Report Outlines Approaches to Housing Code Enforcement
A brief from the NYU Furman Center, “Cracking Code Enforcement: How Cities Approach Housing Standards,” analyzes how housing code enforcement policies across the country vary. The paper explores how…
Stimulus Payments Kept 11.7 Million Individuals Out of Poverty in 2020
Source: US Census Bureau (2021). The Supplemental Poverty Measure: 2020.
Iowa Governor Announces $100 Million in ARPA Funds for Affordable Housing Programs
Iowa Governor Kim Reynolds announced on September 8 that $100 million in discretionary funding from the American Rescue Plan Act will be deployed to expand housing availability in the state. A lack…
NLIHC/PAHRC Sept. 22 Webinar to Focus on Federally Assisted Housing and Natural Hazards
NLIHC and the Public and Affordable Housing Research Corporation (PAHRC) will host the second installment of a webinar series on natural hazards and the federally assisted housing stock. The second…
NLIHC Announces New Board Members: Geraldine Collins, Kathryn Monet, Hasson Rashid and Zella Knight
NLIHC announces the appointment of four new members to the NLIHC Board of Directors: National Alliance of HUD Tenants President Geraldine Collins; National Coalition for Homeless Veterans Chief…
NLIHC in the News for the Week of September 12
The following are some of the news stories that NLIHC contributed to during the week of September 12: “They came in like we were nothing: New Hampshire woman with housing voucher evicted,” USA…
NLIHC in the News for the Week of September 5
The following are some of the news stories that NLIHC contributed to during the week of September 5: “Biden resets after Delta frustrates his hope to declare Covid independence,” NBC News,…
House Releases Landmark Legislation with Major Housing Investments; Committee Votes Today
The House Financial Services Committee released on September 9 landmark legislation to invest $327 billion in affordable housing as part of a $3.5 trillion infrastructure and economic recovery…
Representative Barbara Lee Introduces Renters’ Bill of Rights
Representative Barbara Lee (D-CA) introduced on September 7 the “Renters’ Bill of Rights” resolution, legislation affirming the rights of all renters to safe, affordable, and decent homes. The…
Join NLIHC Campaign Call on ‘HoUSed: Universal, Stable, and Affordable Housing” Today at 2:30 pm ET
Join today’s (September 13) national HoUSed campaign call from 2:30-4 pm ET. We will share details of the historic housing investments proposed by the House Financial Services Committee in the…
Recording Available of September 7 National Call on “HoUSed: Universal, Stable, Affordable Housing”
During our most recent (September 7) national call on “HoUSed: Universal, Stable, Affordable Housing,” we welcomed Jessica Perez and Abby Boshart from the Urban Institute, who discussed leveraging…