Under federal law, landlords are not required to accept Housing Choice Vouchers as a form of payment for rent. The practice of refusing to rent to voucher holders is known as “source-of-income…
By John Pollock, National Coalition for a Civil Right to Counsel
Because of shows like Law and Order, most people know the warning that “if you cannot afford a lawyer, one will be provided to you.”…
Landmark County-Wide Tenant Bill of Rights Will Expand Protections Against Displacement and Build Tenant Power
By Vanny Veras, Tenant Organizer, Miami Workers Center
The Miami Tenant Bill of…
By Brooke Schipporeit, NLIHC
The power imbalance that exists between renters and landlords puts renters at a greater risk of housing instability, harassment, and homelessness. Because racial…
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As a tenant, you may already know that laws and ordinances creating new protections for tenants have increased drastically throughout the U.S. since the onset of the pandemic. To be…
Every winter, NLIHC releases a new issue of Tenant Talk, our semi-annual newsletter designed to engage residents in housing advocacy. This year’s winter issue, which will highlight the rapid growth…
NLIHC will release the next issue of Tenant Talk – Advancing Tenant Protections: Building Tenant Power to Achieve Renter Equity – on February 9! Sign up today to receive a paper copy of the upcoming…
On January 25, the White House announced new actions to protect renters and promote rental affordability, as well as a Blueprint for a Renters Bill of Rights. Among the new actions the White House…
Washington, D.C. – The Biden-Harris administration announced today new actions and released a Blueprint to strengthen and enforce critical renter protections.
Strengthening and enforcing renter…
Representative Jamaal Bowman (D-NY) of the U.S. House of Representatives and Senator Elizabeth Warren (D-MA) of the U.S. Senate sent a bicameral letter to the White House on January 9 urging…
NLIHC will release the next issue of Tenant Talk – Advancing Tenant Protections: Building Tenant Power to Achieve Renter Equity – on February 9! Sign up today to receive a paper copy of the upcoming…