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…
Learn How to Get Candidates on the Record about Affordable Housing - March 19 Webinar!
Join the NLIHC-led Our Homes, Our Votes 2020 nonpartisan voter and candidate engagement project, and participate in a webinar on “Getting Candidates on the Record” about their affordable housing…
NLIHC Cancels Housing Policy Forum, Postpones Leadership Awards Reception due to Coronavirus
NLIHC’s 2020 Housing Policy Forum was scheduled to take place on March 25-27, and other NLIHC events planned that week included the our state partners’ meeting, a special session for resident leaders…
Senate THUD Subcommittee Questions HUD Secretary Carson on FY21 Funding Request, Coronavirus Response
The Senate Appropriations Subcommittee on Transportation, Housing and Urban Development held a hearing on March 11 to review HUD’s fiscal year (FY) 2021 funding request and budget justification.…
Additional Disaster Housing Recovery Updates - March 16, 2020
The following is a review of additional disaster housing recovery developments since the last edition of Memo to Members and Partners (for the article in the previous Memo, see 3/09…
Campaign Urges Congress to Include Emergency Assistance Funding in Coronavirus Response
The Opportunity Starts at Home multi-sector affordable homes campaign sent a letter on March 12 to Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell (R-KY) and Minority Leader Chuck Schumer (D-NY) and to House…
Join National Call on Coronavirus and Homelessness/Housing, Today 2:30 p.m. ET
Join a national call on “Coronavirus and Homelessness/Housing” today at 2:30 p.m. ET. The call, hosted by NLIHC’s Disaster Housing Recovery Coalition (DHRC), will feature homelessness services and…