OSAH Campaign Partners Sign Letter to Congress Urging a Major Expansion to Rental Assistance in Final FY23 Spending Bill
The Opportunity Starts at Home campaign sent a letter to congressional appropriators on April 22 urging them to expand Housing Choice Vouchers (HCVs) to an additional 200,000 households in their FY23…
HUD Releases Public Housing Dashboard
HUD recently released a Public Housing Data Dashboard providing information on the number of public housing units, occupancy rates, funding levels, household demographics, and utility usage in public…
HUD PIH Posts Section 3 Tracking and Reporting Guidance for PHAs
HUD’s Office of Public and Indian Housing (PIH) posted Notice PIH 2022-10 on April 18, providing guidance for public housing agencies (PHAs) regarding their obligation to track and report compliance…
NLIHC’s Virtual Housing Leadership Awards Celebration Takes Place This Week on April 28! Register to Attend!
Celebrate the affordable housing leadership of Representative Ritchie Torres (D-NY), the Congressional Progressive Caucus, and Ann O’Hara at NLIHC’s Virtual Housing Leadership Awards Celebration this…
NLIHC Releases The Gap: A Shortage of Affordable Homes
NLIHC released its annual report The Gap: A Shortage of Affordable Homes, finding the lowest-income renters in the U.S. face a shortage of approximately 7 million affordable and available rental…
Join Today’s National HoUSed Campaign Call for Universal, Stable, Affordable Housing!
Join today’s (April 25) national HoUSed campaign call from 2:30 to 4:00 pm ET. We will give updates from Capitol Hill on the federal budget, reconciliation, and the “Eviction Crisis Act,” which would…
NLIHC Joins More Than 1,000 Organizations in Signing on to Public Charge Comment Letter
NLIHC signed on to a comment letter urging the Biden administration to act quickly to reform the “public charge rule” to ensure immigrant families can access critical safety net services without fear…
Register for May 2 Our Homes, Our Votes Webinar on Legal Considerations for Nonprofits Carrying Out Voter and Candidate Engagement
Our Homes, Our Votes is NLIHC’s nonpartisan campaign to increase voter participation among low-income renters and to educate candidates about housing solutions. The Our Homes, Our Votes: 2022…
Expanded Child Tax Credit Payments Increased Financial Security Most Significantly among Lower-Income Households
A Brookings Institute report, “The Impacts of the 2021 Expanded Child Tax Credit on Family Employment, Nutrition, and Financial Well-Being,” examines employment, financial security, and health…
No State Has an Adequate Supply of Affordable and Available Rental Housing for the Lowest-Income Renters
Source: NLIHC tabulations of 2020 5-Year ACS PUMS Data
Illinois General Assembly Passes Source-of-Income Fair Housing Protections
After many efforts to pass statewide source-of-income fair housing protections in Illinois over the course of almost 20 years, HB 2775 was passed by the Illinois General Assembly on April 7. The…