Maine Governor Signs Law Establishing $80 Million State Affordable Housing Tax Credit Program
Maine Governor Janet Mills signed into law on February 12, a bipartisan bill (L.D. 1645) sponsored by House Assistant Majority Leader Ryan Fecteau that will create a new state affordable housing tax…
Register Today for Upcoming Webinars on Effective Advocacy and NLIHC Policy Priorities
NLIHC will hold two webinars in March on effective advocacy and NLIHC’s policy priorities. These webinars are in preparation for NLIHC’s annual Capitol Hill Day taking place on March 27, but those…
NLIHC in the News for the Week of February 9
The following are some of the news stories that NLIHC contributed to during the week of February 9: “5 Things To Know About The Affordable Housing Crisis,” Forbes, February 14 at: https://tinyurl.…
Where to Find Us – February 18
NLIHC President and CEO Diane Yentel and other NLIHC staff will be speaking at the following events in the coming months: Philadelphia Department of Behavioral Health and Intellectual Disabilities’…
Urge Congress to Provide Robust Funding for Affordable Housing Programs
President Trump released his budget request for fiscal year (FY) 2021 today. NLIHC will analyze the president’s request and share a summary later today. In the meantime, NLIHC and other national…
Sign National Letter Urging Housing Investments in Infrastructure Package
House Democrats have unveiled a $760 billion blueprint for an infrastructure package that does not include robust resources to build or preserve affordable and accessible homes for America’s lowest-…
Urge the Trump Administration to Support Evidence-Based Approaches to Ending Homelessness
Homelessness is one of our country’s most urgent, tragic and solvable crises. We cannot end homelessness, however, by ignoring the evidence about what works. For this reason, NLIHC, the National…
Candidates Address Fair and Affordable Housing in Debate
Affordable housing and racial inequities in housing were featured prominently in the nationally televised presidential debate in New Hampshire on February 7, just days before the state’s primary.…
Affordable Housing Is Key Election Issue in the Primaries
NLIHC’s nonpartisan voter and candidate engagement project Our Homes, Our Votes: 2020 and our more than 1,000 partners around the country have worked to raise the profile of affordable housing and…
How Can Housing Providers Register and Mobilize their Residents to Vote: Learn How on February 20 Podcast!
Join NLIHC for a podcast on “The Role of Housing Providers in Registering and Mobilizing Voters” on February 20 at 3:00 p.m. ET. Register for this podcast and NLIHC’s entire 15-month “Third Thursdays…
House Committee Examines Trump Administration’s AFFH Proposal
The House Committee on Oversight and Reform’s Civil Rights and Civil Liberties Subcommittee held a hearing on February 5, “A Threat to American’s Children: The Trump Administration’s Proposal to Gut…