Congress passes stopgap measure to keep government open through December 9 With only two days to spare before the deadline, Congress avoided a government shutdown by passing a short-term continuing…

An analysis by the Joint Center for Housing Studies of Harvard University, titled Many Full-Time Workers Face Housing Affordability Problems, finds the median full-time wage in low paying occupations…

The House Committee on Appropriations approved its FY17 THUD spending bill by a voice vote today. As we reported last week, the bill would: Increase funding for homeless assistance programs;…

Senate After days of debate, the Senate passed yesterday a spending package that included the THUD appropriations bill by a vote of 89 to 9. NLIHC supported passage of the bill since it includes no…

Memo to Members

NLIHC released Out of Reach: The High Cost of Housing 2018 on June 13. The report compares rents and wages nationally and in every state, country, and city in the U.S. Out of Reach 2018 shows that…

NLIHC President and CEO Diane Yentel and other NLIHC staff will be speaking at the following events in the coming months: ACHANGE’s convening, Little Rock, AR, June 22- 23 A Home for Everyone…

The Minnesota State Legislature adjourned at the end of May, but not before passing a bonding bill that will provide $90 million in new funding to expand the supply of safe, decent, accessible, and…

The House approved by a vote of 230-173 the “Transitional Housing for Recovery in Viable Environments Demonstration Program (THRIVE) Act” (HR 5735) on June 14. The bill, introduced by Representative…

NLIHC urges advocates and organizations to call their senators and urge them to vote “no” on the “The Spending Cuts to Expired and Unnecessary Programs Act,” which would cut $15 billion in previously…

The Housing Alliance of Pennsylvania, an NLIHC state partner, hosted its annual Home Matters Day at the State House in Harrisburg, PA, on June 5.  The group gathered more than 65 representatives…

President Donald Trump’s FY19 budget request released on February 12 proposes drastic cuts to housing benefits that help millions of low income seniors, people with disabilities, families…

Senator Bill Nelson (D-FL) on February 8 sent a letter to President Donald Trump urging him to include “unprecedented” funding for affordable housing in his FY19 budget request, which is set to be…