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UPDATE: Low-Wage Workers Face Affordable Housing Challenges
An analysis by the Joint Center for Housing Studies of Harvard University, titled Many Full-Time Workers Face Housing Affordability Problems, finds the median full-time wage in low paying occupations…
NLIHC UpdatesStatement from Diane Yentel, President and CEO of the National Low Income Housing Coalition, on the Introduction of Affordable Housing Credit Improvement Act of 2016
WASHINGTON, D.C.- The National Low Income Housing Coalition (NLIHC) commends Senators Maria Cantwell (D-WA), Orrin Hatch (R-UT) and Ron Wyden (D-OR) for introducing the new, expanded Affordable…
Affordable Housing is Out of Reach for Many American Workers
WASHINGTON, D.C. - In no state, metropolitan area or county in the United States can a full-time worker earning the prevailing minimum wage afford a modest two-bedroom apartment. A new…
UPDATE: House Appropriations Committee Passes FY17 THUD Spending Bill
The House Committee on Appropriations approved its FY17 THUD spending bill by a voice vote today. As we reported last week, the bill would: Increase funding for homeless assistance programs;…
NLIHC UpdatesUPDATE: Senate Passes FY17 THUD Spending Bill Without Harmful Fair Housing Rider, While House THUD Bill Advances
Senate After days of debate, the Senate passed yesterday a spending package that included the THUD appropriations bill by a vote of 89 to 9. NLIHC supported passage of the bill since it includes no…
NLIHC UpdatesStatement by National Low Income Housing Coalition President and CEO Diane Yentel on the Announcement of National Housing Trust Fund State-by-State Funding Levels
(Washington, D.C.) - The National Low Income Housing Coalition (NLIHC) applauds HUD Secretary Julián Castro’s announcement of state-by-state funding levels for the National Housing Trust Fund (…