More than 80 Events and Activities Planned for Our Homes, Our Voices National Housing Week of Action, May 1-8
Advocates and residents around the country will be carrying out more than 80 Our Homes, Our Voices National Housing Week of Action events and activities in 25 states starting Tuesday, May 1. …
Calling All Housers: Help Recruit New Voices for the Opportunity Starts at Home Campaign!
As NLIHC founder Cushing Dolbeare once said, “Housing is too important to be left to housers alone.” The Opportunity Starts at Home campaign’s mission is to build a national multi-sector movement…
Forty-Three Our Homes, Our Voices Week of Action Events in 20 States…and Growing!
The 2018 Our Homes, Our Voices National Housing Week of Action, beginning on May 1, is less than two weeks away. With 43 events in 20 states, the wave of local events participating in the 2018 Our…
Opportunity Starts at Home Launches E-Newsletter on May 1. Sign Up Today!
Opportunity Starts at Home, a new national multi-sector housing campaign bringing together new voices to meet the housing needs of the lowest income people in American, will launch its monthly e-…
“Opportunity Starts at Home” Campaign Offers Fact Sheets and Resources on Connections between Housing and Other Sectors
The Opportunity Starts at Home campaign is building a coalition of stakeholders from many different sectors to generate widespread support for federal policies that protect and expand affordable…
Fact of the Week: Nine in Ten Severely Housing Cost-Burdened Extremely Low Income Renter Households are Seniors, People with Disabilities, Care Givers, or Involved in Labor Force or School
Source: NLIHC’s The Gap: A Shortage of Affordable Homes, 2018.
Opportunity Starts at Home Campaign Launches Nationally
Opportunity Starts at Home, a multi-sector housing campaign to meet the rental housing needs of the nation’s lowest income people, launched at the NLIHC 2018 Housing Policy Forum: Building the…
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…