Preventing Catastrophe
Congress is negotiating a COVID relief package that, if done right, could prevent an historic eviction crisis during a surge in COVID-19 this winter. If done wrong, or not at all, tens of millions of…
December 14, 2020Trump’s Empty Shell of a Promise to Renters – by Diane Yentel, NLIHC President and CEO
The executive order signed on August 8 by President Trump is an empty shell of a promise that does nothing to prevent evictions and homelessness and acts only to mislead renters into believing that…
August 10, 2020Point of View: We’re Running Out of Time – By Diane Yentel, NLIHC President and CEO
Congress returns to work today, with very little time left to negotiate and enact the next coronavirus emergency spending bill. Without a significant and sustained federal intervention, between 19…
July 20, 2020Housing Justice is Racial Justice – by Diane Yentel, NLIHC President and CEO
This is an extraordinarily challenging time: police killings of Black men and women; a global pandemic disproportionately harming and killing people of color; Depression-era unemployment levels…
June 8, 2020Rent is Due – by Diane Yentel, NLIHC President and CEO
Rent is due today, and millions of people in America can’t afford to pay. Without a significant federal intervention, a wave of evictions and a spike in homelessness will devastate individuals,…
June 1, 2020The End of the Beginning – by Diane Yentel, NLIHC President and CEO
During this extraordinary and challenging time, I have been awed and inspired by so many of you – by your perseverance, advocacy, creativity and commitment. Many of you are frontline workers, working…
March 30, 2020Housing is Health Care – by Diane Yentel, NLIHC President and CEO
Congress is about to pass an emergency spending bill that neglects the urgent needs of people experiencing homelessness, a glaring and appalling oversight. People experiencing homelessness are at…
March 16, 2020Point of View: Dissatisfied – by NLIHC President and CEO Diane Yentel
Yesterday we as a nation honored Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. As I do every year, I reflected on his work, his words, and what they require of us. What better way to honor Dr. King than continuing his…
January 21, 2020Point of View by Diane Yentel: Remembering Shauna Sorrells
Shauna Sorrells, a dedicated member of NLIHC’s board of directors, a lifelong houser and a dear friend of mine, died suddenly this month at age 47. We will honor her with the Brooke Award at NLIHC’s…
October 28, 2019Point of View: Disaster Disparities – by Diane Yentel, NLIHC President and CEO
Another massive hurricane is approaching Florida, Georgia and South Carolina, and, as always, the lowest-income people in the hurricane’s path will be hardest hit. Deeply poor households are…
September 3, 2019Point of View: HUD’s Latest Attack on Fair Housing
HUD published today its Disparate Impact proposed rule, the latest of HUD Secretary Carson’s efforts to gut fair housing protections. With this proposal, Secretary Carson would dismantle a critical…
August 19, 2019