Point of View articles are by current NLIHC President & CEO Diane Yentel. Below is a listing of articles by date.
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Diane Yentel,
NLIHC President & CEO
Last week, a report from the White House Council of Economic Advisors absurdly stated that the country’s war on poverty is “largely over and a success.” The unfortunate result of that success, according to the report’s authors, is lessened “self-…
From May 1 through May 8, thousands of advocates in dozens of cities and towns across the country raised their voices in support of increased investments in affordable homes for those with the greatest needs during the Our Homes, Our Voices National Housing Week of Action. This year’s Week of…
The following was published as an op-ed in the Orlando Sentinel on April 20, 2018: https://bit.ly/2vB78fl
For displaced people from the 2017 hurricanes, the storms were the first disaster - FEMA’s housing response has been the next. Thousands of low-income seniors, people with disabilities, and…
Diane Yentel,
NLIHC President & CEO
After the tax bill passed, we said (along with many others) that the law will exacerbate our country’s yawning income inequality and harm efforts to end homelessness and housing poverty. We predicted that massive increased deficits created by the tax cuts…