Congressional Leaders Agree Temporary Measure Will Be Needed to Fund Government and Avoid October Shutdown – Take Action!
Even while adjourned for August recess, leaders in Congress have continued discussions over fiscal year (FY) 2024 appropriations, including how to avoid a government shutdown when the new fiscal year…
HUD PD&R Quarterly Publication Explores Role of Housing First Model in Addressing Homelessness
HUD’s Office of Policy Development and Research’s (PD&R) Spring/Summer 2023 issue of Evidence Matters, a quarterly publication covering evidence-based policymaking, examines the role of the…
Recap of 8/14 Homelessness and Housing First Webinar
More than 12,700 people registered for the Homelessness and Housing First webinar hosted by NLIHC, the National Alliance to End Homelessness (the Alliance), and the Center on Budget and Policy…
Register Now for Final (8/24) Webinar in ERASE Summer Series
Join us on August 24 from 3 to 4:15 pm ET for the final webinar in NLIHC’s three-part End Rental Arrears to Stop Evictions (ERASE) summer webinar series. The webinar, “Efforts to Sustain Emergency…
Celebrate Civic Health Month!
Our Homes, Our Votes is NLIHC’s nonpartisan campaign to boost voter turnout among low-income renters and educate candidates about housing solutions. NLIHC is proud to join over 300 organizations…
Join Today’s (8/21) “Tenant Talk Live” on Forming a Tenant-Based Group
NLIHC will host the next session of “Tenant Talk Live” – a webinar geared towards tenant and resident leaders – today, August 21, at 6 pm ET. The webinar, “How to Form a Tenant-Based Group: Resident…
Quality Housing Coalition Launches Maine’s First Direct Cash Assistance Program Targeting Formerly Homeless Mothers
Last month, the Maine-based Quality Housing Coalition (QHC) launched Project HOME Trust, the first direct cash assistance program of its kind in the state of Maine. Project HOME Trust was developed…
Research Reveals Impact of Residential Segregation on Work of Community-Based Organizations in Black Communities
A new paper, “From Redlining to Resilience: How Residential Segregation Molded the Work of Community-Based Organizations in Historically Black Communities,” explores the impact of redlining and other…
Negative Exits from Housing Programs Associated with Homelessness
An article published in Housing Policy Debate, “Associations Between Exit Type From Federal Housing Assistance and Subsequent Homelessness,” examines the associations between exits from federal…
Differences between Median Hourly Wage and Housing Wage Greatest for Women and People of Color
Source: Housing wages based on HUD Fair Market Rents. The hourly wages by percentile are drawn from the Economic Policy Institute State of Working America Data Library 2022, adjusted to 2023.
NLIHC in the News for the Week of August 13
The following are some of the news stories to which NLIHC contributed during the week of August 13: “Eagle Reels: Andrew Aurand, with National Low Income Housing Coalition, talks about America's…