New Report Highlights Importance of State Housing Trust Funds for Rural Communities
The Center for Community Change released State Housing Trust Funds: A Rural Lifeline, which highlights the successes rural communities have had with state and local housing trust funds. Almost every…
Freddie Mac Multifamily Provides Series of Reports on Serving Underserved Markets
Freddie Mac Multifamily is releasing a series of reports to highlight the opportunities and challenges of providing affordable multifamily housing in underserved markets. Two previous reports…
From the Field: New York City Council Member Rallies with Homelessness Advocates and Announces New Homeless Housing Legislation
New York City Council Member Rafael Salamanca recently announced new legislation aimed at increasing affordable housing for the city’s homeless residents in conjunction with the ongoing House our…
Fact of the Week: States’ LIHTC ‘Opportunity Incentives’ Include Access to Education, Transportation, Healthcare, Jobs, and Low-Poverty Areas
Source: Freddie Mac and National Housing Trust. (2018). “Opportunity Incentives in LIHTC Qualified Allocations Plans.” Retrieved from https://bit.ly/2P8nvJA
Study Suggests Social Networks May Affect Residential Choices of Voucher Holders
Housing Choice Vouchers (HCVs) help low income households afford housing in low-poverty neighborhoods, but HCV recipients still tend to live in higher-poverty neighborhoods. A study published in the…
Rural Preservation Working Group Recommends Strategies for Preserving Rural Housing
NLIHC joined a letter from the Rural Preservation Working Group (RPWG) – a group of local and national organizations led by the Housing Assistance Council (HAC) – to Joel Baxley, administrator of the…
Housing Near High-Performing Public Schools Costs 2.4 Times More than Housing Near Low-Performing Public Schools
Across the 100 largest metro areas in the nation, housing near high-performing public schools cost an average of 2.4 times more than housing near low-performing public schools, according to a study…
Register Today for NLIHC’s 2019 Housing Policy Forum: Seizing the Moment for Bold Solutions
Register today for NLIHC’s 2019 Housing Policy Forum: Seizing the Moment for Bold Solutions taking place in Washington, DC, March 27-29, 2019. Invited and confirmed speakers include…
Help NLIHC Honor the 2019 Housing Leadership Awards Recipients
Rep. Emmanuel Cleaver Emma "Pinky" Clifford Dr. MItchell Katz Make a contribution to NLIHC in honor of the 2019 Housing Leadership Awards recipients: U.S. Representative…
Advocates Achieve Significant Wins on State and Local Ballot Initiatives
This election season, NLIHC’s Our Homes, Our Votes nonpartisan voter engagement project tracked the major local and state ballot measures across the country related to affordable housing and tenant…
Election Impacts on Housing Committees and Legislation
The Democrats gained control of the House of Representatives and the Republicans grew their majority in the Senate in the midterm elections on November 6, although a few races remain undecided as of…