The Cost of Rental Housing is Out of Reach, Especially for People with Disabilities
NLIHC published in July Out of Reach 2021: The High Cost of Housing, which highlights the gulf between the wages people earn and what they need to earn to afford their rent. The 2021 national Housing…
The Shortage of Affordable, Available, and Accessible Rental Homes
NLIHC’s annual The Gap: A Shortage of Affordable Homes report helps quantify the shortage of affordable and available homes for the lowest-income renters in the U.S. In the report released in March…
Making ERA Programs More Accessible for People with Disabilities
Safe and affordable housing remains out of reach for millions of people with disabilities and their families. People with disabilities are more likely to face homelessness and housing instability,…
Emergency Rental Assistance Program Tracking & Spending
To respond to the COVID-19 crisis, Congress passed two laws to fund the U.S. Department of the Treasury Emergency Rental Assistance (ERA) Program, totaling $46.55 billion. The Treasury ERA program…
Policy Updates 12-2
Congress Continues Debate over $3.5 Trillion Reconciliation Package with $327 Billion in Affordable Housing Investments Congress is working to enact a $3.5 trillion infrastructure and economic…
National ADAPT Advocates for Disability Justice during Pandemic
National ADAPT, the world’s largest grassroots disability rights activist organization, has been fighting for disability justice throughout the COVID-19 pandemic. ADAPT engaged in media, policy, and…
Maryland’s “Right to Counsel” Protects Renters from Eviction
Maryland became in May the second state with a “right to counsel” through the passage of H.B.18. “Right to counsel” means that income-eligible renters will have access to free legal representation in…
How Housing Leads to Independence for People with Intellectual or Developmental Disabilities: Beth’s Story
By: Nicole Jorwic, J.D., Senior Director of Public Policy, The Arc of the United States It is empowering for anyone to be a homeowner, having an answer to “where do you live?” that doesn’t include…
How Can You Fight for Your Own Accessible and Affordable Home
Learn about your federal, state, and local housing, disability, and civil rights. Research the laws, regulations, statutes, and cases needed to provide the legal and moral grounding to support…
"Lady Justic Rolls"
By Laura Ramos, Everyone for Accessible Community Housing Rolls! "Lady Justice Rolls!” is a painting that embodies the history, discrimination, and despair that people with disabilities in the…
An Important Resource: Centers for Independent Living
by Brian Peters; Independence First; Milwaukee, WI The Independent Living movement in the 1970’s led to the creation of the Centers for Independent Living (CILs). Inspired by the civil rights…