Register for Today’s (4/29) Our Homes, Our Votes Webinar: Laying the Groundwork for Your Campaign
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…
Our Homes, Our Votes Updates – Week of April 29, 2024
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…
OSAH Joins Panel on Housing and Food Security at Feeding America Annual Conference
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…
Local Vacancy and Crowding Rates Can Better Inform Policies to Address Homelessness among Unaccompanied Youth, Single Adults, and Families
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 Releases Spring Issue of Tenant Talk
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 Ramirez Holds Press Conference on Two Reintroduced Housing Bills
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…
City of Olympia Passes New Protections for Tenants, Including Relocation Assistance
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 “…
Homelessness Impacts Different Racial and Ethnic Groups at Rates Disproportionate to Their Share of the Overall Population
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…
NLIHC in the News for the Week of April 21
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 arrests,”…
NLIHC Welcomes New Members in First Quarter of 2024
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…
Where to Find Us – April 29
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 Conference –…