Do you have questions about affordable housing and homelessness for the 2016 Democratic presidential candidates? The first Democratic presidential debate offers an opportunity to ask them. The debate…
On November 3, San Francisco residents will vote on two housing referendums. Proposition A would provide $310 million dollars in funding. Proposition K would increase the sale of public land for the…
The U.S. Census Bureau released the 2014 Supplemental Poverty Measure (SPM) in September. The SPM indicates that federal housing subsidies lower poverty by 0.9 percentage points and lifts…
NLIHC is pleased to report that 150 new members joined the coalition during our second annual Membership Month in September. To new members, welcome! To current members who encouraged others to join…
On September 30, the National Housing Trust Fund (NHTF) Campaign representing more than 7,000 organizations from every Congressional district sent a letter to Congressional leaders and appropriators…
With just hours to spare, on September 30, the Senate and House passed and President Barack Obama signed a Continuing Resolution (CR) to keep the federal government funded through December 11. Now…
NDD United, a broad coalition of organizations representing non-defense discretionary (NDD) programs, will host a rally at the U.S. Capitol on October 7 calling on Congress to raise the federal…
Join organizations from across the country on October 19 at 3pm ET, for a webinar on Spending Caps, Budget Negotiations, and the Impact on Housing and Community Development in Your Community. Offered…
The House Financial Services Committee will hold a hearing entitled, The Future of Housing in America: 50 Years of HUD and its Impact on Federal Housing Policy, on October 8 at 9 am ET. …
On September 24, Portland, OR Mayor Charlie Hales (D) announced his request to the City Council to declare a state of emergency to address the homelessness epidemic in the city. The Mayor pledged to…
A study by the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill’s Center for Urban and Regional Studies, Work Requirements in Public Housing: Impacts on Tenant Employment and Evictions, reports that…
The National Housing Conference’s Center for Housing Policy (CHP) released its 2015 edition of Paycheck to Paycheck. This year’s report examines housing affordability for workers in five occupations…
