A History of Voter Suppression
VOTER SUPPRESSION IS AN UNFORTUNATE BUT CONSISTENT FEATURE OF THE U.S. POLITICAL SYSTEM. LIMITATIONS ON THE RIGHT TO VOTE WERE CODIFIED IN THE JUNE 2013 CASE OF SHELBY COUNTY V. HOLDER, IN WHICH THE…
Urgency of Voting
Why Affordable Housing Groups Should Engage in the Election Affordable homes are built with bricks and dry wall. They are also built with ballots. Yet low-income renters turn out to vote at much…
Message from the Editorial Board
Dear Readers, It has been quite the summer. Our last issue in late spring focused on the COVID-19 pandemic and how it would affect low-income renters. Since then, the pandemic has raged around the…
NLIHC Releases Research Note on How Rental Assistance Programs Are Addressing Housing Instability during COVID-19
NLIHC released today a Research Note, “State and Local Rental Assistance Programs: Finding Solutions for a Growing Crisis,” that provides a descriptive analysis of rental assistance programs created…
NLIHC Releases Spanish Edition of Tenant Talk: A Response to the COVID-19 Pandemic (Una Respuesta a la Pandemia de COVID-19)
NLIHC released on July 15 a special Spanish-language edition of the recently released Tenant Talk: A Response to the COVID-19 Pandemic – Shelter in Place…
Tenant Talk Policy Updates
NEW! Legislative Action Center NLIHC has launched a new advocacy tool called the Legislative Action Center for advocates to use to learn about NLIHC’s policy priorities…
Dire Consequences of School and University Closures
Schools all over the country have closed. The New York Times recently reported that approximately 1.5 million school-aged children are experiencing homelessness in the U.S., the highest recorded in…
Domestic Violence
Domestic Violence, Housing Instability and Coronavirus Domestic violence correlates with housing insecurity, as 92% of women experiencing homelessness report having experienced severe physical or…
The Benefits of Using Empty Hotels for Shelter During the Pandemic
Congregate sheltering poses a severe risk to individuals experiencing homelessness, many of whom are more likely to have pre-existing medical conditions that make contracting coronavirus more…
Moving Away from Congregate Shelter
People experiencing homelessness are more vulnerable to an outbreak of highly communicable diseases like COVID-19. Without a permanent place to call home, people experiencing homelessness are more…
Rampant Unemployment Puts More People at Risk of Homelessness – $100 B in Emergency Rental Assistance Needed
Even before the growing public health and economic crises, the shortage of affordable and available homes was forcing nearly eight million extremely low-income households to spend more than half of…