House Passes Bill Commissioning Study on Streamlining Disaster Data and Damage Assessment Collection
The House of Representatives voted on October 29 to approve legislation directing HUD, FEMA, and other federal agencies involved in federal disaster recovery efforts to study ways of streamlining the…
House Subcommittee Holds Hearing on Federal Disaster Recovery
The Subcommittee on Economic Development, Public Building, and Emergency Management of the House Transportation & Infrastructure Committee held a hearing on federal disaster relief efforts on…
NLIHC and Partners Urge Congress to Expand Earned Income Tax Credit and Child Tax Credit
NLIHC joined more than 100 other national groups in two letters sent on October 3 encouraging members of Congress to support the “Working Families Tax Relief Act” (H.R. 3157, S. 1138), which would…
Joint Congressional Letter Raises Concerns About Puerto Rico Recovery Program
In a joint letter to the Puerto Rico Department of Housing, the House Natural Resources Committee Chair Raul Grijalva (D-AZ), Senator Bob Menendez (D-NJ), Representative Nydia Velazquez (D-NY), and…
Stopgap Spending Bill Enacted to Fund Government through November 21
The Senate passed by a vote of 82-15 a stopgap funding measure, known as a continuing resolution (CR), on September 26. President Donald Trump signed the CR on September 27, extending Congress’s…