A new report from the Urban Institute, “Renters Have Weathered the Pandemic Better Than Expected, But Situations Are Worsening for Those with Low Incomes,” illustrates the challenges renters with low…
A new working paper from the Federal Reserve Bank of Cleveland, “Disentangling Rent Index Differences: Data, Methods, and Scope,” investigates the discrepancy between rent growth in the Consumer…
NLIHC will host the next session of “Tenant Talk Live” – a webinar with and for renters and resident leaders – on Monday, February 6, at 6 pm ET. The webinar will include updates for tenants and a…
Source: Joint Center for Housing Studies, “The Geography of Renter Financial Distress and Housing Insecurity During the Pandmeic,” 2023, https://tinyurl.com/3xspdk75
Oregon Governor Tina Kotek signed three executive orders to address the state’s housing and homelessness crisis on January 10. Kotek previewed the executive orders in her inaugural address and held a…
The winter issue of Tenant Talk is scheduled to be released on February 9. Sign up for your free hard copy of the new issue, Advancing Tenant Protections: Building Tenant Power to Achieve Renter…
The following are some of the news stories to which NLIHC contributed during the week of January 22:
“Biden administration unveils renter protections” CNN, January 25 at: http://bit.ly/3Y3T2vt
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NLIHC staff will be speaking at the following events in the coming months:
Prosperity Indiana Summit and Statehouse Day – Indianapolis, IN, February 1 and 2 (Diane Yentel)
Public Health: Social…
HUD announced plans to publish a proposed Affirmatively Furthering Fair Housing (AFFH) rule “imminently.” The proposed rule would help communities meet a more than five-decade old requirement to…
NLIHC, along with the National Fair Housing Alliance and 34 other civil rights and housing organizations, issued a joint statement applauding HUD’s release of the proposed Affirmatively Furthering…
U.S. Department of the Treasury (Treasury) Secretary Janet Yellen announced on January 19 that the federal government had reached its statutory debt limit and that Treasury would begin implementing “…
Representative Rosa DeLauro (D-CT), ranking member of the U.S. House of Representatives’ Committee on Appropriations, sent letters to several federal agencies on January 19 requesting information…