Tenant and Resident Leaders connect during the Tenant Leader Session Ahead of NLIHC’s Housing Policy Forum
NLIHC Collective tenant leader members led three workshops highlighting relevant topics impacting tenants across communities in the United States. Attendees engaged in powerful discussions around the…
Advocates Nationwide Take Housing Solutions to Capitol Hill
More than 300 affordable housing and homelessness advocates gathered for NLIHC’s annual Capitol Hill Day on March 27, marking the conclusion of NLIHC’s 2025 Policy Forum. A record number of more than…
Join Tomorrow’s (April 8) National HoUSed Campaign Call for Universal, Stable, Affordable Housing!
Join tomorrow’s (April 8) national HoUSed campaign call from 4 to 5 pm ET. The call will feature an update on federal funding for homelessness assistance programs from CEO of the National Alliance to…
Apply for the Our Homes, Our Votes Tenant Fellowship!
NLIHC’s first-ever Our Homes, Our Votes Tenant Fellowship will convene 20 tenant and resident leaders committed to the mission of NLIHC’s nonpartisan Our Homes, Our Votes campaign to increase voter…
Representative Waters (D-CA) Calls for GAO Investigation into HUD Field Office Closures
Representative Maxine Waters (D-CA), ranking member of the House Financial Services Committee, sent a letter to Government Accountability Office (GAO) Comptroller General Eugene Dodaro and U.S.…
Senator Warren (D-MA) and Representative Waters (D-CA) Lead 106 Congressional Democrats in Fight for Fair Housing, Demand Answers from HUD Secretary Turner Amid Assault on Civil Rights
On March 17, Senator Elizabeth Warren (D-MA) and Representative Maxine Waters (D-CA), Ranking Members of the Senate Banking Committee and House Financial Services Committee, respectively, accompanied…
House Committee on Financial Services to Hold Hearing on “Restoring Accountability at HUD”
On Tuesday, April 8 at 10 am ET, the U.S. House Committee on Financial Services’ Subcommittee on Oversight and Investigations will convene a hearing titled “Decades of Dysfunction: Restoring…
Senator Booker (D-NJ) References Affordable Housing Shortage, NLIHC Data in 25-Hour Long Speech
Senator Cory Booker (D-NJ) spoke on the affordable housing crisis in his record-breaking 25-hour long speech, referencing data from NLIHC’s annual report, The Gap: A Shortage of Affordable Rental…
House Appropriators Begin Soliciting Funding and Language Requests for FY26 Community Development Projects, Signaling the Beginning of the FY26 Process
House Appropriations Committee Chair Tom Cole (R-OK) announced on April 2 that his committee would begin accepting programmatic funding and language requests for fiscal year (FY) 2026 community…
Senate Passes Budget Resolution to Extend Tax Cuts, Cut Funding for Medicaid and SNAP
Republican Senators passed a budget resolution in the early morning hours of April 4 by a vote of 51-48, with all Senate Democrats and two Republicans – Senators Susan Collins (ME) and Rand Paul (KY…
HUD’s Revamped Website Has Many Faulty Links
HUD announced a greatly revamped website on March 31 with a media release claiming the site was “high quality” and “streamlined;” however, as of April 3 the website is clearly not ready for prime…