NLIHC Announces 2020 Housing Leadership Award Honorees: Jennifer Ho, Bill Faith, and Shauna Sorrells
Today NLIHC announces the 2020 Housing Leadership Awards honorees: Jennifer Leimaile Ho, commissioner of Minnesota Housing and former senior advisor at HUD and deputy director of the U.S.…
Register Today for November 21 ‘Our Homes, Our Votes’ Webinar on Election Engagement Partners and Tools
Register today for NLIHC’s 15-month “Third Thursdays at Three” webinar and podcast series on nonpartisan voter and candidate engagement, Our Homes, Our Votes: 2020. The third webinar will…
Montana Governor Bullock Announces Affordable Housing Proposal
Montana Governor Steve Bullock has joined other Democratic presidential candidates in recognizing that affordable homes are the foundation to one’s wellbeing and that bold action is needed to…
House Financial Services Subcommittee Holds Hearing on LGBTQ+ Discrimination in Lending and Housing
The House Financial Services Subcommittee on Oversight and Investigations held a hearing, “Financial Services and the LGBTQ+ Community: A Review of Discrimination in Lending and Housing” on October…
Multi-Sector Campaign Welcomes the Housing Network of Rhode Island As New State Partner
The Opportunity Starts at Home multi-sector affordable homes campaign is pleased to announce a new state partner, The Housing Network of Rhode Island (HNRI), has joined the campaign.…
Physical Conditions and Financial Viability of Early Rental Assistance Demonstration (RAD) Projects Show Some Improvements
A recent report from HUD, Final Report: Evaluation of HUD’s Rental Assistance Demonstration (RAD), aims to evaluate the extent to which the RAD program has achieved its affordable housing…
Distribution of Single-Family Rental Homes Reflects Effects of 2008 Housing Crisis
A recent paper in Housing Policy Debate, “A Latent Profile Analysis of Suburban Single-Family Rental Housing (SFR) Neighborhoods,” categorizes neighborhoods with high concentrations of…
Fact of the Week: High Rates of Housing Cost-Burdened Households Headed by Older Adults, Especially Among Renters
Source: JCHS tabulations of U.S. Census Bureau, 2017 American Community Survey 1-Year Estimates. Housing cost-burdened households spend more than 30% of their incomes on housing and…
From the Field: Los Angeles Enacts Emergency Moratorium on No-Cause Evictions
The Los Angeles City Council unanimously passed a bold measure to halt evictions due to extraordinarily high rent increases and mass displacement occurring in the city. The legislation protects…
Disability Rights Activists Demand Accessible, Affordable, and Integrated Housing at “All Are One” March in Washington, DC
Disability rights activists demanded the federal government end the pervasive marginalization of disabled Americans during the “All Are One!” March on October 23. ADAPT, a national, disability-…
NLIHC Launches ‘Tenant Talk Live’
NLIHC launched Tenant Talk Live—a bimonthly call/webinar with resident leaders from across the country – on October 28. Tenant Talk Live provides opportunities for residents to …