One in Ten Young Adults Experienced Homelessness over 12-Month Period
Chapin Hall at the University of Chicago released a research brief on youth homelessness, Missed Opportunities: Youth Homelessness in America, National Estimates, which examines the size and…
Wage Inequality Grows Over the Past Decade, but Minimum Wage Laws Help
A report by Elise Gould of the Economic Policy Institute, The State of American Wages 2017, shows the growing inequality in earnings between high-wage and low-wage workers. From 2000 to 2017, the…
Brookings Report Shows Cities Experiencing Uneven Economic Progress
The Metropolitan Policy Program at the Brookings Institution released its annual report, Metro Monitor, the week of February 19. Metro Monitor tracks economic progress in the 100 largest metropolitan…
Vera Institute of Justice Seeks Proposals from PHAs to Help Them Implement Reentry Programs
The Vera Institute of Justice is requesting proposals from public housing authorities (PHA) that would benefit from technical assistance to plan and implement reentry programs for people leaving…
Join the Our Homes, Our Voices National Housing Week of Action, May 1-8
Take action and make it clear that President Trump’s massive proposed cuts to affordable housing programs must be defeated. Sign up and begin planning today to participate in the 2018 Our Homes, Our…
Point of View: From Tax Cuts for the Wealthy to Spending Cuts for the Poor - By Diane Yentel, NLIHC President and CEO
Diane Yentel, NLIHC President & CEO After the tax bill passed, we said (along with many others) that the law will exacerbate our country’s yawning income inequality and harm efforts to end…
Housing Instability Increases Likelihood of Job Loss
An article by Matthew Desmond and Carl Gershenson published in 2016 in Social Problems, “Housing and Employment Insecurity among the Working Poor,” shows that working renters who lose their home,…
Policy Barriers Hurt Low Income Families' Economic Well-Being
Prosperity Now’s 2018 Scorecard ranks all 50 states and the District of Columbia on residents’ financial well-being. Their report, Whose Bad Choices? How Policy Precludes Prosperity and What We Can…
Fact of the Week: President's FY19 Budget Proposal Would Slash Key HUD Programs
Source: NLIHC analysis of FY17 enacted appropriations and the Trump administration’s proposed FY19 budget
Fact of the Week: Nine in Ten Households Receiving HUD Rental Assistance Are Elderly, Disabled, Working, or Receiving TANF
Source: Center on Budget and Policy Priorities analysis of 2015 and 2016 HUD administrative data.
Non-Working HUD-Assisted Households May Face Employment Barriers
A report by the Center on Budget and Policy Priorities, Employment and Earnings for Households Receiving Federal Rental Assistance, shows that 89% of HUD-assisted households are seniors or disabled,…