Join Today’s (July 11) Our Homes, Our Votes: 2022 Webinar on Tenant Associations and Election Engagement
The Our Homes, Our Votes: 2022 webinar series features experts with frontline election experience to walk through every step of voter and candidate engagement activities and support…
Professor Khalil Gibran Muhammad and Jeffery Robinson join NLIHC for the Summer of IDEAS Launch: “Who We Are: A Chronicle of Racism in America”
Over a thousand people participated in NLIHC’s June 30 Summer of IDEAS (Inclusion, Diversity, Equity, Anti-racism, and Systems-thinking) launch event featuring Jeffery Robinson, executive director of…
Case Study Finds Low Wages and Lack of Affordable Housing Influence Relocation Decisions Following Disasters
A paper published in Housing Policy Debate, “Perceptions of Local Leaders Regarding Postdisaster Relocation of Residents in the Face of Rising Seas,” provides a case study of local leaders’…
More than 300,000 Additional People Would Be Helped by Proposed Housing Choice Voucher Expansion
Source: Center on Budget and Policy Priorities, “House Bill Would Fund Housing Vouchers and Other Key Investments to Reduce Homelessness, Help With Rising Housing Costs,” https://bit.ly/3bO5pJ3
Join Today’s Tenant Talk Live Webinar for Renters and Resident Leaders on the Intersection of Affordable Housing and the Living Wage
NLIHC will host “Tenant Talk Live” – a webinar with and for renter and resident leaders – today, July 11, at 6 pm ET. Tenants from Ohio and Hawaii will join the webinar to share their personal…
California Enacts $308 Billion State Budget, Falling Short of Advocates’ Proposed Housing and Homelessness Investments
California Governor Gavin Newsom (D) signed a $308 billion state budget on June 30 that commits nearly $5 billion to housing and homelessness programs for fiscal year (FY) 2022-2023. Despite making…
NLIHC Seeks Interns for Fall Semester
NLIHC is accepting applications for internship positions for the fall 2022 semester. Interns are highly valued and fully integrated into our staff work. We seek students passionate about racial and…
NLIHC in the News for the Week of July 3
The following are some of the news stories that NLIHC contributed to during the week of July 3: “Florida mother, children seek help as rent affordability wanes” Spectrum News, July 7 at: https://…
Where to Find Us – July 11
NLIHC staff will be speaking at the following events in the coming months: Community Change American Rescue Plan Equity Convening, Washington, DC, July 12 (Diane Yentel) Orange County United Way…
Senate Majority Leader Schumer and Senator Manchin Closing in on Reconciliation Deal – Take Action Today!
Senate Majority Leader Chuck Schumer (D-NY) and Senator Joe Manchin (D-WV) are reportedly closing in on an agreement over a significantly scaled-down reconciliation package that draws on last year’s…
House Appropriations Committee Approves Draft FY23 THUD Bill with 17% Funding Increase for HUD
The U.S. House Appropriations Committee approved the draft fiscal year (FY) 2023 Transportation, Housing and Urban Development, and Related Agencies (THUD) Appropriations Subcommittee bill along a…