Memo: We’re Running Out of Time!

Let's talk about it. This newest edition focuses on the issues faced by public housing residents, the history of public housing in the U.S., new threats to the program, and opportunities to protect…

Memo to Members, Publications

NLIHC released its annual report The Gap: A Shortage of Affordable Homes, finding the lowest-income renters in the U.S. face a shortage of approximately 7 million affordable and available rental…

Memo to Members, Publications

NLIHC released today a Research Note, “State and Local Rental Assistance Programs: Finding Solutions for a Growing Crisis,” that provides a descriptive analysis of rental assistance programs created…

Memo to Members

Source: NLIHC tabulations of 2020 5-Year ACS PUMS and HUD Picture of Subsidized Households (POSH) data.

Memo to Members

Source: Richard, M. et al. “Quantifying Doubled-Up Homelessness: Presenting a New Measure Using U.S. Census Microdata.” Housing Policy Debate. Note: A “low-income individual” is defined as an…

Memo to Members

Note: Changes are calculated for median prices in January of each year. Source: Apartment List Rent Estimates (2022) Data available: https://www.apartmentlist.com/research/category/data-rent-…

Memo to Members

Source: Federal Reserve, “Report on the Economic Well-Being of U.S. Households in 2020 - May 2021,” https://bit.ly/353HZMT Note: Unbanked adults are those who do not have a bank account.…

Memo to Members

Source: U.S. Department of Treasury, “Emergency Rental Assistance Quarterly Demographic Data: Q1 – Q4, 2021.”