NLIHC Seeks Fall Interns
NLIHC is accepting applications for our fall internship positions. Interns are highly valued and fully integrated into our staff work. We seek students passionate about social justice issues, with…
Where to Find Us – July 22
NLIHC President and CEO Diane Yentel and other NLIHC staff will be speaking at the following events in the coming months: National Alliance to End Homelessness Annual Conference 2019, Washington, DC…
Point of View: Keep Families Together - by Diane Yentel, NLIHC President and CEO
In an extraordinary and historic rebuke of HUD Secretary Ben Carson, more than 30,000 people and organizations submitted comments on HUD’s cruel, wasteful and needless “mixed-status” proposal. With…
Senator Harris and Representative Ocasio-Cortez Introduce Bills to Expand Access to HUD-Assisted Housing for Justice-Involved People
Senator Kamala Harris (D-CA) and Representative Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez (D-NY) introduced on July 10 the “Fair Chance at Housing Act of 2019” (S. 2076 and H.R. 3685). The bill would reform the…
House Committee Passes Bill to Preserve Affordable Rural Rental Housing
The House Financial Services Committee on July 11 unanimously passed the “Strategy and Investment in Rural Housing Preservation Act of 2019” (H.R. 3620), which aims to preserve affordable homes and…
HUD Multifamily Memo Reminds Owners of Obligations to Residents
HUD’s Office of Multifamily Housing issued a Memorandum to owners and management agents of private HUD-assisted multifamily properties reminding them about existing guidance regarding their…
HUD Lists PHAs Interested in MTW Cohorts #1 and #2
Forty-four public housing agencies (PHAs) submitted letters indicating their interest in participating in the Moving to Work (MTW) so-called “rent reform” Cohort #2. Another 52 PHAs submitted letters…
HUD Lists PHAs Interested in MTW Cohorts #1 and #2
Forty-four public housing agencies (PHAs) submitted letters indicating their interest in participating in the Moving to Work (MTW) so-called “rent reform” Cohort #2. Another 52 PHAs submitted letters…
HUD Posts New “Payment Standards” Chapter for Voucher Guidebook
HUD’s Office of Public and Indian Housing (PIH) has published a fourth new chapter, “Payment Standards,” as it incrementally revises the 13-chapter Housing Choice Voucher Guidebook (see Memo, 6/17).…
Senator Kirsten Gillibrand Joins Our Homes, Our Votes, Our New Hampshire Event
Our Homes, Our Votes, Our New Hampshire, a nonpartisan candidate engagement partnership between NLIHC and Housing Action NH, hosted its first “coffee-with-the-candidate” event on Sunday, July 7,…
Freddie Mac Finds Loss of Affordable Multifamily Rental Units
Diminishing Affordability – Inescapable, a report from the Multifamily Research Center at Freddie Mac, finds the percentage of multifamily rental units affordable to very low-income (VLI) households…