Statement from NLIHC President & CEO Diane Yentel: HUD’s Latest Action to Gut Civil Rights and Fair Housing Protections
Washington, DC - HUD’s final rule on disparate impact is the latest abhorrent action by the Trump administration to gut civil rights and fair housing protections. The final Disparate Impact rule…
Statement from National Low Income Housing Coalition President and CEO Diane Yentel on the White House Moratorium on Evictions for Nonpayment of Rent
Washington, DC - A uniform, national moratorium on evictions for nonpayment of rent is long overdue and badly needed. As we have said for five months, the very least the federal government ought…
Statement from NLIHC President and CEO Diane Yentel on the Senate Republicans’ Second Coronavirus Relief Package
Washington, DC – Three weeks after releasing the “HEALS Act,” Senate Republicans unveiled today a revised coronavirus relief proposal that is even more unacceptable and inadequate than the first one…
Trump’s Empty Shell of a Promise to Renters
Washington, DC - The executive order signed this weekend by President Trump is an empty shell of a promise that does nothing to prevent evictions and homelessness and acts only to mislead…
Statement from NLIHC President and CEO Diane Yentel on President Trump's Executive Order on Evictions
Washington, DC - This press conference and these executive orders create confusion, questions and chaos when clarity, certainty and real solutions are desperately needed by struggling Americans…
30-40 Million People in America Could Be Evicted from Their Homes by the End of 2020
New research shows that without significant federal intervention, the COVID-19 housing crisis will result in widespread evictions and an increase in homelessness. Washington, DC – Today, 9 prominent…
Statement from NLIHC President and CEO Diane Yentel on the Senate Republicans’ Coronavirus Relief Package
Washington, DC – Without immediate action, millions of people in America will be evicted from their homes during a pandemic. Senate Republican proposals would do next to nothing to avoid this…
Leading Civil Rights & Housing Groups Condemn President’s Effort to Gut Fair Housing, Use of Incendiary Racial Rhetoric for Political Gain
Fair housing advocates denounce Trump’s newest effort to eliminate a critical tool to desegregate communities and call on the president to instead concentrate on ensuring housing equity during a…
Statement from NLIHC on Passage of the “Moving Forward Act” with $100 Billion Investment in Affordable Housing
Washington, DC – The connection between affordable homes and infrastructure is clear: like roads and bridges, affordable homes are long-term assets that help communities and the lowest-income…
Joint Statement on HUD Proposal That Would Allow Discrimination Against Transgender People Seeking Shelter
Washington, DC - Earlier today, Ben Carson, Secretary of the US Department of Housing and Urban Development announced a new proposed rule that would allow discrimination against transgender people…
National Housing Advocates Statement on Policing and Black Communities
As organizations dedicated to ending America’s homelessness and housing crisis, we stand in support of Black people and the Black organizers who are working on housing justice including the Movement…