The Our Homes, Our Votes campaign is NLIHC’s nonpartisan initiative to boost voter turnout among low-income renters and elevate housing as an election issue. This biweekly article in Memo provides…
Chantelle Wilkinson, director of NLIHC’s Opportunity Starts at Home (OSAH) campaign, participated in a panel discussion, “Integrating Strategies for Housing and Food Security: A Multidimensional…
A study published in the Journal of Urban Affairs, “Local rental market dynamics and homelessness rates among unaccompanied youths, single adults, and people in families,” examines the impact of…
NLIHC released on April 25 the Spring 2024 issue of Tenant Talk, a semiannual newsletter designed to engage residents in housing advocacy. The new issue, Tenant Talk: The Resilient Work of Tenants,…
Congresswoman Delia Ramirez (D-IL) held a “Future of Housing” press conference on April 23 to celebrate the reintroduction of two bills in the U.S. House of Representatives: the “Green New Deal for…
Lawmakers in Olympia, Washington, passed on April 16 a comprehensive set of tenant protections aimed at keeping renters stably housed amid a growing housing crisis in the city. Enacted through “…
Source: Source: HUD, 2023 Annual Homelessness Assessment Report (AHAR) to Congress. Available at https://bit.ly/2023AHAR. U.S. Census Bureau, QuickFacts: Population Estimates, July 1, 2023, (V2023…
The following are some of the news stories to which NLIHC contributed during the week of April 21:
“‘Housing, not handcuffs’: Advocates seek solutions for homelessness beyond fines and…
Welcome to those individuals and organizations that joined NLIHC as members during the first quarter of 2024! NLIHC members support strategic advocacy for our policy priorities and build connections…
CHAPA Annual Federal Forum – Boston, MA, May 3 (Sarah Saadian)
2024 National Voluntary Organizations Active in Disaster Conference – Phoenix, AZ, May 6 (Noah Patton)
The Housing Ohio…
The Our Homes, Our Votes: 2024 webinar series provides resources, guidance, and inspiration for organizations and individuals seeking to launch or strengthen their own nonpartisan voter and candidate…
Representatives Lizzie Fletcher (D-TX) and Nikema Williams (D-GA) introduced the “Heirs Empowerment and Inheritance Rights (HEIR) Act” and the “Heirs’ Estate Inheritance Resolution and Succession (…
