By Tori Bourret, NLIHC
NLIHC has long tracked and advocated for policies that promote the housing stability of renters and protect them from evictions, including – in recent years – the “Eviction…
By David Foster, NLIHC
Members of NLIHC’s Tenant Leader Cohort – alongside other people with lived expertise, legal aid providers, advocates, and researchers – attended a meeting focused on tenant…
By Monique Blossom, Policy Analyst, Louisiana Fair Housing Action Center
Advocates across Louisiana have been working for a decade to create a more inclusive process for individuals involved in the…
By Andrew Aurand, NLIHC
Serving Native American Households Using ERA: Learning from High-Spending Programs
Continuing our research on emergency rental assistance (ERA), NLIHC released a second…
By Kim Johnson, NLIHC
Note: Given the fast-changing nature of the legislative process, some information in this article may be outdated by the time of publication.
Appropriations
The annual…
NLIHC Invites Readers to Complete a Short Survey about Necessary Federal Tenant Protections
NLIHC has always called for greater tenant protections on a national scale, such as source-of-income…
By Laura Ramos, NLIHC Tenant Leader Cohort and President of E.A.C.H. Rolls, Inc.
Most people with disabilities have heard of accessibility rights for those who need wheelchair accessible housing or…
By Sid Betancourt, NLIHC
Public housing
According to federal regulation 24 CFR 964, usually referred to as “Section 964,” public housing residents have the right to organize and elect a resident…
By Lindsay Duvall and David Foster, NLIHC
Eviction can be a traumatic experience. Individuals and families face an uphill battle when recovering from the aftermath of an eviction, either from the…
By Gabrielle Ross, NLIHC
Across the country, people are struggling to make ends meet. People cannot afford necessities such as food, healthcare, and a safe and accessible home without sacrifice. The…
Under federal law, landlords are not required to accept Housing Choice Vouchers as a form of payment for rent. The practice of refusing to rent to voucher holders is known as “source-of-income…
Dear Readers
As a tenant, you may already know that laws and ordinances creating new protections for tenants have increased drastically throughout the U.S. since the onset of the pandemic. To be…
