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June 13, 2016

Fact of the Week: Craigslist Rental Listings Below Fair Market Rent in Ten Metro Areas

Memo to Members

Source:  Boeing, Geoff and Waddell, Paul (2016) New Insights into Rental Markets across the United States: Web Scraping Big Data to Analyze Craigslist. University of California, Berkeley. http…

June 6, 2016

Fact of the Week: States with the Largest Shortfall Between Two Bedroom Housing Wage and Renter Wage

Memo to Members

Notes: The Two-Bedroom Housing Wage is the estimated full-time hourly wage a household would need to earn to afford a two-bedroom apartment at a HUD-estimated Fair Market Rent while spending no…

May 31, 2016

NLIHC Releases Out of Reach 2016

NLIHC released its Out of Reach 2016 report on May 25. This year the national two-bedroom Housing Wage, the hourly wage a full-time worker must earn to afford a modest two-bedroom apartment…

May 31, 2016

Fact of the Week: Rents Remain Out of Reach for Many Renters

Memo to Members

Source: Out of Reach 2016, National Low Income Housing Coalition.

May 23, 2016

Fact of the Week: Percent Change in Rented Housing Units in Eight Southern Cities, 2010-2014

Memo to Members

Source: Immergluck, D., Carpenter, A. & Lueders, A. (2016.) Declines in Low-Cost Rented Housing Units in Eight Large Southeastern Cities. Atlanta, GA: Federal Reserve Bank of Atlanta. Available…

May 16, 2016

Fact of the Week: Percentage of Rent Burdened Households in NYC, 2010-2014

Memo to Members

Source: Austensten, M. et al. (2016). State of New York City’s Housing and Neighborhoods in 2015. New York, NY: NYU Furman Center. http://bit.ly/1TFCj8v

May 9, 2016

Fact of the Week: Median Annual Utility Costs Per Square Foot by Race, Income, and Tenure

Memo to Members

Source: Drehobl, A., & Ross, L. (2016). Lifting the high energy burden in America’s largest cities: How energy efficiency can improve low income and underserved communities. Washington, D.C.:…

May 2, 2016

Fact of the Week: Change in Funding for Federal Housing Programs since 2010

Memo to Members

Source: Center on Budget and Policy Priorities (2016). Chart Book: Cuts in Federal Assistance Have Exacerbated Families’ Struggle to Afford Housing. Washington, DC: Center on Budget and Policy…

April 4, 2016

Memo to Members | Volume 21, Issue 13

February 1, 2016

National Leased Housing Association Accepting Scholarship Applications

Memo to Members

The National Leased Housing Association (NLHA) Education Fund is accepting applications for several post-secondary school scholarships available to residents of federally assisted rental housing.…

February 1, 2016

NLIHC Accepting Applications for Summer Interns

Memo to Members

NLIHC is accepting resumes for summer 2016 internship positions. Interns are highly valued and fully integrated into our staff work. We seek students passionate about social justice issues, with…

January 25, 2016

From The Field: Alaska Governor Hosts Housing Summit to Develop Affordability Solutions

Memo to Members

On January 6, Alaska Governor Bill Walker (I) convened advocates, state officials, and housing developers to explore solutions to the state’s worsening housing affordability and safety challenges.…

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