HUD’s Office of Affordable Housing Programs (OAHP) issued a memorandum on September 27 revising and extending six coronavirus-related waivers for the HOME Investment Partnerships (HOME) program. The…
The Opportunity Starts at Home multi-sector affordable homes campaign released an updated national policy agenda to reflect racial equity more strongly within the campaign’s policy priorities. The…
An article in American Sociological Review, “Racial Discrimination in Housing: How Landlords Use Algorithms and Home Visits to Screen Tenants,” explores how racial discrimination affects landlord…
Source: NLIHC-commissioned Public Opinion Polling on Housing Affordability and Policy, June/July 2021.
In the aftermath of Hurricane Ida, Entergy New Orleans, the local power company, failed to restore power to more than 80% of residents within the first week after the storm. The power…
Join NLIHC’s Tenant Talk Live – a webinar with and for residents and resident leaders – today, October 4 at 6 pm ET (5 pm CT, 4 pm MT, and 3 pm PT) to learn about disability justice and how it ties…
Chrishelle Palay, NLIHC board member and director of the Houston Organizing Movement for Equity (HOME) Coalition, will co-host “But Next Time,” a limited-series podcast airing next month. The series…
NLIHC released the fall 2021 issue of Tenant Talk on September 30. The semi-annual newsletter aims to engage residents in housing advocacy and to highlight innovative approaches and recent housing…
The NHLIC research team welcomes Betty Ramirez, who will be responsible for developing a qualitative research project to capture the experience of tenants and property managers in LIHTC properties.…
The following are some of the news stories that NLIHC contributed to during the week of September 26: “New California laws attack the state’s housing crisis,” Forbes, September 27 at: https://bit.…
This Tenant Talk also features articles on resident organizing such as National ADAPT's Lives Worth Life social media campaign and how Maryland passed right to counsel for renters facing eviction.…
NLIHC published in July Out of Reach 2021: The High Cost of Housing, which highlights the gulf between the wages people earn and what they need to earn to afford their rent. The 2021 national Housing…