The February 5 nomination deadline for NLIHC’s Annual Organizing Award is quickly approaching. Please nominate an outstanding local or statewide organizing effort. The 2016 Organizing Award…
Kate Rodrigues joins NLIHC as a new research intern for the spring semester. Originally from the Minneapolis-St. Paul area and with a B.A. in English and Political Science from the College of Saint…
Source: Economic Policy Institute (2015). Raising the minimum wage to $12 by 2020 would lift wages for 35 million American workers. Washington, DC: Author.
Source: Henry, M., et al. (2015). The 2015 Annual Homeless Assessment Report (AHAR) to Congress: November 2015. Department of Housing and Urban Development.
Source: Pendall, R., et al. (2015). Driving to Opportunities: Voucher Users, Cars, and Movement to Sustainable Neighborhoods. Cityscape: A Journal of Policy Development and Research. Vol 17(2), p.…
Note: TANF benefits for a single-parent family of three as of July 2015.
Source: Floyd, Ife and Liz Schott. (2015). TANF Cash Benefits Have Fallen by More Than 20 Percent in Most States and…
Note: Compromised quality is the combination of poor quality school within ½ mile, home values below the area median, and high rate (40% or more) of African-American or Hispanic segregation.…
Source: Enterprise Community Partners and Join Center for Housing Studies (2015). Projecting Trends in Severely Cost-Burdened Renters: 2015-2025. Retrieved from http://bit.ly/1WeclwG
