Partnerships between Housing and Criminal Justice Agencies Can Help Disrupt Homelessness-Carceral Cycle
A joint report by the Center for Justice Innovation and the Housing Solutions Lab at New York University’s Furman Center, “Housing Is Justice: Exploring State and Local Innovations,” explores how…
Maine Governor Signs Supplemental Budget with Historic Funding for Affordable Housing and Rent Relief and Provisions Advancing Racial Justice
Advocates in Maine are celebrating the state’s commitment to housing stability and affordability following the enactment of a supplemental budget with historic housing investments that was approved…
Apply to Join the 2024-2025 Cohort of NLIHC’s Collective!
NLIHC is currently recruiting members of its next Collective cohort! The Collective is a group of tenant advocates and community leaders with lived experience of housing insecurity who work towards…
Join Today’s (5/6) “Tenant Talk Live” on Securing Your Security Deposit
NLIHC will host the next session of “Tenant Talk Live,” a meeting geared toward tenant and resident leaders, today (Monday, May 6) at 6 pm ET. The meeting will feature guest LaKita Steel, who will…
Black and Latino Renters Experience Higher Rates of Housing Cost Burden Than White Renters
Source: 2022 ACS PUMS.
NLIHC Seeks Policy Coordinator/Analyst
NLIHC seeks a policy coordinator or policy analyst with a portfolio focusing on federal legislative policy and regulatory action related to the Coalition’s mission and priorities. The policy…
NLIHC in the News for the Week of April 28
The following are some of the news stories to which NLIHC contributed during the week of April 28: “Homelessness is at an all-time high again, in Columbus, Franklin County” The Columbus…
Where to Find Us – May 6
2024 National Voluntary Organizations Active in Disaster Conference – Phoenix, AZ, May 6 (Noah Patton) The Housing Ohio Conference – Columbus, OH, May 7-8 (Diane Yentel; Courtney Cooperman)…
Advocates Participate in National Week of Action to Oppose the Criminalization of Homelessness
Advocates across the nation participated in a National Week of Action starting on April 22 to oppose counterproductive and inhumane efforts to punish and arrest people experiencing homelessness and…
Join Today’s (4/29) Webinar on HUD’s Proposal to Update Tenant Screening, Eviction, and Termination Decisions for People Impacted by the Criminal-Legal System
NLIHC, in partnership with the Vera Institute for Justice, Formerly Incarcerated and Convicted People and Families Movement (FICPFM), Shriver Center on Poverty Law, and National Housing Law Project (…
Senator Casey Introduces Bill to Boost Low-Income Housing Tax Credits for Accessible Housing
Senator Bob Casey (D-PA), the chairman of the U.S. Senate’s Special Committee on Aging, introduced the “Boosting Tax Credits for Accessible Housing Act” (S.3925) in the U.S. Senate. The bill is a…