Sign Up Today to Participate "Our Homes, Our Voices" National Housing Week of Action, May 1-8
Sign up today to take action for affordable housing during the nationwide “Our Homes, Our Voices” National Housing Week of Action, May 1-8! Go to the Our Homes, Our Voices webpage to view a video…
Study Finds Disparities Across LIHTC Neighborhoods
An article by Ingrid Gould Ellen, Keren Mertens Horn, and Yiwen Kuai in Housing Policy Debate, “Gateway to Opportunity? Disparities in Neighborhood Conditions Among Low-Income Housing Tax Credit (…
HUD Releases New Data on Whom LIHTC Program Serves
HUD released Understanding Whom the LIHTC Program Serves: Data on Tenants in LIHTC Units as of December 31, 2015. The report provides information on the income, race, disability status, and household…
Senator Sherrod Brown Speaks at "Opportunity Starts at Home" Campaign Launch
Senator Sherrod Brown (D-OH) spoke in support of the new “Opportunity Starts at Home” campaign launched at the Forum, speaking about the critical intersections between affordable housing and many…
Policy Forum Attendees Begin Preparing for "Our Homes, Our Voices" National Housing Week of Action, May 1-8
Attendees at NLIHC’s 2018 Policy Forum: Building the Movement learned how their organizations and communities can take action May 1-8 as part of the “Our Homes, Our Voices” National Housing Week of…
Airbnb Drives Up Rents in New York City
A report by the Urban Politics and Governance research group from the School of Urban Planning at McGill University, The High Cost of Short-Term Rentals in New York City, examines the impacts of…
Senate Appropriations Chair Cochran to Step Down
Senator Thad Cochran (R-MS), chair of the Senate Appropriations Committee, announced on March 5 that he will resign from the Senate on April 1, citing ongoing health challenges. Mr. Cochran first won…
FHFA Proposes Amendments to Affordable Housing Program Regulations
The Federal Housing Finance Agency (FHFA) is proposing wide-ranging changes to the regulations governing the Federal Home Loan Banks’ (Banks) Affordable Housing Program (AHP). The proposed amendments…
One in Ten Young Adults Experienced Homelessness over 12-Month Period
Chapin Hall at the University of Chicago released a research brief on youth homelessness, Missed Opportunities: Youth Homelessness in America, National Estimates, which examines the size and…
Wage Inequality Grows Over the Past Decade, but Minimum Wage Laws Help
A report by Elise Gould of the Economic Policy Institute, The State of American Wages 2017, shows the growing inequality in earnings between high-wage and low-wage workers. From 2000 to 2017, the…
Brookings Report Shows Cities Experiencing Uneven Economic Progress
The Metropolitan Policy Program at the Brookings Institution released its annual report, Metro Monitor, the week of February 19. Metro Monitor tracks economic progress in the 100 largest metropolitan…