Take Action: Deadline Tomorrow! Sign Letter Urging Presidential Debate Moderators to Question Candidates on Affordable Housing
More than 450 organizations have signed onto a national letter calling on the moderators of the third presidential debate to ask the candidates about their affordable housing solutions. The…
Our Homes, Our Votes, Our New Hampshire Hosts Roundtable with Presidential Candidate Bill Weld
NLIHC’s Our Homes, Our Votes: 2020 held another presidential candidate event on August 28. NLIHC state partner Housing Action NH hosted a roundtable discussion on affordable housing with…
Tips for Hosting a Candidate Forum on Affordable Housing
Raising affordable housing on the national agenda will happen only when candidates understand the issue is important to voters. A recent national poll shows that more than 8 in 10 think…
Protecting Immigrant Families Offers Updated Public Charge Materials and September 5 Webinar
Now that the harmful “public charge” rule is final (see Memo, 8/19), Protecting Immigrant Rights (PIF) has updated its materials designed to help advocates inform immigrant…
HUD Publishes FY20 Fair Market Rents
HUD announced in the August 30 Federal Register the publication of FY20 Fair Market Rents (FMRs). FMRs are used to determine payment standards for the Housing Choice Voucher (HCV…
Opportunity Starts at Home to Hold Congressional Briefing, September 18
The Opportunity Starts at Home multi-sector affordable homes campaign will host a congressional briefing on Wednesday, September 18, 1:30–2:30 p.m. ET at the U.S. Capitol Visitor…
NYCHA’s Strategies for Meeting Public Housing Capital Repair Needs Face Serious Obstacles
A recently published research brief from the Furman Center, NYCHA’s Road Ahead: Capital and Operating Budget Needs, Shortfalls, and Plans, reviewed how the New York City Housing Authority (NYCHA…
Harvard Joint Center for Housing Studies Report Shows Decline in First-Time Homebuying
The Joint Center for Housing Studies at Harvard University released The Shifting Profile of First-Time Homebuyers: 1997–2017, which shows a decline in the annual volume and rate of first-time…
Fact of the Week: Extremely Low-Income Households are Forced to Rent Homes They Cannot Afford
Source: NLIHC’s The Gap: A Shortage of Affordable Homes 2019. NLIHC tabulations of 2017 ACS PUMS data.
From the Field: Advocates Thwart Major Cuts to Alaska’s Housing and Homeless Programs
Alaska Governor Mike Dunleavy (R) had proposed in February to cut state spending by at least $650 million to provide a $3,000 permanent-fund dividend to every Alaskan without increasing taxes. After…
NLIHC in the News for the Week of August 25
“Climate Change Is Making the Affordable Housing Crunch Worse,” The Pew Charitable Trusts, August 30 at: https://tinyurl.com/y2xqo395 “Puerto Rico left out of billions of dollars in…