Join NLIHC’s next “Tenant Talk Live,” a meeting geared toward tenant and resident leaders, today, Monday, May 5, at 6 pm ET (5 pm CT, 4 pm MT, and 3 pm PT). In this month’s discussion, we will hear…
A recent article published in the Housing Policy Debate, titled “Can Fair Share Policies Expand Neighborhood Choice? Evidence From Bypassing Exclusionary Zoning Under Massachusetts Chapter 40B,”…
On April 24, the Opportunity Starts at Home (OSAH) campaign sent a letter to Congress urging them to advance a set of key legislation in any bipartisan housing package that moves forward in the…
Amid significant staff and capacity losses at FEMA, President Trump on April 28 announced the appointment of 13 individuals to the presidentially created FEMA Review Council tasked with “reforming…
During the 2025 legislative session, the State of Virginia adopted three new tenant protection policies that not only address the imposition of rental fees against tenants but would also require…
Senators Maria Cantwell (D-WA), Todd Young (R-IN), Marsha Blackburn (R-TN), and Ron Wyden (D-OR) introduced the Senate version of the “Affordable Housing Credit Improvement Act of 2025” (AHCIA) (S.…
House Republicans are moving quickly to draft the legislative text of a massive budget reconciliation bill that would spend over $5 trillion to extend tax cuts, increase funding for immigration…
What defines a housing trust fund is securing a dedicated revenue source. This means that the funding source is committed by law to generate funds for the housing trust fund. Thus, a certain…
How can you spend the money? This seems like the fun part of creating a housing trust fund. But adequately identifying the requirements and objectives to include in a housing trust fund…
If there is one lesson communities have learned about housing policy, it is that no length of affordability is long enough when it comes to meeting the need for affordable housing. The twenty…
