NLIHC is seeking your input on upcoming and past arts and culture events that you believe our team should know about or attend. This could include film screenings, local gallery shows, community…
Yesterday, NLIHC released Tenant Talk – Navigating Funding Cuts: Empowering Tenants to Shape Policy. Tenant Talk is a semiannual newsletter that aims to engage tenants in housing advocacy and…
The Framework for an Equitable Homelessness Response program will host a webinar, entitled “Developing National Standards and Expectations for Emergency Shelter & Interim Housing Programs,” on…
English On July 17, NLIHC released its annual Out of Reach report, which compares the wages people earn and the price of modest rental housing in every state, metropolitan area, and county in…
By Andrew Aurand, Esther Colón-Bermúdez, and Nada Hussein, NLIHCNLIHC released its annual report, Out of Reach, on July 17. The report describes the Housing Wage, the hourly wage full-time workers…
This summer, Congress passed the “One Big Beautiful Bill Act,” (H.R. 1) a massive piece of legislation that includes tax reform, defense and immigration enforcement spending, and cuts to vital safety…
NLIHC is carrying out a nationally representative survey of renters—the first of its kind! Our goal is to build upon existing national data about rental housing and renters from sources like the U.S…
By Bronwyn Carver (Portland, OR)Trigger warnings: substance use, death.In May of 2015, after fifteen years of renting the same apartment in Portland, Oregon, raising three daughters, burying beloved…
By Kim Johnson, NLIHCCongress has until October 1—the beginning of fiscal year 2026 (FY26)—to enact a final FY26 appropriations bill for HUD programs. Without either a new bill or a CR to extend…
By Kim Johnson, NLIHCIn July, congressional Republicans used reconciliation to enact the “One Big Beautiful Bill Act” (OBBBA; HR 1). Because of the rules of reconciliation, the bill did not impact…
By Kim Johnson, NLIHCSo far in 2025, two issues have dominated Congress’s attention: appropriations and reconciliation. These are two separate processes that result in two different forms of…
