By Sid Betancourt, NLIHC This article was adapted from an interview with John Atlas, a leader in the tenant organizing movement during the 1970s and ‘80s and the co-founder of Shelterforce, a…
By Evan Martinez, Formerly of NLIHC NLIHC celebrates our 50th anniversary this year, and from the very beginning, our efforts to ensure affordable and accessible housing for people with the…
Dear Readers, We are thrilled to introduce this new issue of Tenant Talk on behalf of NLIHC’s board and staff. For decades, tenant organizers in this country have fiercely advocated to secure rights…
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 (…
NLIHC has released the spring 2024 issue of Tenant Talk, our semiannual newsletter designed to engage residents in housing advocacy. The new issue, Tenant Talk: The Resilient Work of Tenants,…
Source: NLIHC, 2024 Note: A household has “severe cost burden” when it spends more than 50% of its income on rent and utilities.
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Lawmakers in Idaho passed in March a set of new renter protections to support tenants with a history of eviction by creating a pathway to safe, stable, and affordable housing free from unjust and…
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,” explores how community…
The Opportunity Starts at Home (OSAH) campaign has released an updated fact sheet describing the connections between educational outcomes and stable, affordable housing. Research shows that stable,…
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. As the 2024 election season approaches,…
The U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) announced that it will host a community roundtable on May 2 from 2 to 3:30 pm ET for residents of USDA-financed housing. Roundtable participants will be able…