Public Housing Bans
Tenant Screening as a Barrier to Housing Tenant screening is one of the more harmful connections between the criminal justice system and housing, for federally assisted housing and private market…
Jail Space as Shelter
Controversy: Using Jail Space for Shelter Several cities are responding to the increased demand for emergency shelter beds for homeless individuals by using former or unused jails as temporary…
Editorial Board Letter
Dear Readers, The U.S. makes up about 5% of the world population but has more than 20% of the world’s prison population. Incarceration has skyrocketed over the last several decades, and our country’…
Policy Update
Lawmakers Introduce Bills to Improve Public Housing For every 100 extremely low-income renter households in the U.S., there are only 37 available and affordable rental units. Public housing plays a…
Our Homes, Our Votes Update
Affordable homes are built with ballots! That’s why NLIHC has launched Our Homes, Our Votes: 2020, a nonpartisan effort to engage renters, housing advocates, and candidates in the upcoming 2019…
Week of Action 2019
National Housing Week of Action 2019 was a great success! The third annual Our Homes, Our Voices National Housing Week of Action proved to be another great success, with thousands of advocates…
Spotlights on Local Victories
Spotlight On... New York Advocates Celebrate Passage of “Housing Stability and Tenant Protection Act of 2019” Tenant organizers across New York recently celebrated the passage of the strongest law…
Advocacy for Future of Public Housing
CHANGING DIRECTION: WHAT IS THE FUTURE OF PUBLIC HOUSING? Making public housing a strong program that addresses the affordability and accessibility needs of low-income renters will require a big…
Myths and Realities about Public Housing
Myths and Realities about Public Housing Myth #1: Public housing is crumbling everywhere! Reality: 85% of public housing meets or exceeds federal quality standards and more than 40% of…
Public Housing History
HOW DID WE GET HERE? A QUICK REVIEW OF PUBLIC HOUSING HISTORY: A New Deal Program with Segregationist Beginnings This year marks the 70th anniversary of the Housing Act of 1949, which…
Public Housing: Where Do We Stand?
Bushwick Houses Throughout the nation, public housing is in pretty rough shape. The Public Housing Capital Fund, which Congress provides to pay for repairs, has been underfunded for so long that…
A Letter from the Editorial Board
Dear Readers, Housing is a human right! We believe that. Sometimes we even hear our leaders say it. The United Nations has investigated the lack of housing in the U.S. as a human rights violation.…