NLIHC has signed the Strengthening America’s Values and Economy (SAVE) for All Campaign principles. The campaign brings together national, state and local advocacy groups, service providers, faith-…
Housing advocates around the country are speaking out about the proposed “public charge” regulation’s chilling effect on immigrants’ access to affordable housing and other basic supports. Adding…
50th Anniversary of the Fair Housing Act Opening Ceremony.
The Civil Rights Act of 1968, more commonly known as the Fair Housing Act, was the third major civil rights law passed in the 1960s. It…
Washington DC, June 27 2018, USA: Dr Ben Carson, the Sec
of Housing and Urban Development (HUD), testifies
before a Congressional House committee in Washington
DC. He was questioned about, among…
A category 4 hurricane like Harvey has a way of exposing the weaknesses in a city’s housing infrastructure. Arbor Court Apartments in Houston, Texas is a glaring example of that.
Arbor Court…
Since the 1980s, cities across America have created nuisance and crime-free ordinances as a means of decreasing illegal and dangerous activities from taking place in rental properties. However, as…
Many of the articles in this edition of Tenant Talk point to the failure of the government to end segregation and discrimination, and to protect people that are vulnerable. Many communities across…
Update from Our Homes, Our Voices Housing Week of Action:
Action Outside of HUD’s Office
By Rhoda Gibson, Co-Founder of Mass ADAPT
This past year, the administration has proposed many threats to…
An Overview of Representative Dennis Ross’s Bill to Cut Housing Benefits:
Representative Dennis Ross (R-FL) has released a draft bill that would cut housing benefits that help low income families…
NLIHC is re-invigorating the national Housing Trust Fund (HTF) campaign to bolster support for this first federal resource in a generation dedicated to building and preserving homes for the lowest…
Source: NLIHC, Out of Reach: The High Cost of Housing, 2018. Housing Wages are derived from HUD
fair market rents. The hourly wages by percentile are from the Economic Policy Institute’s State of…
Congress failed to pass a stopgap funding measure yesterday, causing parts of the government to shut down at midnight. The Senate had earlier passed a “clean” stopgap funding measure, known as a…
