The Opportunity Starts at Home multisector affordable homes campaign’s latest podcast episode elevates the personal stories of seven people across the country whose lives have been transformed by…
The Senate confirmed on June 20 Hunter Kurtz to be HUD assistant secretary for Public and Indian Housing (PIH) and Seth Appleton to be HUD assistant secretary for Policy Development and Research (PD…
NLIHC released on June 18 the 30th anniversary edition of its report Out of Reach, which documents the significant gap between renters’ wages and the cost of rental housing throughout the U.S. The…
Our Homes, Our Votes, Our Iowa, a nonpartisan candidate-engagement partnership between NLIHC and the Polk County Housing Trust Fund, attracted national attention on June 15 with its first town hall…
Join advocates around the country on June 26 for a Day of Action to Keep Families Together to oppose HUD’s cruel proposal to evict 25,000 mixed-status immigrant families, including 55,000 children…
Members of Congress continue to express their strong opposition to a HUD-proposed rule that would evict 25,000 mixed-status immigrant families from subsidized housing. Senator Kirsten Gillibrand (D-…
The House has begun consideration of a five-bill spending package (“minibus”) for fiscal year (FY) 2020 that includes funding for affordable housing and community development programs at HUD and USDA…
A group of 12 Democratic Senators sent a letter on June 18 to congressional leadership urging them to lift the budget caps mandated by the Budget Control Act of 2011 so Congress can prioritize…
Presidential candidates are increasingly focused on affordable housing, and this primary season has featured more proposals to address the nation’s housing affordability crisis than any before. Most…
Source: Urban Institute. (2019). Financial Distress among American Families: Evidence from the Well-Being and Basic Needs Survey. Washington, DC: Author.
