NLIHC Seeks Housing Policy Analyst
NLIHC seeks a housing policy analyst responsible for identifying, analyzing, advocating, and engaging the Coalition’s membership and network in action on federal policy and regulatory activities…
Where to Find Us – March 25
NLIHC President and CEO Diane Yentel and other NLIHC staff will be speaking at the following events in the coming months: Can I Live Congressional Briefing, Washington, DC, March 25 National…
More than 3,500 Organizations and Local Governments Join NLIHC in Urging Congress to Lift Spending Caps and Fully Fund Housing and Transportation Programs
The Campaign for Housing and Community Development Funding (CHCDF) sent a letter to House and Senate Appropriations Committee leadership urging lawmakers to work together to lift caps on federal…
New National Public Opinion Poll Shows Vast Majority of Americans Believe Affordable Housing Should be a “Top National Priority”
The NLIHC-led Opportunity Starts at Home multi-sector affordable homes campaign recently commissioned a national public opinion poll to assess people's thoughts and perspectives on issues related to…
NLIHC Gap 2019 Report Calls for Significant Investments to Address Shortage of 7 Million Affordable and Available Homes for the Lowest-Income Households
NLIHC released The Gap: A Shortage of Affordable Homes 2019 on March 14. The report finds a shortage of 7 million affordable and available rental homes for households with extremely low incomes at or…
Fact of the Week: Millions More of Lowest-Income Renter Households are Housing Cost-Burdened than Any Other Income Group
Source: NLIHC’s The Gap: A Shortage of Affordable Homes 2019. NLIHC tabulations of 2017 ACS PUMS data. 2019.
Explore the Future of Public Housing at NLIHC’s March 27-29 Housing Policy Forum; Pre-Event Registration Ends Tomorrow!
Despite being a critical resource for ensuring low-income families have an affordable home, public housing suffers from decades of underfunding by Congress. As a result, public housing agencies have…
Tomorrow, March 19, Is Final Day to Purchase Tickets to NLIHC’s March 28 Housing Leadership Awards Reception Honoring Katz, Clifford, and Cleaver
The deadline to purchase pre-event tickets to attend NLIHC’s March 28 Housing Leadership Awards Reception has been extended to tomorrow, March 19. The event will honor the affordable housing…
House Passes Voucher Mobility Demonstration Act
The House of Representatives passed the “Housing Choice Voucher Mobility Demonstration Act of 2019” (H.R. 1122) by a vote of 387-22 on March 11. Representatives Duffy (R-WI) and Cleaver (D-MO) of the…
HUD Invites PHAs to Apply for “Rent Reform” Moving-to-Work Cohort
HUD posted Notice PIH-2019-04 inviting public housing agencies (PHAs) to apply to participate in the second cohort of the Moving to Work (MTW) Demonstration Program expansion. This cohort will test “…
Growing Voter and Candidate Support for Affordable Homes
Affordable homes are built as much with votes and ballots as with bricks and drywall: real change happens when voters support pro-affordable housing candidates and policies. In 2018, voters supported…