Out of Reach 2014 reveals roots of housing instability and homelessness, and national need for more affordable housing
According to Out of Reach 2014, a report released today by the National Low…
How many hours a week does a minimum wage worker need to work to afford a two-bedroom apartment at Fair Market Rent?
In what states would raising the minimum wage to $10.10 an hour allow minimum…
Today, Senate Banking Committee Chair Tim Johnson (D-SD) and Ranking Member Mike Crapo (R-ID) released the legislative text of their bipartisan housing finance reform proposal. The bill as drafted…
President Barack Obama’s budget request for Rural Development, within the U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA), includes a new minimum rent policy for the program’s lowest income households. The…
President Attempts to Maintain and Even Increase Rental Housing Resources but Proposes Harmful Policy for Poorest Rural Housing Residents
Today, March 4, President Barack Obama sent his fiscal year…
Today, Congressman Dave Camp (R-MI), Chairman of the House Ways and Means Committee, made public his proposal to reform the federal tax code, in which he calls for changes to the mortgage interest…
In the "2014 Take Action Issue" of Tenant Talk, we review the top "calls to action" for residents in 2014:
Join the United for Homes campaign
Get ready for the National Housing Trust Fund
Speak…
Statement by National Low Income Housing Coalition President and CEO Sheila Crowley on Swearing in of Mel Watt as Director of the Federal Housing Finance Agency
Today the Federal Housing Finance…
In the eight months since sequestration was implemented, media outlets have reported on how sequestration has effected low income households. NLIHC collected and analyzed 314 articles published…
Tenant Talk is back with a new look and a new direction! For the first time ever, the NLIHC resident newsletter was guided by the newly established Resident Editorial Board, and was later translated…
While the number of foreclosures has dramatically increased since NLIHC’s 2009 report, Renters in Foreclosure: Defining the Problem, Identifying Solutions, the estimated proportion of renters…
