Representative Bowman and Senator Warren Lead Letter to White House Urging President Biden to Take Action on Housing
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…
Atmospheric River Continues to Impact Central and Northern California with Flooding, High Winds, and Landslides
Over the last few weeks, California has been experiencing the impact of an “atmospheric river” – a meteorological phenomenon that has repeatedly driven moisture and storm activity into a…
Disaster Housing Recovery Update – January 17, 2023
HUD published two documents in the Federal Register for public comment. Both documents are Requests for Information (RFIs) concerning the Community Development Block Grant-Disaster Recovery…
Discounts Available on Hotel Rooms for Forum – Book Now!
NLIHC’s Housing Policy Forum 2023 is quickly approaching, and we are excited to announce that early registrants will have access to discounted rates on hotel rooms at the Hilton Washington DC Capitol…
Application Deadline for Forum Hotel Scholarships Extended to January 23
To help low-income people attend our 2023 Housing Policy Forum in March, NLIHC is offering a limited number of shared-lodging scholarships for stays at the Hilton Washington DC Capitol Hill Hotel in…
OSAH Welcomes New Partners in Alabama, Alaska, and Maryland
The Opportunity Starts at Home (OSAH) campaign has welcomed three new state grantees: the Low Income Housing Coalition of Alabama, the Alaska Coalition on Housing and Homelessness, and the Maryland…
New Data from Household Pulse Survey Suggest Disparities among Households Displaced by Disasters
New data from the U.S. Census Bureau’s Household Pulse Survey offer insight into displacement among households due to disasters. As of December 2022, nearly 1.9 million households had been displaced…
Tenants Face Numerous Barriers in Navigating Eviction Court, New Research Finds
A paper published in City & Community, “Navigating an Overburdened Courtroom: How Inconsistent Rules, Shadow Procedures, and Social Capital Disadvantage Tenants in Eviction Court,” explores the…
Black, Non-Latino and Latino Households More Likely to be Displaced due to a Disaster
Source: NLIHC tabulations of Household Pulse Survey Week 52: December 9-19, 2022, U.S. Census Bureau
Sign Up Today to Receive a Hard Copy of the Upcoming Issue of Tenant Talk!
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…
Alameda County Board of Supervisors Approves Suite of Tenant Protections
The Alameda County Board of Supervisors voted in December 2022 to approve a suite of tenant protections, including a fair chance ordinance that makes the California county the first county in the…