Senate Banking Committee to Hold Nomination Hearings for HUD Officials
The Senate Banking Committee will hold a nomination hearing for several HUD officials on November 20 at 10:00 a.m. ET in Room 538 of the Dirksen Senate Office Building. Nominees include Brian D.…
Join the #OurHomesOurVotes2020 Pre-Debate Tweetstorm Today at 2:00 p.m. ET
Will the presidential debate moderators ask the candidates about their proposed solutions to the housing crisis facing millions? Will the candidates find a way to bring up their affordable housing…
Affordable Homes are Built with Ballots! Join Webinar on ‘Helpful Tools and Partners for Election Engagement,’ November 21!
Affordable homes are built with ballots every bit as much as they are built with beams and drywall! Low-income renters need to vote, and candidates for elected office must be engaged on affordable…
NLIHC Housing Policy Forum 2020 to Explore the Current State of Affordable Housing: Opportunities and Threats
NLIHC’s Housing Policy Forum 2020: Ending Homelessness and Housing Poverty will explore the current state of affordable housing and homelessness in America. The Forum will review achievements in 2019…
Jennifer Ho of Minnesota Housing to be Honored with 2020 Housing Leadership Award
NLIHC will honor Jennifer Leimaile Ho, commissioner of Minnesota Housing and former senior advisor at HUD and deputy director of the U.S. Interagency Council on Homelessness (USICH), with the 2020…
NLIHC 2020 Housing Organizing Awards to Recognize Statewide/Regional and Citywide/Neighborhood Organizers – Apply or Nominate Today!
Submit applications or nominations for the 2020 Annual Organizing Awards today! One award will recognize statewide or regional achievements, and one award will recognize citywide or neighborhood…
JustLeadershipUSA and National Association of Social Workers Discuss Affordable Housing and Criminal Justice Reform
The Opportunity Starts at Home multisector affordable homes campaign released on November 14 its twentieth podcast episode, this one featuring two experts from the campaign’s multi-sector Steering…
Study Finds No Link Between Better Job Proximity and Earnings Among Housing Choice Voucher Households
A paper published in Cityscape: A Journal of Policy Development and Research, “Does Jobs Proximity Matter in the Housing Choice Voucher Program?,” found no evidence that Housing Choice Voucher…
Fact of the Week: Jurisdictions Relying on Inclusionary Zoning and Dedicated Housing Trust Funds for Affordable Housing
Source: Lo, et al. (2019) National Longitudinal Land Use Survey, Urban Land Institute. Survey included 1,703 jurisdictions in 50 largest CBSAs.
Urban Institute Releases Data from Longitudinal Land-Use Survey
The Urban Institute released the 2019 National Longitudinal Land Use Survey (NLLUS), which includes data on land-use regulations and planning practices in 1,703 jurisdictions. In 2019, a survey was…
NLIHC and PAHRC to Co-Host Second Housing Preservation Webinar - Tuesday, December 10
What strategies can state and local governments use to preserve publicly supported affordable rental housing? Register for “Affordable Housing Preservation Solutions for State & Local Governments…