Report Finds Large Share of Voucher-Assisted Families in Lower Opportunity and Segregated Neighborhoods
A report from the Center on Budget and Policy Priorities, Where Families with Children Use Housing Vouchers: A Comparative Look at the 50 Largest Metropolitan Areas, examines the neighborhood…
Study Suggests Social Networks May Affect Residential Choices of Voucher Holders
Housing Choice Vouchers (HCVs) help low income households afford housing in low-poverty neighborhoods, but HCV recipients still tend to live in higher-poverty neighborhoods. A study published in the…
Rural Preservation Working Group Recommends Strategies for Preserving Rural Housing
NLIHC joined a letter from the Rural Preservation Working Group (RPWG) – a group of local and national organizations led by the Housing Assistance Council (HAC) – to Joel Baxley, administrator of the…
Existing Source-of-Income Non-Discrimination Laws Protect Only One in Three of Housing Voucher Holders
A report by the Center on Budget and Policy Priorities (CBPP), Prohibiting Discrimination Against Renters Using Housing Vouchers Improves Results, finds that only one out of three housing voucher…
NLIHC and PAHRC Issue New Report on ‘Year 30’ and on Balancing Preservation and Mobility in the Tax Credit Program
NLIHC and the Public and Affordable Housing Research Corporation (PAHRC) released a new report on October 17 titled Balancing Priorities: Preservation and Neighborhood Opportunity in the Low Income…
Natural Disasters Exacerbate Wealth Inequality
A study by Junia Howell and James Elliott, Damages Done: The Longitudinal Impacts of Natural Hazards on Wealth Inequality in the United States, reveals that natural disasters exacerbate wealth…
Work Requirements with Supportive Services May Increase Tenants’ Incomes But Decrease Other Components of Well-Being
A study published in Cityscape, “Work Requirements and Well-Being in Public Housing” by Kirstin Frescoln, Mai Thi Nguyen, William Rohe, and Michael Webb, examines how work requirements imposed by the…
Study Explores Landlord Participation in Housing Choice Voucher Program
A study by the Poverty and Inequality Research Lab of Johns Hopkins University, Urban Landlords and the Housing Choice Voucher Program, examined the participation of landlords in the Housing Choice…
House Committee to Vote on Legislation that Sets Troubling Precedent for Housing Assistance
The House Financial Services Committee will vote on June 27 on the “Fostering Stable Housing Opportunities Act” (HR 2069), introduced by Representative Mike Turner (R-OH). NLIHC opposes the bill as…
Study Supports Use of Small Area Fair Market Rents
A study by Matthew Palm, “Scale in Housing Policy: A Case Study of the Potential of Small Area Fair Market Rents,” published in Cityscape investigates the effects of Small Area Fair Market Rents (…