House Committee on Financial Service Releases Bipartisan “Housing for the 21st Century Act” Ahead of December 16 and 17 Legislative Markup
By Libby O’Neill, NLIHC Senior Policy AnalystHouse Financial Services Committee (HFSC) Chair French Hill (R-AR), Ranking Member Maxine Waters (D-CA), along with Subcommittee on Housing and Insurance…
Bipartisan Coalition of More Than 180 Mayors Urges Congress to Renew Expiring Continuum of Care (CoC) Grants
By Alayna Calabro, NLIHC Senior Policy Analyst More than 180 Democratic, Republican, and Independent mayors from across the United States joined a letter by the U.S. Conference of Mayors urging…
Continued Momentum on FY26 “Minibus” Spending Package that Would Include HUD Funding – Take Action Today!
By Kim Johnson, NLIHC Senior Director of Policy Fiscal Year 2026 Minibus Senators continued negotiations over a minibus spending package that would include five fiscal year (FY) 2026…
“ROAD to Housing Act” Provisions Not Included in Final National Defense Authorization Act Text
By Libby O’Neill, NLIHC Senior Policy Analyst The House Financial Services Committee (HFSC) released the text of the 2026 National Defense Authorization Act (NDAA) on December 7. While the NDAA…
NLIHC in the News for the Weeks of November 24 and December 1
The following are some of the news stories to which NLIHC contributed during the weeks of November 24 and December 1: “Santa Fe tackles rental rates with first-in-US minimum wage approach,”…
Recap of NLIHC's Fall 2025 State and Tribal Partner Convening in Washington, D.C.
By Zenayah Roache, NLIHC Housing Advocacy Organizer NLIHC held its biannual convening of its state and Tribal partners from November 19 to 20. More than 30 people representing 27 of…
Extremely Low-Income Renters in Puerto Rico Are More Likely to be Seniors, Householders with Disabilities, Householders in School, or Single Adult Caregivers than Other Renters
Source: 2023 PRCS PUMS Note: Mutually exclusive categories are applied in the following order: senior, disabled, in the labor force, enrolled in school, single-adult caregiver…
Rental Properties Financed by Freddie Mac and Fannie Mae Have Slightly Lower Rents and Eviction Filing Rates
By Raquel Harati, NLIHC Research Analyst New research published in Housing Policy Debate titled “Rent and Eviction Filing at Enterprise Backed Rental Properties” examines whether financing from…
New “Know Your Rights” Resource Available for Parents Detained by ICE from National Immigration Law Center and Center for Law and Social Policy
By Kayla Blackwell, NLIHC Senior Housing Policy Analyst The National Immigration Law Center and Center for Law and Social Policy together released a new “Know Your Rights” resource, available in…
Happening this Week, NLIHC to Host Next State and Local Tenant Protections Network Call on December 11
By Nada Hussein, NLIHC Research Analyst, State and Local Innovation This Thursday (December 11), NLIHC will host the next State and Local Tenant Protections Network call from 3:00 pm to 4:00 pm…
Recap of December 2 Opportunity Starts at Home Roundtable Event
By Ella Izenour, NLIHC Opportunity Starts at Home InternThe Opportunity Starts at Home (OSAH) campaign hosted a half-day roundtable event in Washington, D.C., on December 2 titled “OSAH: Building…