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…
NLIHC Statement on Dobbs Ruling: Housing Justice and Reproductive Justice Are Inextricably Linked
Washington, D.C. – The harmful impacts of the Supreme Court’s decision will fall most heavily on people with low incomes, and on Black and other people of color. Women living in poverty account…
NLIHC Statement on FEMA Program Assistance Reforms Supporting Nearly 100,000 Additional Disaster Survivors
Washington, D.C. – Today, the House Homeland Security Committee Subcommittee on Emergency Preparedness, Response, and Recovery hosted FEMA Administrator Deanne Criswell for a hearing on a review of…
NLIHC Statement on President Biden's Housing Supply Action Plan
Washington, D.C. – President Biden released today a comprehensive plan to address a central driver of inflation – the rising cost of rent and the severe shortage of homes affordable and…
NLIHC Statement on New ERA Spending Numbers and Updated Guidance on ERA2 Reallocation Process from Treasury
Washington, DC – The U.S. Department of the Treasury (Treasury) today released new emergency rental assistance (ERA) spending numbers through the end of February 2022 as well as new guidance on the…
NLIHC Statement on President Biden’s Proposed Increases to HUD FY2023 Budget
Washington, DC – President Biden and Housing and Urban Development (HUD) Secretary Marcia L. Fudge announced today their full fiscal year (FY) 2023 budget request for housing and community…