In a landmark civil rights decision, the Connecticut federal District Court established for the first time that consumer reporting agencies must comply with the...
On March 7, 2019, U.S. Representatives Karen Bass (D-CA-37) and Brian Fitzpatrick (R-PA-1) introduced a bipartisan bill to reauthorize the Violence Against Women Act...
NHLP has updated the Utility Allowances, Energy-Efficiency, and Renewables in Affordable Housing initiative webpage with a new entry under the ‘Manuals, Guidebooks, and Reports’ section.
The National Housing Law Project (NHLP) is currently accepting applications from current law students for a summer clerkship specifically focused on rural housing issues. NHLP...
On October 10, the Department of Homeland Security (DHS) officially published a proposed rule that would make it easier for certain immigrants to be...
New federal lawsuit seeks to establish that tenant-screening companies must comply with the Fair Housing Act when advising landlords to accept or deny particular rental...
As Congress has left funding or policy gaps in the preservation framework for privately owned, federally assisted properties, state and local governments have enacted a...
On December 5, 2016, the Department of Housing and Urban Development (HUD) published its final rule, Instituting Smoke-Free Public Housing. The rule requires housing authorities...
