A study published in Housing Policy Debate, “Household Energy Costs and the Housing Choice Voucher Program: Do Utility Allowances Pay the Bills?,” examined the gap between utility allowances in the…
The Opportunity Starts at Home multi-sector affordable homes campaign has issued a sign-on letter calling on Congress to increase investments in the national Housing Trust Fund (HTF) to at least $3.5…
The Coalition for Nonprofit Housing and Economic Development (CNHED), an NLIHC state partner, hosted its annual housing advocacy day at the Washington, DC, City Council on April 24. CNHED holds this…
The 2019 Maryland Legislative Session ended on April 8 with a number of victories for affordable housing advocates. The final 2020 Budget passed by the legislature includes $27 million for…
NLIHC President and CEO Diane Yentel and other NLIHC staff will be speaking at the following events in the coming months:
Building Michigan Communities Conference, Lansing, MI, May 1
Nevada HAND…
The following are some of the news stories that NLIHC contributed to during the week of April 14.
“Ben Carson Wants To Evict Families With Undocumented Immigrants From Public Housing,”…
Washington, DC - HUD Secretary Carson’s cruel proposal announced yesterday related to undocumented immigrants would break up families and destabilize communities, while doing little to…
HUD published the long-awaited update to the 1994 interim Section 3 rule on April 4 (see Memo, 4/8). NLIHC prepared a comprehensive preliminary summary and initial analysis of those proposed changes…
NLIHC released two new resources online: the Spring 2019 edition of Tenant Talk: Gentrification and Neighborhood Revitalization: What’s the Difference?, a publication for low-income residents, and…
At a CNN Town Hall on April 11, 2019, former HUD Secretary and 2020 presidential candidate Julián Castro called for a strong investment in affordable housing. “I bet you that if we went through the…
Our Homes, Our Voices National Housing Week of Action 2019 is taking place from May 30 to June 5, which is only six weeks away! Now is the perfect time to begin planning an event in your community.…
