After nearly nine years as President and CEO and a total of twelve years at the organization, today is my last day at NLIHC. Since announcing my departure three months ago, I have…
NLIHC urges Congress to invest in proven solutions to address the housing affordability crisis
What: National Low Income Coalition (NLIHC) President and CEO Diane Yentel will testify tomorrow,…
Despite the tremendous need for federal assistance in disaster-impacted areas, Congress has been unable to reach an agreement that would allow it to enact a robust disaster relief package. If…
National Low Income Housing Coalition (NLIHC) President and CEO Diane Yentel authored an op-ed in CityLab on March 14 calling attention to NLIHC’s newest research on the nation’s lack of affordable…
NLIHC released today its annual report, The Gap: A Shortage of Affordable Homes, which finds a shortage of seven million affordable and available rental homes for extremely low-income renters, those…
Congress has reached a final deal to fund the federal government for the remainder of FY19.
In late December, President Trump and congressional leaders had failed to enact several spending bills for…
The Opportunity Starts at Home multi-sector affordable homes campaign released today its national policy agenda, "Within Reach." The campaign makes the case that stronger federal…
The partial government shutdown, now almost three weeks long, continues with no end in sight. Affordable housing programs and the low-income people they serve are already being impacted. The longer…
NLIHC President and CEO Diane Yentel testified on December 21 before the House Financial Services Committee on the opportunity to expand investments in the national Housing Trust Fund (HTF), the…
Parts of the federal government continue to be shut down, as lawmakers and President Trump continue to disagree on funding for a southern border wall. The shutdown has now run for nearly two weeks.…
Congress failed to pass a stopgap funding measure yesterday, causing parts of the government to shut down at midnight. The Senate had earlier passed a “clean” stopgap funding measure, known as a…
The Hill published today an op-ed by NLIHC President and CEO Diane Yentel about the Trump administration’s failure to adequately respond to the deepening housing crisis caused by the California…
