The U.S. Senate Committee on Banking, Housing and Urban Affairs held a hearing, “Examining Proposals to Address Housing Affordability, Availability, and Other Community Needs,” on March 12. Witnesses…
NLIHC held a national HoUSed campaign call on March 11. During the call, we were joined by Dr. Daniel Brisson of the University of Denver’s Center for Housing and Homelessness Research for a…
Opportunity Starts at Home (OSAH) roundtable member the Urban Institute released an article last month through its Housing Matters initiative. The article examines the effects of housing instability…
Every year, the National Leased Housing Association (NLHA) awards scholarships through its Education Fund to residents assisted through federal programs like the Section 8 Project-Based Rental…
The Housing Alliance of Pennsylvania, an NLIHC state partner, has released the results of a survey concerning landlord attitudes about homelessness assistance programs. The survey sought to determine…
Note: Extremely low-income (ELI) renter households have incomes at or below the poverty level or 30% of the area median income.
Source: NLIHC tabulations of 2022 1-Year ACS PUMS data.
The following are some of the news stories to which NLIHC contributed during the week of March 10:
“The biggest winners and losers in Biden’s housing plan – from first-time home buyers to…
State Bar of Texas Disaster Law Task Force CLE, Updates to FEMA Individual Assistance Program – Virtual, March 18 (Noah Patton)
Green New Deal for Public Housing Press Conference – Washington…
NLIHC is gearing up to release the next issue of Tenant Talk in late April! Published twice a year, Tenant Talk is a newsletter that aims to engage tenants in housing advocacy and to highlight…
U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development (HUD) Secretary Marcia L. Fudge announced on March 11 her intention to retire. NLIHC thanks Secretary Fudge for her service with HUD and wishes her…
Last week, representatives from HUD spoke at the United Nations Buildings and Climate Forum in Paris, France, about the agency’s efforts to decarbonize and increase resiliency within its programs and…
NLIHC released on March 14 its annual report The Gap: A Shortage of Affordable Homes. This year’s report finds that the lowest-income renters in the U.S. face a shortage of 7.3 million affordable and…