Where to Find Us – March 18
State Bar of Texas Disaster Law Task Force CLE, Updates to FEMA Individual Assistance Program – Virtual, March 18 (Noah Patton) Green New Deal for Public Housing Press Conference – Washington, D.C…
Biden Administration Releases FY25 Budget Request
President Joe Biden and HUD Secretary Marcia Fudge released today their full fiscal year (FY) 2025 budget request. Overall, the budget request proposes $72.6 billion – essentially level funding…
With Final FY24 Spending Bill for HUD Programs Enacted, House Republicans Turn Attention to Slashing Domestic Spending in FY25
Congress passed and President Biden signed into law a final fiscal year (FY) 2024 spending package that includes six appropriations bills, including the Transpiration, Housing and Urban Development (…
Housing Policy Forum 2024 Is Next Week – Register Virtually!
There’s just one week to go until NLIHC’s Housing Policy Forum 2024: An Unwavering Path Forward to Housing Justice! Taking place March 19-21 at the Hilton Washington DC Capitol Hill Hotel in…
Senators Fetterman and Lummis Introduce Bipartisan “Whole-Home Repair Act”
Senators John Fetterman (D-PA) and Cynthia Lummis (R-WY) introduced the “Whole-Home Repair Act” (S.3871) in the U.S. Senate on March 5. The bipartisan bill would create a national five-year pilot…
FTC and DOJ File Joint Legal Brief on Algorithmic Price Fixing in Housing Market
The Federal Trade Commission (FTC) and the U.S. Department of Justice (DOJ) filed a joint legal brief on March 1 expressing concerns related to algorithmic price fixing in the housing market. In the…
Treasury Announces New Actions to Increase Housing Supply
The U.S. Department of the Treasury (Treasury) announced new efforts on March 5 to increase housing supply. These actions include updated guidance for the State and Local Fiscal Recovery Funds (SLFRF…
HUD Publishes Final Faith-Based Rule Revisions, Replacing Discriminatory Trump-Era Policies
HUD published a final rule in the Federal Register on March 4 reinstating religious freedom protections for people who use HUD-funded services. The revised rule replaces Trump administration policies…
Housing Assistance Council Announces New Center for Rural Multifamily Housing Preservation
The Housing Assistance Council (HAC) announced the launch of its new Center for Rural Multifamily Housing Preservation, a cross-disciplinary initiative to preserve rural rental housing, particularly…
OSAH Campaign Releases New Fact Sheet on Connections between Child Poverty and Lack of Access to Housing
The Opportunity Starts at Home (OSAH) campaign has released a new fact sheet describing the connections between child poverty and lack of access to stable, affordable housing. The fact sheet includes…
Save the Date: Our Homes, Our Votes Webinar Series to Launch in April!
NLIHC’s Our Homes, Our Votes campaign is a nonpartisan initiative to boost voter turnout among low-income renters and elevate housing as an election issue. In major federal election years, the…