Statement from NLIHC President and CEO Diane Yentel on House Republicans’ Debt Ceiling Proposal
House Speaker Kevin McCarthy (R-CA) unveiled legislation yesterday to raise the nation’s debt limit in exchange for enacting steep cuts to domestic programs, including HUD’s and USDA’s vital…
NLIHC Statement on Notable Progress Two Years after Enactment of American Rescue Plan Act
Washington, D.C. – On the second anniversary of the enactment of the “American Rescue Plan Act,” the National Low Income Housing Coalition celebrates the tremendous success of the legislation in…
National Organizations Condemn Biden-Harris Administration for Forcibly Removing Unhoused People
Washington, D.C. – Today, the Biden-Harris administration is forcibly removing unhoused people from McPherson Square before all unhoused individuals in the encampment have been housed – an…
National Organizations Urge the Biden-Harris Administration to Halt Immediate Plans to Forcibly Remove Unhoused People
Washington, D.C. – National members of the National Coalition for Housing Justice (NCHJ) call on the Biden-Harris administration and Bowser administration to immediately halt plans to forcibly remove…
NLIHC Statement on HUD’s House America Initiative
Washington, D.C. – The National Low Income Housing Coalition (NLIHC) applauds the U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development (HUD) and U.S. Interagency Council on Homelessness (USICH) for…
NLIHC President and CEO Diane Yentel Statement on Biden-Harris Administration Blueprint for a Renters Bill of Rights
Washington, D.C. – The Biden-Harris administration announced today new actions and released a Blueprint to strengthen and enforce critical renter protections. Strengthening and enforcing renter…
NLIHC Statement on Proposed Affirmatively Furthering Fair Housing Rule
Washington, D.C. – The National Low Income Housing Coalition (NLIHC) applauds the Biden-Harris administration for releasing today a proposed “Affirmatively Furthering Fair Housing” (AFFH) rule to…
NLIHC Statement on Biden-Harris Administration's Federal Strategic Plan to End Homelessness
Washington, D.C. – The National Low Income Housing Coalition (NLIHC) applauds the Biden-Harris administration and U.S. Interagency Council on Homelessness (USICH) for releasing a comprehensive and…
NLIHC Statement on HUD’s New Disaster Housing Recovery Program to Address Homelessness
Washington, DC – The Department of Housing and Urban Development (HUD) announced yesterday, the creation of the Rapid Unsheltered Survivor Housing (RUSH) program to help the lowest-income and…
President and CEO Diane Yentel Statement on Equitable Disaster Recovery from Hurricanes Fiona and Ian
Washington, D.C. – Today, Floridians are just beginning to assess the terrible damage caused by one of the strongest hurricanes to hit the region in years. The early images and stories of destruction…
NLIHC President and CEO Diane Yentel Statement on Senate Hearing on Homelessness
Washington, D.C. – Homelessness is one of our country’s most urgent, tragic, and solvable crises, but for too long Congress has failed to act. NLIHC appreciates Chairmans Brown and Smith’s…