NLIHC COVID-19 Policy Priorities
Please note that there might have been additional congressional action between the publication of this article and the date you are reading it. For the latest…
Housing Providers Step Up to Help Renters Vote Successfully
A coalition of housing providers throughout the country has come together under the Our Homes, Our Votes: 2020 banner, committing to…
Affordable Housing Mentioned in Democratic & Republican Party Platforms
THE RECENTLY ADOPTED DEMOCRATIC NATIONAL COMMITTEE 2020 PLATFORM AND THE PLATFORM APPROVED BY REPUBLICAN…
The Campaign Trail: Presidential Primary Engagement Recap
Voters care deeply about solutions to the affordable housing and homelessness crisis, but to make informed voting choices between…
Voting Laws in your Own State
One of the most significant barriers to voting is the wide variation in laws by state. Laws change from year to year, and people move from one state to another. And…
Voter Engagement Resources
AS YOU ARE PLANNING VOTER ENGAGEMENT ACTIVITIES THIS ELECTION SEASON, ACCESS THE MANY FREE, ONLINE RESOURCES THAT ARE AVAILABLE. SELECTED RESOURCES ARE…
Why Affordable Housing Groups Should Engage in the Election
Affordable homes are built with bricks and dry wall. They are also built with ballots. Yet low-income renters turn out to vote at much…
VOTER SUPPRESSION IS AN UNFORTUNATE BUT CONSISTENT FEATURE OF THE U.S. POLITICAL SYSTEM. LIMITATIONS ON THE RIGHT TO VOTE WERE CODIFIED IN THE JUNE 2013 CASE OF SHELBY COUNTY V. HOLDER, IN WHICH THE…
Dear Readers,
It has been quite the summer. Our last issue in late spring focused on the COVID-19 pandemic and how it would affect low-income renters. Since then, the pandemic has raged around the…
In a September 17 letter to Secretary of the Treasury Steven Mnuchin, Senator Susan Collins (R-ME) called for the White House to include emergency rental assistance in any future COVID-19 relief…
Last winter the Vermont Affordable Housing Coalition, an NLIHC state partner, and a number of its members signed onto the Climate Action Coalition's comprehensive set of climate action…
