A paper in Housing Policy Debate, “Shelter Poverty in Ohio: An Alternative Analysis of Rental Housing Affordability,” finds that the standard housing costs-to-income ratio measure of housing…
The Utah Housing Coalition, an NLIHC state partner, has launched a new strategy to more effectively engage elected officials at all levels of government. The Coalition recently shifted from hosting…
People’s Action released its vision for a national “Homes Guarantee” policy on September 5. The proposal involves “proactive” and “reparative” approaches to address the root causes of housing…
The National Housing Law Project (NHLP) will hold a September 10 webinar on nuisance ordinances, which are local laws that can jeopardize housing security for people needing police or emergency…
The next NeighborWorks Training Institute (NTI) will be held in Portland, OR, the week of December 9-13. Online registration is now open.
In addition to offering a wide array of courses lasting from…
The following are some of the news stories that NLIHC contributed to during the week of September 1:
“For thousands in Dorian’s path, cost can stand in the way of evacuating,” Marketplace,…
NLIHC is pleased to welcome Alayna Calabro as a field intern for the fall and winter/spring semesters.
Alayna is pursuing her Master of Social Work with a specialization in community action and…
NLIHC President and CEO Diane Yentel and other NLIHC staff will be speaking at the following events in the coming months:
National Association of Latino Elected Officials National Policy Institute…
Another massive hurricane is approaching Florida, Georgia and South Carolina, and, as always, the lowest-income people in the hurricane’s path will be hardest hit. Deeply poor households…
As Hurricane Dorian approaches the U.S., government officials have issued mandatory and voluntary evacuations along the East Coast from southern Florida to North Carolina. More than 342,000 low-…
More than two dozen members of Congress sent a letter to HUD Secretary Ben Carson on August 21 urging him to release a Federal Register notice to trigger the release of desperately needed…
