From the National Low Income Housing Coalition (http://www.nlihc.org): The House Financial Services Committee just voted 30 to 24 to approve legislation to invest $327 billion in affordable housing, including significant funding for the HoUSed campaign’s top priorities: $90 billion for rental … Continued
From Housing Alliance of Pennsylvania (http://www.housingalliancepa.org/): Tell Congress to support top housing priorities in any infrastructure or economic recovery package The Senate Banking Committee and House Financial Services Committee are drafting legislation to invest at least $332 billion in housing … Continued
From Housing Alliance of Pennsylvania (http://www.housingalliancepa.org/): House Financial Services Committee Chair Maxine Waters (D-CA) introduced the “Housing is Infrastructure Act”. This legislation provides $600 billion in housing investments in any infrastructure package. The bill provides robust funding for top housing … Continued
Posted at https://www.publicnewsservice.org/2021-07-29/housing-homelessness/report-universal-access-to-legal-counsel-could-help-prevent-evictions-in-pa/a75174-1 July 29, 2021 – Emily Scott, Public News Service (PA) Play Audio in Browser Window HARRISBURG, Pa. — As housing advocates prepare for the end of the CDC’s eviction moratorium Saturday, a new report showed expanding access to legal representation for low-income … Continued
From the National Low Income Housing Coalition (http://www.nlihc.org): The National Low Income Housing Coalition (NLIHC) released Out of Reach 2021. This report highlights the mismatch between the wages people earn and the price of decent rental housing in every state, metropolitan area, … Continued
From the National Low Income Housing Coalition (http://www.nlihc.org): Senator Jeff Merkley (D-OR) and Representative Ritchie Torres (D-NY) are circulating a “Dear Colleague” letter urging congressional leaders to include the HoUSed campaign’s top priorities in any infrastructure package. The letter calls for: A major expansion of … Continued
From the National Low Income Housing Coalition (http://www.nlihc.org): Members of Congress are working to reach a compromise on an infrastructure package that could pass with bipartisan support. So far, however, these negotiations do not include robust investments to make housing affordable to … Continued
From Housing Alliance of Pennsylvania (http://www.housingalliancepa.org/): Senate Bill 109 (SB109) passed the House and the Senate last week. Thank you, Senate and House Republicans and Democrats, for quickly getting this legislation to the Governor’s Desk for signature. Not only was … Continued
From the Economic Policy Institute (http://www.epi.org/): Tens of millions of Americans have lost their jobs so far during the COVID-19 pandemic and nearly half of adults live in a household that has lost income since mid-March. The result: dramatically increasing economic insecurity. … Continued
From the Coalition on Human Needs (http://www.chn.org): Nearly half of all adults (47.5%) live in a household where someone has lost income from work since March 13th. Poverty and homelessness are being exacerbated by the pandemic, with people of color … Continued