Statement from NLIHC President and CEO Diane Yentel on the White House Establishing a Council to Eliminate Regulatory Barriers to Affordable Housing
An effort by this administration to address restrictive local zoning would be welcomed if it weren’t belied by other actions to gut affordable and fair housing in America. The council, made up of the…
June 25, 2019Statement from National Low Income Housing Coalition President and CEO Diane Yentel on the Reintroduction of the Affordable Housing Credit Improvement Act
Washington, DC - I applaud Senators Maria Cantwell, Todd Young, Ron Wyden, and Johnny Isakson for their leadership in reintroducing the Affordable Housing Credit Improvement Act to expand and reform…
June 4, 2019Statement from NLIHC President & CEO Diane Yentel on the Passing of the Disaster Aid Bill
Washington, DC - Eight months after Hurricane Michael decimated the Florida panhandle and seven months since wildfires devastated parts of California, Congress agreed to provide much-needed recovery…
June 3, 2019Advocacy and Civil Rights Groups Condemn Carson Proposal to Allow Discrimination Against LGBTQ People Experiencing Homelessness
Washington, D.C. — In his testimony to the House Committee on Financial Services, Secretary of Housing and Urban Development (HUD) Ben Carson was asked about the agency’s implementation and…
May 22, 2019Housing, Faith, Civil Rights, Social Justice, and Immigration Leaders Rally to Oppose HUD Rule That Would Separate Families or Evict Them
More than 25 organizations across the country are sending a message to HUD Secretary Carson and President Trump: the mixed-status family proposed rule is cruel and does nothing to alleviate the…
May 10, 2019Statement from NLIHC President & CEO Diane Yentel on New HUD Proposal on Immigrants in Public Housing
Washington, DC - HUD Secretary Carson’s cruel proposal announced yesterday related to undocumented immigrants would break up families and destabilize communities, while doing little to shorten…
April 18, 2019Statement from NLIHC President & CEO Diane Yentel on the Confirmation of Dr. Mark Calabria, Director of FHFA
On behalf of the National Low Income Coalition, I congratulate Dr. Mark Calabria on his confirmation to serve as director of the Federal Housing Finance Agency (FHFA). When he served as Senate…
April 4, 2019Statement from NLIHC President & CEO Diane Yentel on the Release of national Housing Trust Fund Annual Allocations
On behalf of the National Low Income Housing Coalition, I applaud the Federal Housing Finance Agency (FHFA) acting director for releasing the 2018 national Housing Trust Fund annual allocations to…
April 3, 2019Statement from NLIHC President & CEO Diane Yentel on the President's Harmful FY20 Budget Request
President Donald Trump’s fiscal year 2020 budget request – released today - proposes to drastically cut housing benefits that help millions of low-income seniors, people with disabilities, families…
March 11, 2019Statement from National Low Income Housing Coalition President and CEO Diane Yentel on the Resignation of FEMA Administrator
Brock Long has repeatedly failed to address the housing needs of the lowest-income disaster survivors including people with disabilities, seniors, families with children, and those experiencing…
February 13, 2019More Than 800 Organizations Call for Increased FEMA Oversight and for Disaster Housing Recovery Reforms
National, state, and local organizations call on House and Senate Committees ensure FEMA addresses the housing needs of low-income natural disaster survivors Washington, D.C. – NLIHC and the…
February 7, 2019