Study Finds Housing Discrimination against People in Wheelchairs and People who are Deaf
A report by the Urban Institute, Discrimination in the Rental Housing Market against People Who Are Deaf and…
NLIHC has updated its Congressional District and State Housing Profiles with Out of Reach 2015 data. The profiles are one-page snapshots of affordable rental housing and affordability in each of the…
National Voter Registration Day (NVRD) is Tuesday, September 22. NVRD, coordinated by Nonprofit Vote, is a day of coordinated action to help millions of Americans register to vote.
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pHave you ever wanted to make a difference in the world, to join a cause for social justice? Here at the National Low Income Housing Coalition (NLIHC), we want everyone to realize the power and…
Pressley Harrison is the Fall Communications Intern at NLIHC. She is working to earn a B.A. in Organizational Communications at Pepperdine University and is spending her fall semester in D.C. as part…
Representative Keith Ellison (D-MN) is circulating a new “Dear Colleague” letter that asks Members of the House of Representatives to cosponsor his “Common Sense Housing Investment Act of 2015” (H.R…
In a letter sent to all Senate and House Members on September 10, more than 2,500 organizations called on Congress to raise the sequester spending caps. At a rally and press conference announcing the…
At the request of the Senate Committee on the Budget, the Congressional Budget Office (CBO) recently published a report reviewing federal housing assistance for low income households. The report…
On September 11, during the week of HUD’s 50th anniversary, House Committee on Financial Services Chair Jeb Hensarling (R-TX) issued a press release calling for the public to offer ideas on poverty…
On September 17, the Senate Committee on the Judiciary will hold a rescheduled mark-up of the “Stop Sanctuary Cities Act” (S.1814). Committee Chair Chuck Grassley (R-IA) and Senator David Vitter (R-…
House Committee on Financial Services Ranking Member Maxine Waters (D-CA) hosted a congressional briefing on the state of homelessness in America, where speakers, including actor and activist Richard…
On September 10, Representative Nydia Velázquez (D-NY) introduced the “Together We Care Act of 2015.” The bill would establish a demonstration program to provide home health care service training to…
