Memo to Members

The NLIHC Board of Directors is proud to announce the appointment of Renee M. Willis as the organization’s new president and chief executive officer, effective immediately. This historic appointment…

The following are some of the news stories to which NLIHC contributed during the week of May 12: “60,000 people set to prematurely lose federal housing assistance" The Washington Post, May 13,…

RAD Learning Session with South Carolina Tenants Union – Charleston, SC (virtual), May 21 (Billy Cerullo) Federal Budget Training w/ Empower DC – Washington, DC (virtual), May 22…

NLIHC is currently recruiting members of its next Collective cohort! The Collective is a group of tenant advocates and community leaders with lived experience of housing insecurity who work towards…

The Senior Vice President of Public Policy reports to the President and Chief Executive Officer of the National Low Income Housing Coalition (NLIHC) and oversees the policy team. Direct reports…

Earlier this year a coalition of advocates in Erie, Pennsylvania celebrated the adoption of a city-wide Tenant Bill of Rights. The ordinance, which was unanimously passed by the Erie city council,…

NLIHC members are invited to join NLIHC’s second Policy Advisory Committee (PAC) meeting of the year on Wednesday, May 21 from 4 to 5 pm ET. PAC meetings offer NLIHC members a space to weigh in on…

Note: A household has “severe cost burden” when it spends more than 50% of its income on rent and utilities. Source: NLIHC Tabulations of 2023 ACS PUMS …

A recent study published in the Journal of Planning Education and Research, “Disparities in Residential Mobility Outcomes Among Older Adults in the United States,” considers if residential relocation…

A study published this month in Social Science & Medicine explores the impact of historic redlining practices on the contemporary housing market and how the housing market affects prevalence of…

In May, lawmakers in Missouri passed a harmful preemption bill that would limit the power of local cities and towns from enacting several tenant protection policies by a 23-10 vote. Under “House Bill…

NLIHC released a new fact sheet on rural housing, “Rural American Cannot Address Housing Needs Without Federal Investments.” The fact sheet summarizes data and barriers to rural housing development,…