Last month, NLIHC and our national partners launched the National Tenants Bill of Rights in a major step towards shifting more power to renters and advancing tenant protections. Written with direct…
The Our Homes, Our Votes campaign, a nonpartisan initiative to boost voter turnout among low-income renters and elevate housing as an election issue, hosted the seventh installment of its 2024…
New Research Illustrates Impact of Healthcare-Based Voter Registration on Voter Participation
In a new paper published in Journal of the American Medical Association (JAMA), “Increasing Voter…
Urge members of Congress to oppose cuts to federal investments in affordable housing using resources, tips, and strategies from our summer congressional advocacy toolkit! In addition to providing…
NLIHC’s IDEAS (Inclusion, Diversity, Equity, Anti-racism, and Systems-thinking) is an organization-wide initiative to advance racial equity and inclusion in our policy analysis and strategy, internal…
Washington, D.C. – President Biden will soon announce a proposal to temporarily cap rent increases by large landlords at 5% for two years, a policy that would affect half of all rental properties in…
Senator Tina Smith (D-MN), chair of the U.S. Senate Committee on Banking, Housing and Urban Affairs’ Subcommittee on Housing, Transportation and Community Development, introduced the “Housing for All…
The Federal Housing Finance Agency (FHFA) announced on July 12 the introduction of minimal new renter protections in properties receiving a federally backed mortgage. These policy changes will do…
The U.S. House of Representatives’ Committee on Appropriations reviewed and passed its draft fiscal year (FY) 2025 spending bill for HUD programs on July 10 by a party-line vote, with 31 Republicans…
Hurricane Beryl reached record-breaking strength for a June hurricane as it moved through the Caribbean before weakening and striking southeastern Texas as a Category One storm with gusting 75 mile…
