“VITAL Act” Introduced to Increase Accessible LIHTC Developments, The Kelsey Releases Advocacy Materials
Representatives Dwight Evans (D-PA) and Brian Fitzpatrick (R-PA) introduced the “Visitable Inclusive Tax Credits for Accessible Living (VITAL) Act” (H.R.3963), a companion bill to Senator Bob Casey’s…
Sign on to Letter Urging Passage of “Reforming Disaster Recovery Act”
NLIHC and its Disaster Housing Recovery Coalition (DHRC) of more than 850 local, state, and national organizations support the bipartisan “Reforming Disaster Recovery Act” that would formally…
Follow-Up Letter Sent to FEMA Regarding Inadequate Rental Assistance for Hurricane Ida Survivors in New Jersey
NLIHC, the New Jersey Resource Project, and nine other New Jersey-based organizations sent a follow-up letter to the Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA) on June 19 requesting the agency…
HUD Publishes Final NSPIRE Physical Inspection Standards Notice
HUD published the new final National Standards for Physical Inspection of Real Estate (NSPIRE) physical inspection Standards notice in the Federal Register on June 22, including a link to 295 pages…
NLIHC’s First Racial Equity Cohort Comes to a Close
NLIHC wrapped up its first Racial Equity Cohort on June 20 after ten months of meetings, trainings, and workshops held with housing advocates from across the country. The Racial Equity Cohort was a…
From the Field: Illinois State Budget Makes Historic Investment in Ending Homelessness
The Illinois 2023 General Assembly session wrapped at the end of May, with several housing policy wins, including historic investments in preventing and ending homelessness, increased American Rescue…
Local Tenant Organizing Efforts to Increase Housing Stability, Topic of This Week’s First of Three ERASE Summer Webinars
Local tenant organizing to increase housing stability is the topic of this week’s initial NLIHC End Rental Arrears to Stop Evictions (ERASE) Summer Webinar Series. The series will highlight the 2022…
Catholic Charities USA and USICH Share Commitment to Expand Affordable Housing
An article, “The recipe for going ‘all in’ on ending homelessness in America,” in Catholic Review, highlights a partnership between Catholic Charities USA and the U.S. Interagency Council on…
Joint Center for Housing Studies Releases Latest “State of the Nation’s Housing” Report
The Joint Center for Housing Studies of Harvard University released the latest version of its annual report, The State of the Nation’s Housing 2023. The report combines analyses of data from the U.S…
Report Identifies Causes and Consequences of Homelessness in California
The Toward a New Understanding: California Statewide Study of People Experiencing Homelessness (CASPEH), released by the University of California San Francisco Benioff Homelessness and Housing…
Hard Copies of NLIHC Publications Are Now Available!
Did you know that in addition to digital versions, NLIHC publishes paper copies of all our flagship publications, including Tenant Talk, The Gap, and the Advocates’ Guide? Tenant Talk is a bi-annual…