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…
NLIHC Statement on HUD Decision that Texas GLO Discriminated Against People of Color in Distributing CDBG-MIT Funds
Washington, DC – The U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development’s (HUD) Region VI Office of Fair Housing and Equal Opportunity announced today that the Texas Government Land Office (GLO)…
NLIHC President and CEO Diane Yentel Statement on President Biden’s State of the Union Address
NLIHC President and CEO Diane Yentel Statement on President Biden’s State of the Union Address Washington, DC – President Biden delivered last night, March 1, the first State of the Union address of…
NLIHC Statement on FHFA’s 2022 Allocations for Affordable Housing
Washington, DC – The Federal Housing Finance Agency (FHFA) announced today that the national Housing Trust Fund (HTF) and the Capital Magnet Fund (CMF) will receive a total of $1.138 billion for…
NLIHC President and CEO Diane Yentel Statement on Critical Need to Pass Essential Affordable Housing Investments in “Build Back Better Act”
Washington, DC – The National Low Income Housing Coalition (NLIHC) urges Congress to pass the essential “Build Back Better Act” housing investments in any final reconciliation bill. As homelessness…
NLIHC Analysis: Latest Emergency Rental Assistance Spending Data Shows Significant Progress; Long-term Solutions Needed to Keep Renters Stably Housed
WASHINGTON, DC– The National Low Income Housing Coalition (NLIHC) is tracking and analyzing all emergency rental assistance (ERA) programs in the U.S. Today, the Department of Treasury…