Children’s Defense Fund Releases New Analysis: “Housing Is a Racial Justice Crisis”
The Children’s Defense Fund (CDF), a campaign partner of Opportunity Starts at Home multisector affordable homes campaign, released a new analysis entitled “Housing is a Racial Justice Crisis.” CDF…
Save the Date (Aug. 26) to Celebrate 2020 Housing Leadership Award Honorees Bill Faith, Jennifer Ho, and Shauna Sorrells
Save the date (August 26 at 4-5 pm ET) for a virtual celebration of the 2020 Housing Leadership Awards honorees: Bill Faith, Jennifer Leimaile Ho, and Shauna Sorrells. These exceptional leaders will…
Our Homes, Our Votes 2020 Webinar on July 16 to Explore “The Challenge of Voting While Homeless”
TAG: Our Homes, Our Votes Keywords: Our Homes, Our Votes: 2020, webinar, Third Thursdays at Three, Thursdays, obstacles, voting, overcoming Explore “The Challenge of Voting While Homeless” during…
7.7 Million Very Low-Income Households Experience “Worst Case Housing Needs”
HUD published on June 19 its Worst Case Housing Needs: 2019 Report to Congress, showing that 7.7 million unassisted very low-income renter households in America spend more than half of their income…
Housing Cost Burden for Low-Income Renters Has Increased Significantly in Last Two Decades
The U.S. Government Accountability Office (GAO) issued a report that details changes in renter households and affordability from 2001 to 2017. The report, As More Households Rent, the Poorest Face…
Vermont Policy Makers, State Agencies and Advocates Collaborate to End Homelessness in the State During the COVID-19 Pandemic
Vermont housing advocates, shelter and service providers, administration officials, statewide housing agency staff, and policy makers worked together to prevent the deaths of unhoused Vermonters…
NLIHC in the News for the Week of June 28
The following are some of the news stories that NLIHC contributed to during the week of June 28: “Experts fear the end of eviction moratoriums could plunge thousands of people into homelessness,”…
Take Action: House to Vote Today on Urgently Needed Housing Resources and Protections
The House of Representatives will vote today, June 29, on a package of critically needed emergency housing resources and protections to help keep renters in their homes and to address the health and…
House to Vote This Week on Infrastructure Investments in Affordable Housing
The House of Representatives will vote as soon as this week on H.R. 2, the “Moving Forward Act,” a comprehensive $1.5 trillion infrastructure spending package. In addition to investing substantially…
Eviction Lab Releases Data Tool to Track Evictions
The Eviction Lab at Princeton University recently launched the Eviction Tracking System (ETS), which tracks the number of eviction filings 11 U.S. cities. The ETS provides weekly updates of eviction…