Both the House and Senate Appropriations Committees have released and approved their fiscal year (FY) 2026 spending bill for HUD programs, which provides annual funding for HUD’s vital affordable…
On July 24, President Trump signed an Executive Order, “Ending Crime and Disorder on America’s Streets,” aimed to make it easier for states and localities to criminalize individuals experiencing…
NLIHC's 2025 Out of Reach report (OOR) was released on Thursday, 7/17. The report shows that the national Housing Wage is $33.63 per hour for a modest two-bedroom rental home and $28.17 for a modest…
NLIHC hosted members of its southeast cohort for an inaugural convening on advancing tenant protections, July 24-25, in Atlanta, GA. Led by NLIHC’s State and Local Innovation (SLI) team, the…
Learn More About This Month's Events! Tenant Talk Live (July 7): This month's "Tenant Talk Live" featured organizers from the NYC Freeze the Rent campaign, who delivered a presentation…
By Kim Johnson, NLIHC Senior Policy Director and San Kwon, NLIHC Policy Intern The Senate Appropriations Committee released and approved on July 24 their fiscal year (FY) 2026 Transportation,…
Source: NLIHC Out of Reach 2025 Note: Housing wages based on HUD Fair Market Rents. The hourly wages by percentile are drawn from the Economic Policy Institute State of Working…
By Katie Renzi, NLHC Research Intern A recent article published in Housing Policy Debate titled “A Spectrum of Preservation to Privatization? Public Housing Authorities’ Adoption of the Rental…
By Nada Hussein, NLIHC Research Analyst, State and Local Innovation NLIHC convened its 2024-2025 State and Local Innovation Southeastern Tenant Protections Cohort in Atlanta, Georgia…
By Meghan Mertyris, NLIHC Disaster Housing Recovery Analyst The “FEMA Act of 2025” (H.R. 4669) was introduced by House Transportation and Infrastructure Committee Chairman Sam Graves (R-MO) and…
By Alyssa Kemp, NLIHC DHR Intern and Noah Patton, NLIHC Director of Disaster Recovery On July 23, 2025, the House held a hearing on FEMA’s disaster response to the deadly Texas flash floods that…
