Join NLIHC’s National Call-In Day and Twitterstorm on June 7 to Demand Affordable Housing Investments Targeted to People with the Lowest Incomes in Any Reconciliation Package!
Join NLIHC on June 7 for a national call-in day and Twitterstorm at 1 pm ET to urge Congress to include robust funding for affordable housing investments targeted to people with the lowest incomes in…
U.S. Treasury Releases Emergency Rental Assistance Spending Data through April: 5.6 Million Payments Have Been Made to Households in Need
The U.S. Department of the Treasury (Treasury) released on June 3 Emergency Rental Assistance (ERA) spending data through April 2022. ERA grantees spent approximately $1.1 billion of ERA2 and $563…
Interagency Council on Homelessness Releases Statement on Rising Rate of Unsheltered Homelessness
The U.S. Interagency Council on Homelessness (USICH) released a statement on May 25 in response to a deepening crisis involving unsheltered homelessness and the spread of encampments. The statement…
NLIHC Releases National Housing Trust Fund 2022 State Allocations
NLIHC released a consolidated list of estimated national Housing Trust Fund (HTF) allocations by state and U.S. territory for 2022. The new resource is based on HUD’s May 17 announcement that nearly…
HUD Launches “Our Way Home” Initiative to Promote Local Efforts to Address Housing Shortage
HUD Secretary Marcia L. Fudge introduced a new initiative, “Our Way Home,” on June 1. The initiative builds on the Biden administration’s “Housing Supply Action Plan” (see Memo 5/16), which aims to…
Senator Scott Releases Report on Affordable, Accessible Housing for Older Adults
U.S. Senate Special Committee on Aging Ranking Member Tim Scott (R-SC) released a new report on April 1, “Housing for the Golden Years: Trends, Gaps, and Solutions for Older Americans.” The report…
New Research Links Housing Instability to Negative Educational Outcomes
The John W. Gardner Center at Stanford University has released a study exploring the connections between housing instability and negative educational outcomes among students in San Mateo County,…
Join June 13 Our Homes, Our Votes: 2022 Webinar on Registering Residents of Subsidized Housing to Vote!
The Our Homes, Our Votes: 2022 webinar series features experts with frontline election experience who walk through every step of voter and candidate engagement activities and support housing…
Become an Our Homes, Our Votes Affiliate!
Our Homes, Our Votes affiliates are nonpartisan organizations that are formally identified with the campaign and committed to carrying out its goals. Tenant associations, homeless service providers,…
NLIHC Releases Spanish-Language Edition of The Gap: La Escasez de Viviendas Asequibles
NLIHC has released The Gap: La Escasez de Viviendas Asequibles, a Spanish-language edition of its annual report on the shortage of homes affordable and available to the lowest-income renters. The…
Study Examines Rent Savings in the LIHTC Program
An article published in Housing Policy Debate, “The Low-Income Housing Tax Credit Program: A Multicity Rent Savings Analysis,” examines rent savings in the Low-Income Housing Tax Credit (LIHTC)…