Large National Study Finds Widespread Housing Discrimination
A new working paper from the National Bureau of Economic Research (NBER), “Racial Discrimination and Housing Outcomes in the United States Rental Market,” finds African-American and Hispanic renters…
Renters Show Financial Sensitivity to Changes in Pandemic Policies
A report published by the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau (CFPB), “Financial conditions for renters before and during the COVID-19 pandemic,” examines how the financial conditions faced by…
National Homelessness Law Center Releases First National Study of State Laws Criminalizing Homelessness
A new report from the National Homelessness Law Center (NHLC), Housing Not Handcuffs 2021: State Law Supplement, documents state laws criminalizing homelessness across the country. The report…
Forty-Eight States Have Enacted Laws Criminalizing Homelessness
Source: National Homelessness Law Center, "Housing Not Handcuffs 2021: State Law Supplement," November 2021
Right to Counsel Expands in New Orleans and New York City
The New Orleans City Council approved a 2022 operating budget that fully funds the right to counsel for tenants in eviction court. The budget, which passed city council on December 1, contains $2…
Join Today’s Tenant Talk Live Webinar for Renters and Tenant Leaders: Should Credit and Asset Building for Renters Be Tested by the Moving to Work (MTW) Demonstration?
Join NLIHC’s Tenant Talk Live webinar – a webinar with and for renter and tenant leaders – today, December 6 at 6 pm ET (5 pm CT, 4 pm MT, and 3pm PT) to learn about credit and asset building and to…
Register for NLIHC Virtual Housing Policy Forum 2022, March 22-23!
Register for NLIHC’s Virtual Housing Policy Forum 2022: Achieving Housing Justice taking place March 22-23, 2022, 12:30-5:30 pm ET on March 22 and 1:00-5:30 pm ET on March 23. The forum will feature…
Nominate an Organization or Campaign for NLIHC’s 2022 Organizing Awards!
NLIHC encourages affordable housing advocates to submit applications or nominations for the 2022 Annual Organizing Awards. Two awards will be granted for organizations or campaigns that organized to…
Nominate an NLIHC Board Member Today!
NLIHC member and partners are encouraged to submit nominations (or self-nominate!) to fill upcoming vacancies on the NLIHC board of directors. Nominees for board membership must be current dues-…
NLIHC Seeks Development Specialist
NLIHC seeks a development specialist who will have primary responsibility for a portfolio of development/fundraising activities for the Coalition. The activities, along with secondary activities…
NLIHC Seeks Housing Advocacy Organizer
NLIHC seeks a housing advocacy organizer who will be responsible for maintaining and expanding NLIHC membership and mobilizing advocates on federal policy priorities to advance the Coalition’s…