Point of View

Diane Yentel, NLIHC President & CEO Election Day is almost here. We at NLIHC thank all of you who have participated in Our Homes, Our Votes to register low income residents and other citizens and to raise the profile of affordable housing this election season. Now there are two last,…

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…