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May 7, 2018

National Low Income Housing Coalition Applauds Congressional Democrats’ Proposal to Invest $70B in Public Housing

Washington, D.C. – House Democratic Policy & Communications Committee (DPCC) Co-Chair Hakeem Jeffries, Senator Edward J. Markey (D-MA), Congressman Stephen F. Lynch (D-MA), and Boston Mayor…

May 7, 2018

Fact of the Week: Eight Out of Every Ten HUD-Assisted Households Have Annual Incomes Below $20,000

Source: HUD Picture of Subsidized Households, 2017

May 1, 2018

More than 90 Events Taking Place across the Country Calling for Greater Investments in Affordable Homes and Communities

Washington, D.C. – Thousands of advocates, organizations, and elected officials in 27 states across the country are participating in the Our Homes, Our Voices National Housing Week of Action,…

April 30, 2018

Fact of the Week: South Carolina, Virginia, and Delaware Lead the Nation in Eviction Rates

Source: The Eviction Lab at Princeton University: https://evictionlab.org/

April 25, 2018

Affordable Housing Advocates Tell HUD and Congress – Keep Housing Affordable for Low Income Families

Washington DC – The Trump administration is seeking to impose work requirements, rent increases, and other burdens on millions of low income families who receive federal housing assistance through…

April 23, 2018

Fact of the Week: Lowest Income Households are the Most Severely Housing Cost-Burdened

Source: NLIHC tabulations of 1-year American Community Survey PUMS data.

April 13, 2018

TAKE ACTION! Urge Congress to Provide Robust Funding for Affordable Housing and Reject Proposals to Slash Housing Benefits

Call to Action

Your representatives and senators need to hear from you! NLIHC and other housing, community development, and homelessness organizations are circulating a letter …

April 9, 2018

Fact of the Week: Homelessness Victimizes Black People Disproportionately

Source: SPARC. (2018). Phase One Study Findings. Needham, MA: Center for Social Innovation.

April 2, 2018

Fact of the Week: Despite Strong Gains in FY18, Most HUD Programs Have Lost Ground since FY10

Source: NLIHC analysis of federal appropriations enacted by Congress

March 28, 2018

National Low Income Housing Coalition Announces New Board Members Aaron Gornstein, Karlo Ng, Russell Bennet, Chrishelle Palay, Sim Wimbush, and Yanira Cortes

WASHINGTON, D.C. - The National Low Income Housing Coalition (NLIHC) board of directors unanimously voted onto its board six new members on March 18: Preservation of Affordable Housing (POAH)…

March 26, 2018

Fact of the Week: Eight Million of Lowest Income Households in the U.S. Are Severely Housing Cost Burdened

Cost Burden = households spending more than 30% of their income on housing.  Severely Cost Burden = households spending more than 50% of their income on housing. Source: NLIHC’s The Gap: A…

March 23, 2018

Statement from National Low Income Housing Coalition President and CEO Diane Yentel— “Advocacy Works”

Washington, DC - Advocacy works. Over the last year, people throughout the country urged their members of Congress to not only reject harmful cuts to HUD, USDA and Treasury programs, but to provide…

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