NLIHC in the News for the Week of January 19
The following are some of the news stories to which NLIHC contributed during the week of January 19:“Building affordable housing in California is pricey and slow. Newsom wants to fix it by…
NLIHC Welcomes Julian Mura-Kröger as Research Intern
By Julian Mura-Kröger, NLIHC Research InternNLIHC is pleased to welcome Julian Mura-Kröger as a Fall 2025 Tenant Leader intern. Julian is a second-year Master of Urban Planning student at the NYU…
Episode 2 of “The Common Ground” Podcast – From Stigma to Solutions – Is Out Now!
By May Louis-Juste, NLIHC Project Manager, Strategic Partnerships Conversations about homelessness are often shaped by crisis-driven headlines and harmful stories that focus on individual…
Shortened Public Comment Periods
By Renee Williams, NLIHC Senior Advisor for Public Policy Recently, federal agencies have enacted shorter rulemaking comment periods, deviating from the longer-than-30-day periods that have…
Households That Include Someone with a Disability Are More Likely to Report Difficulty in Paying Rent
Source: U.S. Census Bureau. 2023 American Housing Survey (AHS). Available at https://tr.ee/jUTAy0.
Professional Landlord Attorneys Result in Higher Costs for Tenants and More Evictions
By Mackenzie Pish, NLIHC Research Analyst Research published in Housing Studies, “Shadow players of the eviction crisis: identifying and characterizing professional evicting attorneys in…
NLIHC-Supported Bill on Disability Justice and Disasters Introduced in Congress
By Oliver Porter, NLIHC DHR Intern and Noah Patton, NLIHC Director of Disaster Recovery On January 13, the NLIHC-supported “Real Emergency Access for Aging and Disability Inclusion for Disasters…
Senators Meet to Discuss Disaster Response and Recovery Reforms; Hearing Planned on Anniversary of the Palisades Fire
By Oliver Porter, NLIHC DHR Intern and Noah Patton, NLIHC Director of Disaster Recovery On January 13, multiple senators convened to discuss the fate of the Federal Emergency Management Agency (…
Journal of Housing Economics Publishes Article on Assisted Housing and Child Development
By Ella Izenour, NLIHC Opportunity Starts at Home Intern The Journal of Housing Economics recently published an article, “Assisted housing and healthy child development,” examining how…
Join January 27 National HoUSed Campaign Call for Universal, Stable, Affordable Housing!
By Kim Johnson, NLIHC Senior Director of Policy Join NLIHC’s next National HoUSed Campaign Call on January 27 from 4:00 pm to 5:00 pm ET. Hosted by NLIHC Senior Vice…
HUD Secretary Turner Testifies in House Financial Services Committee Oversight Hearing
By NLIHC Policy Team The House Committee on Financial Services (HFSC) held a full committee hearing on January 21, “Oversight of the Department of Housing and Urban Development and the…