Tenant Talk Live Webinar: Responding to Coronavirus, April 6
Join resident leaders and NLIHC staff for the next Tenant Talk Live webinar to discuss the impacts of the coronavirus/COVID-19 pandemic and how you can advocate for needed resources and other…
Oakland Voters Expand Homeless Services by Passing Measure Q
Voters in Oakland, CA, went to the ballot once again to increase their own taxes in support of ending homelessness. Measure Q passed with 68.08% of the vote, exceeding the super-majority threshold of…
NLIHC in the News for the Week of March 15
The following are some of the news stories that NLIHC contributed to during the week of March 15: “Most renters won't receive protections under Trump proposal,” Associated Press, March 20 at:…
NLIHC Provides New Resource to Guide Federal Coronavirus Response Related to Housing for Those Most in Need
The NLIHC-led Disaster Housing Recovery Coalition (DHRC) launched on March 10 a new resource to guide the federal response to the coronavirus pandemic related to housing for those most in need. The…
Where to Find Us – March 16
NLIHC President and CEO Diane Yentel and other NLIHC staff will be speaking at the following events in the coming months: West Virginia Coalition to End Homelessness Annual Conference on Ending…
NLIHC in the News for the Week of March 8
The following are some of the news stories that NLIHC contributed to during the week of March 8: “Opinion: Think kids won’t suffer from COVID-19? Wrong: It threatens them with more poverty, hunger…
Utah Gains $10 Million for Affordable Housing in Tough Budget Environment
Utah Senate Bill 39 (SB39) cleared its final legislative hurdle on March 10 when the Utah House of Representatives approved a one-time allocation of $10 million for affordable housing programs. The…
People with Disabilities and the 2020 Census
The U.S. Census Bureau has identified people with disabilities as a hard-to-count population, which means they are at a greater risk of being undercounted in the 2020 census. It is critically…
The Gap: Just 36 Affordable and Available Homes for Every 100 Extremely Low-Income U.S. Households
Source: NLIHC’s The Gap: A Shortage of Affordable Homes, 2020. NLIHC tabulations of 2018 ACS PUMS data.
Survey Identifies Connections Between Criminalization of Homelessness and Environmental Injustice
An article in Environment and Planning E: Nature and Space, “Intersecting Hazards, Intersectional Identities: A Baseline Critical Environmental Justice Analysis of Homelessness,” describes how the…
NLIHC Releases The Gap, Finds Shortage of 7 Million Affordable and Available Homes for Extremely Low-Income Renter Households
NLIHC released its annual report, The Gap: A Shortage of Affordable Homes, which finds that extremely low-income renters in the U.S. face a shortage of 7 million affordable and available rental homes…