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January 11, 2016

NLIHC Welcomes Research Intern Kate Rodrigues

Memo to Members

Kate Rodrigues joins NLIHC as a new research intern for the spring semester. Originally from the Minneapolis-St. Paul area and with a B.A. in English and Political Science from the College of Saint…

February 19, 2008

Getting to the Heart of Housing’s Fundamental Question: How Much Can a Family Afford?

This primer tackles one of the most perplexing problems in the affordable housing field: How much should a family pay for housing? The operative word is should. Replace should with can, and the…

October 10, 2017

Fact of the Week: Republicans’ Proposed Tax Cuts Go Mostly to Those with Highest Incomes

Memo to Members

Source: Tax Policy Center (2017). A Preliminary Analysis of the United Framework. Washington, DC: Author.

October 2, 2017

Fact of The Week: Healthcare Workers Struggle to Afford Homes

Memo to Members

Source: National Housing Conference. (2017). Paycheck to Paycheck 2017: A snapshot of housing affordability for healthcare workers. Washington, DC: Author. Retrieved from: http://bit.ly/2xEitsr

September 25, 2017

Fact of The Week: Three-Fifths of Affordable Housing with Expiring Affordability Are Section 8

Memo to Members

Source: National Housing Preservation Database: http://preservationdatabase.org/

September 18, 2017

Fact of The Week: Poorest Households’ Incomes Still Lag Behind Pre-Recession Levels Despite Recent Gains

Memo to Members

Source: U.S. Census Bureau. (2017). Income and Poverty in the United States: 2016. Washington, DC: Author. Retrieved from: http://bit.ly/2x89LUJ

September 11, 2017

Fact of The Week: Katrina Tops List of Ten Costliest Hurricanes in Continental U.S. Since 1980

Memo to Members

Source: National Centers for Environmental Information, NOAA. 2017 Dollars

September 5, 2017

Fact of The Week: HUD-Assisted Adults with Disabilities Have Higher Rates of Health Issues

Memo to Members

Source: Brucker, D. L, Helms, V., Souza, T. (2017). Health and health services access among adults with disabilities who receive federal housing assistance. Housing Policy Debate, DOI: 10.1080/…

August 28, 2017

Fact of the Week: U.S. Among OECD Countries with Highest Overburdened Low Income Private Market Renter Households

Memo to Members

Organization for Economic Cooperation and Development (OECD) Affordable Housing Database, 2017. OECD countries have high income, developed economies.

August 21, 2017

Fact of The Week: Use of Small Area FMRs Increases Number of Rental Homes in Higher Income Areas that Rent Below Fair Market Rents

Memo to Members

Source: U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development (2017)

August 14, 2017

Fact of The Week: Households with Worst Case Housing Needs Increased Across All Family Types from 2013 to 2015

Memo to Members

Source: U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development. (2017). Worst Case Housing Needs: 2017 Report to Congress. Washington, DC: Author. Retrieved from: http://bit.ly/2ftHf9t

July 31, 2017

Fact of the Week: Racial and Ethnic Minorities Have Much Higher Poverty and Lower Homeownership Rates than Whites

Memo to Members

Source: Prosperity Now. (2017). Prosperity Now Scorecard. Retrieved from: http://scorecard.prosperitynow.org/

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