A new report from Child Trends, “Lessons From a Historic Decline in Child Poverty,” finds that child poverty rates decreased from one in four children in 1993 to one in 10 children in 2019. Factors…
The U.S. Census Bureau released Income in the United States: 2021 and Poverty in the United States: 2021 on September 13. The reports present income and poverty estimates based on the 2021 Current…
Source: U.S. Census Bureau, “Poverty in the United States: 2021,” 2022, https://bit.ly/3xnlPQC
Note: The housing subsidies estimate does not include people who received Emergency Rental Assistance.
The Albuquerque City Council voted to amend a city zoning ordinance on June 6 and allow Safe Outdoor Spaces (SOS) to be used as a safer, legal encampment option for people experiencing homelessness.…
NLIHC seeks a project coordinator for its ERASE (End Rental Arrears to Stop Evictions) project. The ERASE project coordinator will work with the senior director and ERASE team to support the…
NLIHC seeks an executive assistant who will be responsible for providing administrative and support services to the President and CEO and the Chief Operating Officer (COO) to assist in the effective…
The following are some of the news stories to which NLIHC contributed during the week of September 11:
“Changes to federal housing guidance unlock extra funding for affordable housing” Yahoo News…
Philadelphia Department of Behavioral Health and Intellectual disAbility Services’ Voter Registration Info Session – Virtual, September 19 (Lindsay Duvall)
Ayuda Legal Puerto Rico: Hurricane María…
More than 6,300 people registered for the third Homelessness and Housing First webinar hosted by NLIHC, the National Alliance to End Homelessness (NAEH), and the Center on Budget and Policy…
During this month’s “Tenant Talk Live” webinar, attendees learned about the Community Land Trust (CLT) model. We were joined Tony Hernandez, director of technical assistance at Grounded Solutions…
The “Expediting Disaster Recovery Act” was passed in the U.S. House of Representatives by a vote of 405-20 on September 14. The bill will now move to the U.S. Senate. Several of the bill’s provisions…
