Senator Jeff Merkley (D-OR) introduced on March 12 the “Making Affordable Housing Opportunities More Equitable Act” (S. 3452). This comprehensive bill is designed to reduce the shortcomings of…
Representatives Pramila Jayapal (D-WA) and Grace Meng (D-NY) introduced on March 19 the “Housing is a Human Right Act” (H.R. 6308). The bill would authorize more than $200 billion over 10 years in…
A group of 37 Democratic senators, led by Senate Committee on Banking, Housing, and Urban Affairs Ranking Member Sherrod Brown (D-OH), submitted a comment letter on March 16 opposing HUD’s proposed…
NLIHC submitted a comment letter opposing HUD’s proposed Affirmatively Furthering Fair Housing (AFFH) rule that is, in fact, not a fair housing rule. HUD’s proposal to gut the 2015 AFFH rule…
Voting by mail—also known as absentee voting—is a proven way to allow individuals to exercise their right to vote without having to go to the polls. This option is more important than ever in the…
NLIHC’s Our Homes, Our Votes: 2020 nonpartisan voter and candidate engagement project proceeds with its “Third Thursdays at Three” presentation series on crucial elements of effective election…
The Steering Committee of the Opportunity Starts at Home multi-sector affordable homes campaign sent two separate letters to members of Congress on March 17: the first urges housing investments in…
This year’s Our Homes, Our Voices National Housing Week of Action will not take place as scheduled May 2-12 due to public health concerns related to the coronavirus pandemic. It is clear the kinds of…
Freddie Mac released “The Housing Supply Shortage: State of the States,” which finds that 29 states and the District of Columbia have a housing undersupply. TShe largest deficits of housing supply…
Source: BLS, National Compensation Survey, March 2019. Surveyed occupations classified into wage categories based on average wage for occupation. Survey asked about flexible workplace…
Hundreds of advocates joined a webinar on March 18 outlining NLIHC’s key legislative priorities for 2020, what more needs to be done by Congress to respond to the coronavirus pandemic, and what…
The Housing Assistance Council released “Tax Considerations for Rural Housing Preservation,” which outlines strategies for avoiding adverse tax consequences that can prevent the preservation of rural…
