By Sid Betancourt, NLIHC Manager of Inclusive Community Engagement
NLIHC released the fall 2025 edition of Tenant Talk – Navigating Funding Cuts: Empowering Tenants to Shape Policy. Tenant Talk is a semiannual newsletter that aims to engage tenants in housing advocacy and highlights organizing tactics and victories in communities across the country. The fall 2025 issue features articles on the budget process and calls to action for tenant advocates. This issue educates readers on the budget process and details what is at risk if proposed budget cuts are made to housing programs and other related programs. As Congress prepares to review the 2026 budget, this edition asks readers to engage their lawmakers in a conversation about long-term and large-scale investments in affordable housing and homelessness programs. This edition of Tenant Talk includes two articles written by tenants who would be directly impacted by harmful cuts to housing programs, as well as updates on the work of NLIHC’s policy and research teams, including happenings on Capitol Hill, federal advocacy, and ongoing research.
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