Point of View articles are by current NLIHC President & CEO Diane Yentel. Below is a listing of articles by date.
Point of View Resources
By Renee M. Willis, NLIHC President and CEO Every June, Pride Month gives us an opportunity to celebrate the resilience, leadership, and contributions of LGBTQIA+ people to our communities and to the housing justice movement. It is also a time to reflect on the work that remains …
Rent is due today, and millions of people in America can’t afford to pay. Without a significant federal intervention, a wave of evictions and a spike in homelessness will devastate individuals, communities, and our economy. The House has passed legislation to prevent this unnecessary and costly…
Yesterday we as a nation honored Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. As I do every year, I reflected on his work, his words, and what they require of us. What better way to honor Dr. King than continuing his work to achieve housing justice? Dr. King spent his final years fighting for fair housing before…
Another massive hurricane is approaching Florida, Georgia and South Carolina, and, as always, the lowest-income people in the hurricane’s path will be hardest hit. Deeply poor households are disproportionately harmed by disasters: they are least able to evacuate prior to a storm, least…