Bipartisan Policy Center Releases Action Agenda for Healthy Aging
Healthy Aging Begins at Home, a report released by the Bipartisan Policy Center, outlines an actionable policy agenda to accommodate America’s older adults. The report breaks down the challenges of…
National Housing Preservation Database Data Updated
The National Housing Preservation Database, maintained by NLIHC and the Public and Affordable Housing Research Corporation (PAHRC), is a tool for advocates to identify federally funded properties at-…
Loss of Thousands of Low-Cost Rental Homes in Eight Southeastern Cities
A paper written by Dan Immergluck, Ann Carpenter, and Abram Lueders for the Federal Reserve Bank of Atlanta, Declines in Low-Cost Rented Housing Units in Eight Large Southeastern Cities, explores the…
Fact of the Week: Percent Change in Rented Housing Units in Eight Southern Cities, 2010-2014
Source: Immergluck, D., Carpenter, A. & Lueders, A. (2016.) Declines in Low-Cost Rented Housing Units in Eight Large Southeastern Cities. Atlanta, GA: Federal Reserve Bank of Atlanta. Available…
Gentrification Worsens Housing Affordability and Rent-Burdens in New York City
New York University’s Furman Center released its annual report, The State of New York City’s Housing and Neighborhoods in 2015. This year’s report analyzes the effects of gentrification in the city;…
Strategies to Prevent Displacement of Asian American and Pacific Islander Families
A report released by the National Coalition for Asian Pacific American Community Development and the Council for Native Hawaiian Advancement titled Asian American & Pacific Islander Anti-…
Fact of the Week: Percentage of Rent Burdened Households in NYC, 2010-2014
Source: Austensten, M. et al. (2016). State of New York City’s Housing and Neighborhoods in 2015. New York, NY: NYU Furman Center. http://bit.ly/1TFCj8v
Study Identifies Barriers to Housing Choice and Mobility for Voucher Holders
A paper published in Housing Policy Debate by Erin Graves of the Federal Reserve Bank of Boston titled “Rooms for Improvement: A Qualitative Metasynthesis of the Housing Choice Voucher (HCV) Program…
Low Income, African American, and Renter Households Have Highest Energy Cost Burdens
A report by the American Council for an Energy-Efficient Economy titled Lifting the High Energy Burden in America’s Largest Cities: How Energy Efficiency Can Improve Low Income and Underserved…
Fact of the Week: Median Annual Utility Costs Per Square Foot by Race, Income, and Tenure
Source: Drehobl, A., & Ross, L. (2016). Lifting the high energy burden in America’s largest cities: How energy efficiency can improve low income and underserved communities. Washington, D.C.:…
Point of View by Sheila Crowley
When you read this, I will have spent my last day as a staff member of the National Low Income Housing Coalition. After 17-plus years here and 40 some years at this work, I have retired, at least for…