Webinars
CARES ACT and COVID-19 Related Resources Accessible to Immigrant Victims
- Immigrant Crime Victim Access to Relief during the COVID-19 Crisis under the CARES and FFCRA Acts (May 20, 2020) (189)
- Healthcare Available to Immigrant Crime Victims During the COVID-19 Pandemic (395)
- Resources to Support Immigrant Survivors of Domestic Violence and Sexual Assault During the COVID-19 Pandemic (743)
- Disaster Housing Recovery Coalition: Frequently Asked Question: Eligibility for Assistance Based on Immigration Status (May 5, 2020) (369)
- Safe Housing Partnerships: Federal Safe Housing Funding Resources – CARES Act (April 22, 2020) (447)
- Safe Housing for Immigrant Survivors: Legal Resources (744)
- Tenant Rights of Domestic Violence Survivors During COVID – 19 (National Housing Law Project) (734)
Public Charge and Immigrant Victims
- DHS Public Charge Ground of Inadmissibility – Final Rule (September 9, 2022)
- DHS Publishes Fair and Humane Public Charge Rule (September 8, 2022)
- Public Charge Test for Benefits Flow Chart (440)
- Infographic Public Charge Test for Housing Benefits (October 12, 2020) (408)
- The Impact of Transitional Housing on Public Charge
- The Impact of the 2020 Public Charge Rule on Transitional Housing (July 9, 2020) (2420)
- Immigrant Crime Victims and Public Charge: Post-VAWA 2013 (August 19, 2019) (1689)
Non-Work Social Security Numbers
- Obtaining Non-work Social Security Numbers Needed by VAWA Self-Petitioners to Maintain Public and Assisted Housing (736)
- Request That SSA Issue A Non-Work SSN to a Benefits Eligible Immigrant (June 2014 – Washington State Sample) (443)
- Social Security Administration Program Operations Manual System (POMS) (July 2017) (452)
- Triagency Letter: Citizenship Immigration Status and Social Security Numbers (457)
- Evidence Checklists for Work with Immigrant Survivors – Includes Benefits and Non-Work Social Security Numbers (383)
- Obtaining Non-Work Social Security Numbers (422)
Housing
- List of Supporting Documents For Training- Housing Rights for Immigrant Survivors (September 23, 2021)
- Safe Housing for Immigrant Survivors-Legal Resources
- Safe Housing Partnerships: Federal Safe Housing Funding Resources – CARES Act (April 22, 2020)
- Disaster Housing Recovery Coalition: Frequently Asked Question: Eligibility for Assistance Based on Immigration Status (May 5, 2020)
Housing – Shelter and Transitional Housing
- Joint Agency Letter On Shelters and Transitional Housing (Web Page August 12, 2016) (412)
- The Law: Immigrants are Legally Eligible for Transitional Housing (February 22, 2017)
- Webinar-Immigrant Crime Victim Access to Federally Assisted Housing (February 22, 2017) (1319)
- HUD-HHS-DOJ Letter Regarding Immigrant Access to Housing and Services (230)
- HUD, SNAPS, The Personal Responsibility and Work Opportunity Act of 1996 and HUD’s Homeless Assistance Programs (Aug. 16, 2016) (428)
- NIWAP, Brochure for Transitional Housing (456)
- NIWAP, Fact Sheet: Immigrant Access to Emergency Shelter and Transitional Housing (Oct.23, 2016) (449)
- What Shelter and Rental Housing Assistance are Available to Immigrant Survivors During COVID-19? (September, 2021) (12563)
- VAWA Home: Rights for Survivors in LIHTC (The Low Income Housing Tax Credit Program)
Housing – Public and Assisted
- Access to Public and Assisted Housing VAWA Self-Petitioners (October 2022)
- Emergency Housing Vouchers FAQ (September 21, 2022)
- HUD Housing Choice Voucher Program Guidebook Eligibility Determination and Denial of Assistance (November 2019)
- Access to Public and Assisted Housing VAWA Self-Petitioners –Webpage (October 2022) (94)
- HUD, Memo for Secretary Julian Castro from Tonya Robinson, Acting General Counsel re: Eligibility of Battered Noncitizen Self-Petitioners for Financial Assistance Under Section 214 of the Housing and Community Development Act of 1980 (Dec. 15, 2016) (377)
- HUD, Notice PIH 2017-02 (HA), Violence Against Women Act (VAWA) Self-Petitioner
- Verification Procedures (Jan. 19, 2017) (791)
- Annotated Section 214 of the Housing Act: 42 U.S. Code § 1436a – Restriction on Use of Public and Assisted Housing By Immigrants (October 31, 2021) (12558)
- I-130 Victim’s Proof of Battering or Extreme Cruelty (August 23, 2018)
- NHLP, Memo: HUD Housing Covered by Section 214 of the Housing and Community Development Act (1849)
- NHLP, Chart on Federally Assisted Housing and Immigrant Eligibility (Jan. 2018) (425)
- NIWAP, How to Advocate for Public and Assisted Housing for Your Battered Immigrant or Trafficking Survivor Client (Feb. 8, 2017) (398)
- NIWAP & Legal Momentum, HUD Programs and Immigrant Eligibility, Chapter 16.2 (Feb. 8, 2017) (350)
Low-Income Home Energy and Weatherization Assistance Programs