NLIHC in the News for the Week of July 28
The following are someof the news stories that NLIHC contributed to during the week of July 28: “'A national problem': U.S. housing affordability is out of whack with minimum wage,” Yahoo! Finance,…
NLIHC Welcomes Mia Wilson as Communications Specialist
NLIHC is pleased to welcome Mia Wilson as its newest communications specialist. Mia is responsible for supporting NLIHC’s nonpartisan voter and candidate engagement project, Our Homes, Our…
NLIHC Welcomes Dan Threet as Research Analyst
NLIHC is pleased to welcome Dan Threet as its newest research analyst. Dan will work with the research team to document and analyze the housing needs of extremely low-income renters. He will lead…
NLIHC Seeks Communications/Media/Graphic Design and Research Interns
NLIHC is accepting applications for our fall internship positions: one for communications/media/graphic design and one for research. Interns are highly valued and fully integrated into our staff work…
Where to Find Us – August 5
NLIHC President and CEO Diane Yentel and other NLIHC staff will be speaking at the following events in the coming months: Independence Social Service Summit, Independence, MO, August 16 …
Senator Brown Demands President Trump Take Decisive Action to End Homelessness
Senator Sherrod Brown (D-OH) wrote a letter to President Trump on July 24 responding to a Fox News interview with the president during which he commented on addressing homelessness in America.…
NLIHC Holds Capitol Hill Briefing on the Housing Affordability Crisis in America and Solutions
NLIHC held a Capitol Hill briefing, “Out of Reach: What State and Local Data Tell Us About Solutions to America’s Housing Crisis,” on July 26. The briefing informed more than 70 congressional office…
House Passes Budget Deal; Senate to Vote this Week
The House passed a two-year FY20-21 budget deal (H.R. 3877) on July 25 by a vote of 284-149. Congressional leadership and the White House announced on July 23 that they had reached an agreement to…
'Reforming Disaster Recovery Act of 2019’ Introduced in Senate
Senator Brian Schatz (D-HI) and Todd Young (R-IN) introduced the “Reforming Disaster Recovery Act of 2019” in the Senate on July 26. The legislation, S. 2301, is a companion to a House bill of the…
Puerto Rico Governor Resigns, DHRC Calls for Democratizing the Recovery Process
Puerto Rico Governor Ricardo Rosselló announced on July 24 that he would resign from office, after massive island-wide protests and the start of impeachment proceedings in the Puerto Rico House of…
House Passes Two Bills to Make Federal Disaster Recovery Fiscal Information More Accessible
The House voted on July 24 to pass a pair of bills that aim to improve public access to fiscal information about the use of federal disaster recovery funds. The “Post-Disaster Assistance Online…