Opportunity Starts at Home campaign introduces the "Opportunity Roundtable"
The Opportunity Starts at Home campaign held a multi-sector event on May 10 in Washington D.C. to officially introduce its “Opportunity Roundtable.” More than eighty individuals attended the event,…
Housing Tax Credit Qualified Action Plans Affect the Location of Affordable Housing
An article published in Housing Policy Debate by Ingrid Gould Ellen and Keren Mertens Horn, “Points for Place: Can State Governments Shape Siting Patterns of Low-Income Housing Tax Credit…
Register Today to Attend the Opportunity Starts at Home Informational Event on May 10
The Opportunity Starts at Home multi-sector affordable housing campaign will be hosting an informational session on Thursday, May 10 from 3:00-5:00 pm ET at the 20 F Street NW Conference Center in…
Deadline to Comment on AHP Regulations Extended to June 12
The Federal Housing Finance Agency (FHFA) has extended the deadline for commenting on proposed changes to the regulations for the Affordable Housing Program (AHP) administered by the eleven Federal…
U.S. Housing Stock Grows Slowly
A research brief by Jenny Schuetz and Cecile Murray of the Brookings Institution, “Unpacking the ‘housing shortage’ puzzle: How does housing enter and exit supply?,” shows that net additions to the U…
More than 80 Events and Activities Planned for Our Homes, Our Voices National Housing Week of Action, May 1-8
Advocates and residents around the country will be carrying out more than 80 Our Homes, Our Voices National Housing Week of Action events and activities in 25 states starting Tuesday, May 1. …
Calling All Housers: Help Recruit New Voices for the Opportunity Starts at Home Campaign!
As NLIHC founder Cushing Dolbeare once said, “Housing is too important to be left to housers alone.” The Opportunity Starts at Home campaign’s mission is to build a national multi-sector movement…
Forty-Three Our Homes, Our Voices Week of Action Events in 20 States…and Growing!
The 2018 Our Homes, Our Voices National Housing Week of Action, beginning on May 1, is less than two weeks away. With 43 events in 20 states, the wave of local events participating in the 2018 Our…
Opportunity Starts at Home Launches E-Newsletter on May 1. Sign Up Today!
Opportunity Starts at Home, a new national multi-sector housing campaign bringing together new voices to meet the housing needs of the lowest income people in American, will launch its monthly e-…
“Opportunity Starts at Home” Campaign Offers Fact Sheets and Resources on Connections between Housing and Other Sectors
The Opportunity Starts at Home campaign is building a coalition of stakeholders from many different sectors to generate widespread support for federal policies that protect and expand affordable…
Fact of the Week: Nine in Ten Severely Housing Cost-Burdened Extremely Low Income Renter Households are Seniors, People with Disabilities, Care Givers, or Involved in Labor Force or School
Source: NLIHC’s The Gap: A Shortage of Affordable Homes, 2018.