NLIHC to Release ‘Out of Reach: The High Cost of Housing 2020’ Tomorrow, July 14
NLIHC will released Out of Reach: The High Cost of Housing 2020 tomorrow, July 14. The report compares rents and wages nationally and in every state, country, and metropolitan area in the United…
7.7 Million Very Low-Income Households Experience “Worst Case Housing Needs”
HUD published on June 19 its Worst Case Housing Needs: 2019 Report to Congress, showing that 7.7 million unassisted very low-income renter households in America spend more than half of their income…
Housing Cost Burden for Low-Income Renters Has Increased Significantly in Last Two Decades
The U.S. Government Accountability Office (GAO) issued a report that details changes in renter households and affordability from 2001 to 2017. The report, As More Households Rent, the Poorest Face…
Memo to Members & Partners | Volume 25, Issue 23
Memo: Housing Justice is Racial Justice
Memo to Members & Partners | Volume 25, Issue 18, May 04
Memo: Coronavirus, Housing and Homelessness Updates, Congress, HUD, National Call-In Day, and More
Study Finds Association Between Rental Assistance and How People Rate their Health
An article published in the Journal of Health Care for the Poor and Underserved, “Rental Assistance and Adult Self-Rated Health,” found associations between how adults rated their own health and the…
NMHC Examines Housing Cost Burdens by Age, Education, and Family Structure, April 13
A research note from the National Multifamily Housing Council, “Do Different Renters Face Different Affordability Challenges?” analyzed housing affordability across distinct groups of renters. One…
NMHC “Rent Payment Tracker” Finds Increase in Households Behind on Rent, April 13
The National Multifamily Housing Council (NMHC) introduced a new tool, the Rent Payment Tracker, which collects weekly data from 13.4 million apartments about when rent payments have been made. They…
Memo to Members & Partners | Volume 25, Issue 13
Memo: The End of the Beginning, and More
NLIHC Releases Interactive “Housing Instability and COVID-19 Map”
NLIHC released an interactive Housing Instability and COVID-19 Map, which helps visualize the extent of the need for housing assistance for low-income renters and people experiencing homelessness…
NLIHC Releases Spanish Edition of The Gap: A Shortage of Affordable Homes (La Brecha: La Escacez de Viviendas Asequibles)
NLIHC released its annual report The Gap: A Shortage of Affordable Homes in Spanish (La Brecha: La Escacez de Viviendas Asequibles). The report finds that extremely low-income renters in the U.S.…