Opportunity Starts at Home Campaign Releases New Podcast Episode on the Impact of Rising Housing Costs on Teachers
By Ella Izenour, NLIHC Opportunity Starts at Home Intern and Julie Walker, NLIHC National Campaign Coordinator The Opportunity Starts at Home campaign released a new podcast episode, “The…
State Legislators Introduce New Tenant Protection Policies During 2025 Legislative Sessions, Underscoring Efforts to Strengthen Renters’ Rights
By Nada Hussein, NLIHC State and Local Research Analyst NLIHC has identified more than 150 pieces of state legislation introduced in 2025 to advance tenant protections, reflecting the…
HUD Postpones NSPIRE New Affirmative Requirements Compliance Date
By Ed Gramlich, NLIHC Senior Advisor HUD posted joint Notice PIH 2025-27/H 2925-05 on September 30, postponing until October 1, 2026, the scoring of the new “Affirmative Requirements” under the…
Leaked HUD Mixed Status Rule Points to Similar Effort to Keep Families Together as 2019
By Kayla Blackwell, NLIHC Housing Policy Analyst, Sarita Kelkar, NLIHC Policy Intern, and Sarah Abdelhadi, NLIHC Manager, State & Local Research A recent ProPublica article exposed the…
Senator Warren and Representative Waters Call for HUD Secretary Turner to Testify Before Congress on Whistleblower Allegations of HUD’s Undercutting of the Fair Housing and Civil Rights Laws
By Kayla Blackwell, NLIHC Housing Policy Analyst and San Kwon, Policy Intern Senator Elizabeth Warren (D-MA), Ranking Member of the Senate Banking, Housing, and Urban Affairs Committee, and…
Government Shutdown Extends to Second Week After Failed CR Votes in Senate
By Kim Johnson, NLIHC Senior Director of Policy A partial shutdown of the federal government is extending into its second week, after the Senate voted on and failed to pass two stopgap funding…
Where to Find Us—September 29
Annual Nevada Statewide Conference on Addressing Homelessness – Las Vegas, NV, September 29-30 (Sid Betancourt)Georgia Act’s Annual Fall Affordable Housing Conference – Atlanta, Georgia, October 1 (…
NLIHC in the News for the Week of September 22
The following are some of the news stories to which NLIHC contributed during the week of September 22: “Public Housing Again, Really? Yes, Really.” The New Republic, September 21, at: https://tr…
NLIHC Participates in the Congressional Black Caucus 54th Annual Legislative Conference—Making Housing Justice Happen
By May Louis-Juste, NLIHC Project Manager, Strategic Partnerships NLIHC participated in the 2025 Congressional Black Caucus Foundation (CBCF) Annual Legislative Conference, a premier policy and…
2023 and 2024 Marked the Highest Annual Rent Growth in the Last Decade
Note: All values adjusted to 2024 dollars using the U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics’ R-CPI-U-RS, available at http://bit.ly/42xHMw7. Data are unavailable for 2020…
New Study Shows that Tenants Whose Eviction Cases Are Won, Dismissed, or Withdrawn May Still Experience Negative Impacts from Filing History
By Mackenzie Pish, NLIHC Research Analyst A recent article in Housing Studies, “Record costs: examining the impact of eviction filings for tenants and their families,” explored the costs and…