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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…

March 21, 2018

National Low Income Housing Coalition Honors Organizers in New York and St. Louis for Their Groundbreaking Work

WASHINGTON, D.C.- The National Low Income Housing Coalition (NLIHC) awarded its Trailblazer Award to Right to Counsel NYC Coalition (RTCNYC Coalition) for outstanding efforts in organizing low income…

March 20, 2018

Leading National Organizations in Education, Civil Rights, Healthcare and More Join in a Campaign to Increase Affordable Housing Across America

Washington, DC - A diverse range of organizations from various sectors announced a new campaign today to increase affordable housing for America’s most vulnerable communities. The Opportunity Starts…

March 13, 2018

The U.S. Has National Shortage of More Than 7.2 Million Affordable & Available Rental Homes for Families Most in Need

WASHINGTON, D.C. – The Gap: A Shortage of Affordable Homes, a new report released today by the National Low Income Housing Coalition (NLIHC), finds a shortage of 7.2 million affordable and available…

March 12, 2018

Fact of the Week: Increases in Minimum Wages Correspond to Greater Wage Growth for Lowest Income Workers

Source: EPI analysis of Current Population Survey Outgoing Rotation Group microdata.  See: http://bit.ly/2DbzITd

March 5, 2018

Fact of the Week: Higher Percentages of Black and Hispanic Renter Households Are Extremely Low Income

  Extremely low income households have incomes at or below the poverty level or 30% of their area median income.  Source: NLIHC tabulation of 2016 ACS PUMS. 

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