Welcome New Editorial Board Members
Meet Mindy Woods Resident Action Project | Washington My name is Mindy Woods, and I am on the Steering Committee for the Resident Action Project, a tenant advocate…
A Letter from the Editorial Board
Dear Readers, We keep hearing on the news that the COVID-19 pandemic is “unprecedented.” It absolutely is, with the U.S. having an exponentially higher death rate than any other country, and the…
Policy Updates
Federal Spending Updates Congress and the president finalized on December 20, 2019, the funding levels for fiscal year (FY) 2020, which began on October 1. They passed several temporary spending…
Spotlight
Advocates Win New Protections from Housing Discrimination in Cook County, Illinois Over 1 million adults in Chicago and its surrounding communities now have fairer access to safe, affordable homes…
Proven Solutions on Local Victories
The Path Forward: Addressing Obstacles to Housing Upon Reentry Advocates and leaders with experience returning from incarceration have been working on solutions throughout the country. There have…
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…