Fact of the Week: Millions of Extremely Low Income Households Cost-Burdened
“Cost Burden” means spending more than 30% of income on housing and utilities. “Severe Cost Burden” means spending more than 50% of income on housing and utilities. “Extremely Low…
Fact of the Week: Mortgage Interest Deduction Expenditures to Grow 41% from 2016-2020
Source: Joint Committee on Taxation. (2017). Estimates of federal tax expenditures for fiscal years 2016-2020. Washington, DC: Author. Retrieved from https://www.jct.gov/publications.html?func=…
Fact of the Week: Large Share of HUD-Assisted Households Have a Disability
Source: Dawkins, C. & Miller, M. (2017). The characteristics and unmet housing program needs of disabled HUD-assisted households. Housing Policy Debate.
Point of View: Advancing Fair Housing - by Diane Yentel, NLIHC President and CEO
Soon after the start of the 115th Congress, Representative Paul Gosar (R-AZ) and Senator Mike Lee (R-UT) reintroduced legislation they sought to advance in previous Congresses. The “Local Zoning…
Point of View: No Hate, No Fear: Immigrants are Welcome Here – by Diane Yentel, NLIHC President and CEO
If you’re feeling overwhelmed by the sheer volume of dramatic policy shifts in recent days, it is with good reason. In President Donald Trump’s first week of office, he has signed more Executive…
Fact of the Week: Households in Tribal Areas Face Housing Problems at Much Higher Rate than All U.S. Households
Source: Source: HUD (2017). Housing needs of American Indians and Alaska Natives in tribal areas: A report from the Assessment of American Indian, Alaska Native, and Native Hawaiian Housing Needs.…
Point of View: Marching Forward – By Diane Yentel, NLIHC President and CEO
What a remarkable week. From rumors on Capitol Hill that the president plans to propose a draconian budget that would essentially eliminate nearly all non-defense discretionary and most mandatory…
Fact of the Week: Large Numbers of Lowest Income Renters are Housing Unstable
Source: 2013 American Housing Survey.
Point of View: Vigilance
By Diane Yentel, NLIHC President and CEO "The arc of the moral universe may bend towards justice, but it doesn't bend on its own. To secure the gains this country has made requires constant…
Fact of the Week: United for Homes MID Reforms Give More Tax Breaks to Lower Income Homeowners, Less to Wealthy
Source: Tax Policy Center, 2016