Memo to Members and Partners | Volume 27, Issue 14
Memo: Senators Urge Inclusion of Affordable Housing Investments in Reconciliation Package; NLIHC Celebrates Fair Housing Month; and More
Join Today’s Our Homes, Our Votes: 2022 Kickoff Webinar!
Our Homes, Our Votes is NLIHC’s nonpartisan campaign to increase voter participation among low-income renters and to educate candidates about housing solutions. The Our Homes, Our Votes: 2022 webinar…
Resources for Our Homes, Our Votes: 2022 Now Available Online!
Our Homes, Our Votes is NLIHC’s nonpartisan campaign to increase voter participation among low-income renters and to engage candidates for public office on housing issues and solutions. Low-income…
Federal Housing Agencies Promote Voting Rights and Access for HUD-Assisted Residents and Homeless Households
Four HUD offices sent materials on February 9 to providers of HUD-assisted housing to raise awareness of their residents’ right to access voter registration activities and to participate in the…
Evictions Associated with Lower Voter Turnout
A new article in the journal Politics & Society, “Eviction and Voter Turnout: The Political Consequences of Housing Instability,” examines the impact of evictions on voter turnout in the 2016…
NLIHC, ACLU, NHLP, and Demos Send Letter Urging Biden Administration to Increase Voting Access for Tenants of Federally Assisted Housing
NLIHC, the American Civil Liberties Union (ACLU), the National Housing Law Project (NHLP), and Demos sent a letter on December 14 urging HUD, the Treasury Department, and the U.S. Department of…
Voters Approve Affordable Housing, Homelessness, and Minimum Wage Measures in 2021 Local Elections
In elections held across the country on November 2, voters approved municipal ballot measures to invest resources in affordable housing and shelter services, establish rent-control ordinances, raise…
Advocates Send Letter Requesting to Meet with Secretary Fudge on Voter Registration Executive Order
NLIHC, the National Housing Law Project (NHLP), the American Civil Liberties Union (ACLU), and Demos sent a letter to HUD Secretary Marcia Fudge on September 21 requesting a meeting to provide…
Bicameral Legislation Introduced to Help Federally Assisted Renters Register to Vote after Moving
Representative Nikema Williams (D-GA) and Senator Raphael Warnock (D-GA) introduced on May 25 the “Voters on the Move Registration Act,” a bill that would make it easier for low-income tenants to…
House Approves “For the People Act” Facilitating Voter Registration in Federally Assisted Housing
The U.S. House of Representatives passed on March 3 the “For the People Act” (H.R. 1), which includes a requirement that federally supported housing providers must include voter registration…
NLIHC President and CEO Diane Yentel Statement on House-Approved “For the People Act,” Facilitating Voter Registration in Federally Assisted Housing
Washington, DC –The National Low Income Housing Coalition (NLIHC) applauds the U.S. House of Representatives for its passage of the “For the People Act” (H.R. 1), which includes a requirement…