Senator Warren Introduces a Visionary Housing Bill
Washington, D.C. – Tomorrow, Senator Elizabeth Warren (D-MA) will introduce an ambitious proposal – the “American Housing and Economic Mobility Act of 2018” – to help end housing poverty and…
September 25, 2018First Homes Being Built or Rehabilitated Using New National Housing Trust Fund
New report from the National Low Income Housing Coalition profiles the success of the national Housing Trust Fund program & makes the case for additional resources for affordable housing…
September 12, 2018NLIHC's Response to Court Ruling Allowing FEMA to Move Forward on Evicting Hurricane Maria Survivors
Washington, DC - The Disaster Housing Recovery Coalition (DHRC) of more than 700 local, state, and national organizations is disappointed by the U.S. federal district court’s denial of a request for…
August 30, 2018Middle Income Housing Tax Credit Proposal a Misguided and Wasteful Use of Federal Resources
See NLIHC's Fact Sheet for Additional Information at: https://bit.ly/2PzDL30 Washington, DC - The National Low Income Housing Coalition (NLIHC) welcomes an elevated discussion and proposed solutions…
August 23, 2018Statement from National Low Income Housing Coalition President and CEO Diane Yentel — Court Ruling on AFFH Weakens Fair Housing Rule
The federal government, states, and local communities have been required by law since 1968 to work to undo the segregated communities that federal housing policy created in the first place. But it…
August 17, 2018National Low Income Housing Coalition President & CEO Diane Yentel Lauds Senator Booker’s “Housing, Opportunity, Mobility, and Equity (HOME) Act”
Washington, DC - Senator Booker’s ambitious proposal would go a long way toward alleviating the housing crisis by addressing both the widening gap between incomes and housing costs and issues of…
August 2, 2018Advocates Commend Court for Temporarily Baring FEMA from Evicting Hurricane Survivors, Urge Congress to Activate Longer-Term Solutions
Washington, D.C. – The Disaster Housing Recovery Coalition (DHRC) of more than 700 local, state, and national organizations commends the decision made on July 3 by the U.S. federal court to bar FEMA…
July 3, 2018Court Grants Temporary Injunction to Protect Low Income Disaster Survivors, Now Congress Must Act
Washington, D.C. – The Disaster Housing Recovery Coalition of more than 700 local, state, and national organizations commends the decision made on June 30 by the U.S. federal court to temporarily…
July 1, 2018FEMA Will Evict Nearly 2,000 Hurricane Survivors From Temporary Shelter on June 30
Washington, D.C. – The Disaster Housing Recovery Coalition of more than 700 national, state, and local organizations led by the National Low Income Housing Coalition (NLIHC) strongly condemns FEMA’s…
June 28, 2018On its 30th Anniversary, Harvard State of Nation’s Housing Report Shows Severe Lack of Affordable Housing in America
Washington, D.C. – The Harvard Joint Center for Housing Studies’ 30th annual The State of the Nation’s Housing report shows that, since the study’s inaugural release in 1988, the number of households…
June 19, 2018New Report Answers the Question ‘How Much Do You Have to Earn to Afford a Modest Home in the U.S.?’
Washington, D.C.- The National Low Income Housing Coalition (NLIHC) released its 2018 Out of Reach: The High Cost of Housing report today, revealing that on average a full-time worker in the U.S.…
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