| Welcome The National Housing Law Project (NHLP) is a law and advocacy center established in 1968. For over 40 years, NHLP has been dedicated to advancing housing justice for the poor by using the power of the law to increase and preserve the supply of decent affordable housing, to improve existing housing conditions, including physical conditions and management practices, to expand and enforce low-income tenants' and homeowners' rights, and to increase opportunities for racial and ethnic minorities. Recipient of the prestigious MacArthur Award for Creative and Effective Institutions, NHLP was described by Jonathan F. Fanton, President of the John D. and Catherine T. MacArthur Foundation, as “[w]ise counsel, policy advocate, rescuer of homes,” and credited with “advancing the housing rights of low-income Americans with energy and passion.” We hope that the resources and materials offered on this website will provide valuable help to our website visitors and we also invite you to join us and support NHLP in our efforts.  network for good |
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HUD ANNOUNCES $189 MILLION AVAILABLE TO REVITALIZE COMMUNITIES
HUD Press Release – 8/25/2010 -- WASHINGTON – The U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development announced today that it is making $189 million in grants available to transform public and assisted housing and to revitalize communities. Appearing in today’s Federal Register are the Notices of Funding Availability, the federal application, for two revitalization initiatives: The Choice Neighborhoods FY 2010 and the HOPE VI FY 2010. Both applications can be accessed at www.grants.gov.
NHLP Publishes Compendium of Domestic Violence and Housing Laws
NHLP is pleased to announce the publication of “Housing Rights of Domestic Violence Survivors: A State and Local Law Compendium.” This Compendium compiles state and local laws that affect domestic violence survivors’ housing rights. It is designed to serve as a starting point for advocates seeking to conduct research on the housing protections that their state laws offer for domestic violence survivors.
NHLP Publishes Manual on RD/RHS Homeownership Programs.
The newly published manual is a detailed guide to the Rural Development/Rural Housing Service single family homeownership programs and the rights of homeowners and applicants under those programs. It is an advocates’ guide to foreclosure avoidance mechanisms, available subsidies, and the RD appeals process.
HUD and RD Housing Preservation Bill Passes Committee
On July 27, by a 42-27 vote, the House Committee on Financial Services ordered that HR 4868, the Housing Preservation and Tenant Protection Act of 2010, be favorably reported to the House, as amended. A multi-year priority for preservation advocates nationwide, the comprehensive bill addresses the preservation of federally and state financed assisted housing, including tools to preserve and improve housing at risk of conversion or deterioration, and protections for residents.
Massachusetts Passes Just Cause for Eviction After Foreclosure
Enacted as a part of a comprehensive foreclosure bill, the new law will give tenants the right to remain in their homes after foreclosure.
NHLP Seeks Fall Law Clerks, Volunteer Attorneys
NHLP’s Oakland office seeks fall law clerks and volunteer attorneys to work on a variety of initiatives.
President Obama extends and clarifies the Protecting Tenants at Foreclosure Act
On July 21st, President Obama signed into law the Dodd-Frank Wall Street Reform and Consumer Protection Act (Public Law 111-203). The Act is most known for reforming the financial system and creating an independent consumer protection agency. But more importantly for renters, Section 1484 of the Act extends the Protecting Tenants at Foreclosure Act (PTFA) to 2014 and clarifies that the PTFA protects all bona fide tenants who entered into a lease before the transfer of title by foreclosure.
NOW AVAILABLE! The 2010 Supplement to HUD Housing Programs
The laws, rules and practices affecting the HUD housing programs are subject to ongoing change and revision. NHLP’s 2010 Supplement offers new information and the latest developments in the law on tenants’ rights under the HUD housing programs since publication of the 3rd Edition of NHLP’s HUD Housing Programs: Tenants’ Rights in 2004, also known as the “Green Book.”
HUD Strengthens Fair Housing Protections
HUD has announced that as part of its broader efforts to increase fair housing enforcement, applicants for its grants must abide by state and local fair housing laws the protect individuals from discrimination based on their source of income, sexual orientation, and gender identity. If an applicant does not abide by such fair housing laws, it will be denied funding, or risk losing funding. This is the first time that HUD has ever promulgated such a requirement.
HUD Secretary Shaun Donovan Gives Major Policy Address at HJN Conference
During his keynote address at the Housing Justice Network conference on March 8th, Secretary Shaun Donovan offered his vision for what he called, “the single most important thing we do at HUD – and that is provide rental assistance to America’s most vulnerable families.” In his first major policy address on the subject, he outlined HUD’s proposed Transforming Rental Assistance Initiative (TRA).
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