Earlier this year a coalition of advocates in Erie, Pennsylvania celebrated the adoption of a city-wide Tenant Bill of Rights. The ordinance, which was unanimously passed by the Erie city council,…
NLIHC members are invited to join NLIHC’s second Policy Advisory Committee (PAC) meeting of the year on Wednesday, May 21 from 4 to 5 pm ET. PAC meetings offer NLIHC members a space to weigh in on…
Note: A household has “severe cost burden” when it spends more than 50% of its income on rent and utilities. Source: NLIHC Tabulations of 2023 ACS PUMS
A recent study published in the Journal of Planning Education and Research, “Disparities in Residential Mobility Outcomes Among Older Adults in the United States,” considers if residential relocation…
A study published this month in Social Science & Medicine explores the impact of historic redlining practices on the contemporary housing market and how the housing market affects prevalence of…
In May, lawmakers in Missouri passed a harmful preemption bill that would limit the power of local cities and towns from enacting several tenant protection policies by a 23-10 vote. Under “House Bill…
NLIHC released a new fact sheet on rural housing, “Rural American Cannot Address Housing Needs Without Federal Investments.” The fact sheet summarizes data and barriers to rural housing development,…
NLIHC joined a comment letter, led by the National Fair Housing Alliance (NFHA) to the Secretary of Housing and Urban Development Scott Turner, in opposition to 2025 Affirmatively Fair Housing…
NLIHC joined a letter sent May 15 to HUD Secretary Scott Turner and Federal Housing Finance Agency (FHFA) Director William Pulte raising concerns about recent and proposed actions taken by HUD and…
Senator Elizabeth Warren (D-MA) and Representative Maxine Waters (D-CA) introduced the “Restoring Fair Housing Protections Eliminated by Trump Act,” (S.1621/H.R.3086) which, if enacted, would require…
The U.S. House Financial Services Subcommittee on Housing and Insurance held a hearing on May 14, “Expanding Choice and Increasing Supply: Housing Innovation in America.” Witnesses were Mr. Bill Boor…
Representatives Yvette D. Clarke (D-NY), Ayanna Pressley (D-MA) and Rashida Tlaib (D-MI) reintroduced the “No Biometric Barriers to Housing Act of 2025” (H.R.3060), which, if enacted, would prohibit…
