HUD Mixed Status Rule Update
Under the Trump administration, several agencies, including HUD, introduced changes to policy that would harm low-income immigrant families. These regulatory changes would not help expand resources…
HUD’s Anti-Transgender Rule Update
The Trump administration made a concerted effort to remove the protections and rights of the LGBTQ community. This effort began on the day of President Trump’s inauguration in 2017 when the…
Voters In Los Angeles Choose Community Investment Over Law Enforcement and Incarceration
Los Angeles County provided voters an opportunity to choose how local revenue should be spent and how big of a slice of the budget should be provided to law enforcement and jails versus other…
Housing, Neighborhood Change, & Overpolicing
The summer of 2020 brought wider-spread attention to the brutally oppressive nature of policing in Black communities in America. Despite the renewed calls for “defunding” police departments or…
The Myth of the White Suburb and “Suburban Invasion”
To appeal to suburban voters in late summer 2020, President Trump tweeted that “people living their Suburban Lifestyle Dream” would “no longer be bothered or financially hurt by having low income…
Racial Equity & Housing Justice
The Year in Review, The Path Forward As noted in the Editorial Board letter, racial equity was at the forefront of so many policy, legal, and cultural discussions in 2020. Some were productive,…
NLIHC MEMO to Biden Transition Team
NLIHC sent a memo (see: https://bit.ly/3sZYL6F) on November 10 to then President-elect Joe Biden’s transition team outlining the ways the new administration can address one of the most critical…
A New Congress & New Members of Congress Bring Diversity
A New Congress President Joe Biden and Vice President Kamala Harris were not the only federal officials elected in November. Voters made important decisions on the future direction of Congress as…
Congresswoman Marcia Fudge Nominated to Become HUD Secretary
President-elected Joe Biden nominated Representative Marica Fudge (D-OH) to be the 18th secretary of the Department on Housing and Urban Development (HUD) on December 8, 2020. If confirmed, Secretary…
Elections Provide New Path Forward
Voters throughout the country turned out in record numbers for the 2020 November election. The high voter turnout is notable considering there were so many safety questions with in-person voting due…
Message from the Editorial Board 12-1
Dear Readers, The year 2020 was a challenging one, to say the least. In March, most of the world went into lockdown due to the COVID-19 pandemic. But, due to unenforced protocols, a lacking…
Disaster Housing Recovery Coalition
The COVID-19 pandemic is uncharted territory for the country’s disaster response and recovery system. President Trump’s National Emergency Declaration on March 13, 2020 was the first time such a…