A new study by Kyle Barron, Edward Kung, and Davide Prosperpio, The Sharing Economy and Housing Affordability: Evidence from Airbnb, finds that a 10% increase in Airbnb listings in a neighborhood…
A working paper by the National Bureau of Economic Research, Is It Who You Are or Where You Live? Residential Segregation and Racial Gaps in Childhood Asthma, indicates that residential neighborhoods…
Housing Action Illinois, an NLIHC state partner, turns 30 this year. In commemoration of three decades of outstanding organizing and advocacy for affordable housing, staff from Housing Action…
NLIHC has updated and streamlined its national Housing Trust Fund (HTF) website. In particular, the “HTF State Allocation Plan” section currently has the 2016 HUD-approved HTF Allocation Plans for…
The Urban Institute released a guidebook to help community organizations use data to improve fair housing and access to opportunity. “Using Data to Assess Fair Housing and Improve Access to…
Members of Congress will be home through Labor Day. Reach out and schedule a visit!
Congress will be in recess from through Labor Day. Now is the perfect time to schedule an in-district meeting or…
The Senate Appropriations Committee voted to approve its FY18 spending bill for affordable housing and community development programs. While the bill significantly increases funding over the…
Members of Congress – representing districts and states across the country – participated in the “Our Homes, Our Voices” National Housing Week of Action activities, calling for increased investments…
Despite the difficult budget climate on Capitol Hill, the Senate Appropriations Committee approved a FY18 Transportation, Housing and Urban Development (THUD) spending bill that increases funding for…
Prosperity Now (formerly CFED) released its 2017 Scorecard on financial well-being, On Track or Left Behind: Findings from the 2017 Prosperity Now Scorecard. While unemployment declined in 2016 to 4.…
The Atlanta City Council unanimously approved an ordinance on July 18 to address homelessness over the next three years. Invest Atlanta, the city’s economic development authority, will issue a $26…
A campaign is underway to contact members of Congress and tell them to fully fund rural housing programs and to protect them from the cuts being proposed by the Trump administration and Congress.…
