and the House on a 388-5 vote,…
Members of Congress Send Letter to Treasury and IRS Urging Action to Address Barriers to Accessing Economic Impact Payments for People Experiencing Homelessness
Representatives Lisa Blunt Rochester (D-DE) and Marc Veasey (D-TX) led 40 of their colleagues in drafting an April 22 letter to Treasury Secretary Steven Mnuchin and Internal Revenue Service (IRS)…