NLIHC Calls on HUD to Quickly Release Disaster Mitigation and Recovery Funding
NLIHC President and CEO Diane Yentel sent a letter on June 12 to HUD Secretary Ben Carson calling on the agency to immediately release over $16 billion dollars in Community Development Block Grant–…
Head of FEMA Oversight Agency Resigns Over Whitewashed Reports
John V. Kelly stepped down from his role as the acting inspector general of the Department of Homeland Security (DHS) on June 11. The resignation comes after an internal report found significant…
House Homeland Security Committee Questions FEMA Administrator
The House Homeland Security Committee held a hearing on June 12 with Acting FEMA Administrator Pete Gaynor and Chris Currie from the Government Accountability Office. Lawmakers asked the witnesses…
NLIHC and Partners Call for Media for Film on Disaster Preparedness, Recovery, and Resilience, Deadline for Submissions is June 25
NLIHC is partnering with Working Films — a production company that works with grassroots groups and non-profit organizations to visually enhance their programs — to curate a compilation of short…
Additional Disaster Housing Recovery Updates - June 17, 2019
The following is a review of additional disaster housing recovery developments since the last edition of Memo to Members and Partners (for the article in the previous Memo, see 6/10). Federal Action…
Millions Who Qualify for Housing Assistance Do Not Receive it
A report from the Public and Affordable Housing Research Corporation (PAHRC), Trends in Housing Assistance and Who It Serves, finds that publicly supported housing programs assist more than 13.7…
Fact of the Week: Seven of the Ten Occupations Projected to Grow the Most Do Not Pay Enough to Cover the Rent
Source: NLIHC’s Out of Reach 2019. Housing Wages based on HUD fair market rents. Employment projections from BLS Employment Projections Program. Occupational wages from May 2018 Occupational…
Affordable Housing Task Force Bill Reintroduced; Take Action to Encourage Passage!
Senators Todd Young (R-IN), Angus King (I-ME), and Maria Cantwell (D-WA), along with 13 bipartisan senators, reintroduced the Task Force on the Impact of the Affordable Housing Crisis Act (S. 1772)…
From the Field: DC Advocates Win Important Budget Victories
Local advocates in Washington, DC, are celebrating the passage of a strong fiscal year (FY) 2020 budget that will provide more permanent supportive housing (PSH) for single adults than any in…
NLIHC in the News for the Week of June 9
The following are some of the news stories that NLIHC contributed to during the week of June 9. “Boise renters facing steep rental increases and low vacancy rates,” Idaho Press-Tribune, June 13 at:…
NLIHC to Release 2019 Out of Reach Report on June 18
NLIHC will release the 2019 edition of Out of Reach at 10:00 a.m. ET on Tuesday, June 18. Out of Reach documents the high cost of rental housing for low-wage workers and extremely low-income renters…