Voting Laws in your Own State
One of the most significant barriers to voting is the wide variation in laws by state. Laws change from year to year, and people move from one state to another. And…
Voter Engagement Resources
AS YOU ARE PLANNING VOTER ENGAGEMENT ACTIVITIES THIS ELECTION SEASON, ACCESS THE MANY FREE, ONLINE RESOURCES THAT ARE AVAILABLE. SELECTED RESOURCES ARE…
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…
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…
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 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 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…
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…
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, Housing Instability and Coronavirus
Domestic violence correlates with housing insecurity, as 92% of women experiencing homelessness report having experienced severe physical or…
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…
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…
