Memo to Members

Memo: Biden Administration Releases Housing Supply Action Plan; Congress Holds Hearings on HUD Budget Request; and More

NLIHC released a new brief, “Extending the Reach of Emergency Rental Assistance: Leveraging Federal Resources.” The brief explores how three federal programs – the Coronavirus State and Local Fiscal…

The White House released today a comprehensive plan for combatting one of the major causes of inflation: the rising cost of rent and the severe shortage of homes affordable and available to America’s…

HUD Secretary Marcia L. Fudge testified on May 11 before the U.S. House Committee on Appropriations’ Subcommittee on Transportation, Housing, and Urban Development (THUD) and on May 12 before the U.S…

Join more than 1,600 organizations calling for the highest possible funding for affordable housing, homelessness, and community development resources by signing your organization on to the Campaign…

A bill recently introduced in California, “Affordable Disaster Housing Revolving Development and Acquisition Program-AB 1945,” seeks to shorten the amount of time it takes for survivors of wildfire…

Senators Patrick Leahy (D-VT), Susan Collins (R-ME), and Ron Wyden (D-OR), as well as eight of their Senate colleagues, introduced the “LIHTC Financing Enabling Long-term Investment in Neighborhood…

HUD announced on May 9 that it would award $20 million in new grants for its Eviction Protection Grant Program, doubling the amount initially allocated for the program in November 2021. The Eviction…

HUD’s Office of Public and Indian Housing (PIH) is hosting three webinars in preparation for the newest Moving To Work (MTW) Demonstration expansion cohort evaluating asset-building initiatives for…

HUD’s Office of Multifamily Housing Programs (Multifamily) sent an email to stakeholders on May 10 announcing a new federal subsidy program – the Affordable Connectivity Program (ACP) – to help HUD-…

The New Orleans City Council unanimously passed a right-to-counsel (RTC) ordinance on May 5, mandating that any person at risk of losing their home in eviction court has the right to an attorney.…

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