With Topline Funding Number Finalized, Congress Returns to Capitol Hill with Only Days to Reach Final FY24 Funding Agreement for HUD – Take Action!
Congressional leaders reached an agreement on a topline funding number for fiscal year (FY) 2024 appropriations over the weekend, after months of threats and stalemate from far-right members of the U…
NLIHC Celebrates 50 Years of Advocacy in 2024!
NLIHC celebrates its 50th year of advocacy in 2024! Since being founded in 1974 by Cushing N. Dolbeare, NLIHC has educated, organized, and advocated to ensure decent, affordable housing for everyone…
NLIHC Publishes Op-Ed Urging Congressional Action to Reduce Homelessness
MSNBC published an op-ed by NLIHC President and CEO Diane Yentel on December 27 urging Congress to act now to reverse the sharp rise in homelessness seen over the last year. According to a recent…
FHFA Releases Summary of Tenant Protection Comments
The Federal Housing Finance Agency (FHFA) released a summary of thousands of responses it received after issuing a Request for Input (RFI) concerning how the agency can create and enforce renter…
Representatives Cleaver and Luetkemeyer Introduce Bipartisan Bill to Modernize Rural Housing Programs
Representatives Emanuel Cleaver (D-MO) and Blaine Luetkemeyer (R-MO) introduced the “Rural Housing Services Reform Act” in the U.S. House of Representatives on December 14. The bill – a companion to…
House Financial Services Committee Announces Hearing on HUD and FHA Oversight
U.S. House of Representatives Financial Services Committee (HFSC) Chair Patrick McHenry (R-NC) announced that a full committee hearing, “Oversight of the Department of Housing and Urban Development (…
Join Today’s (1/8) “Tenant Talk Live” to Discuss 2024 Community Agreements
NLIHC will host the year’s first session of “Tenant Talk Live” – a meeting with and for renter and resident leaders – today, January 8, at 6 pm ET. During the meeting, NLIHC staff will lead a…
NLIHC Joins Disability Justice Advocates in Push against Displacement of People with Disabilities and Low-Income Households after 2023 Maui Fires
The NLIHC-led Disaster Housing Recovery Coalition has signed on to a letter drafted by the Partnership for Inclusive Disaster Strategies and seven additional disability justice organizations…
NLIHC and DHRC Call for Halt to Evictions of Previously Unhoused Disaster Survivors from Transitional Shelter
NLIHC President and CEO Diane Yentel sent a letter on January 5 to Hawai‘i Governor Josh Green, FEMA Administrator Deanne Criswell, and Red Cross Executive Director Gail J. McGovern on behalf of the…
OSAH Campaign Partner Children’s HealthWatch Publishes Article on “Rent Relief Act 2023”
Children’s HealthWatch (CHW) – an Opportunity Starts at Home (OSAH) campaign partner – has published a new article in support of the “Rent Relief Act of 2023.” The article shows why safe, stable…
Representative Jimmy Gomez to Join NLIHC's Housing Policy Forum 2024!
Representative Jimmy Gomez (D-CA) will participate in a plenary discussion at NLIHC’s Housing Policy Forum 2024: An Unwavering Path Forward to Housing Justice, taking place on March 19-21 at the…