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January 8, 2018

Fact of the Week: School-Age Children in Renter Households Exposed to Asthma Triggers at Significantly Higher Rates than in Homeowner Households

Memo to Members

Source: Urban Institute, Analysis of the 2015 American Housing Survey.

December 18, 2017

Fact of the Week: Over 80% of Lowest Income Households Suffer Housing Cost Burdens

Memo to Members

Source: Joint Center for Housing Studies of Harvard University. (2017). America’s Rental Housing 2017. Cambridge, MA: Author.

December 11, 2017

Fact of the Week: Significant Increase in People Experiencing Chronic Homelessness in 2017

Memo to Members

Source: HUD. (2017). The 2017 Annual Homelessness Assessment Report (AHAR) to Congress. Washington, DC: Author.

December 4, 2017

Fact of the Week: Large Share of FEMA Registrants in Puerto Rico Live in Deep Poverty

Memo to Members

Source: FEMA Housing Assistance Data (10/29/2017); 2011-15 American Community Survey

November 30, 2017

Take Action: Call Your Senators ASAP TODAY to Oppose the GOP Tax Reform Bill

Call to Action

The Senate will vote as soon as later today on tax reform legislation that puts federal investments in affordable housing at risk of deep cuts – in future discretionary spending and through…

November 13, 2017

Fact of the Week: Most of the Benefit of the Mortgage Interest Deduction Goes to Higher Income Households

Memo to Members

Source: Joint Committee on Taxation. (2017). Estimates of Federal Tax Expenditures for Fiscal Years 2016-2020. Table 3.

November 6, 2017

Fact of the Week: In Most States and Counties, Fewer than 3% of Mortgages Exceed $500,000

Memo to Members

Source: NLIHC analysis of Home Mortgage Disclosure Act (HMDA) data on mortgages originated during 2013 and 2014.

October 30, 2017

Fact of the Week: Large Share of TX Renters Requesting FEMA Assistance Come from Higher Poverty Areas

Memo to Members

Source: FEMA Housing Assistance Data (10/23/2017); 2011-2015 American Community Survey.

October 23, 2017

Fact of the Week: Whites Receive Disproportionate Share of Mortgage Deduction Benefit

Memo to Members

Source: IASP & NLIHC. (2017). Misdirected Investments: How the Mortgage Interest Deduction Drives Inequality and the Racial Wealth Gap. Washington, DC: NLIHC. Available at: http://bit.ly/2gIy7LZ

October 16, 2017

Fact of the Week: High Income Households Benefit the Most from Two Largest Forms of Federal Housing Assistance

Memo to Members

Source: Apartment List. (2017). Imbalance in Housing Aid: Mortgage Interest Deduction vs. Section 8. San Francisco, CA: Author.

September 5, 2017

NLIHC in the News for the Week of August 27

Memo to Members

The following are some of the news stories that NLIHC contributed to during the week of August 27: “If GOP scales back the mortgage interest deduction, Californians would be hit hardest,” Los…

July 17, 2017

Memo to Members & Partners | Volume 22, Issue 27

Enjoy “Memo to Members and Partners” NLIHC is now offering our weekly electronic newsletter, Memo to Members and Partners, to a broader list of NLIHC partners beyond current NLIHC members. If…

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