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August 8, 2016

Fact of the Week: Median Annual Wages for Full-Time Workers Fall Short of the Income Needed to Afford a Modest One-Bedroom Apartment

Memo to Members

Source: La Jeunesse, E. (2016). Many Full-Time Workers Face Housing Affordability Problems. Boston, MA: Harvard Joint Center for Housing Studies. Retrieved from http://bit.ly/2aHf3vY

August 1, 2016

Fact of the Week: The Shrinking Public Housing Stock (1996-2015)

Memo to Members

Source: A Picture of Subsidized Households (HUD)

July 25, 2016

Fact of the Week: Mortgage Interest Deduction Skewed Heavily toward Most Affluent

Memo to Members

Source: Tax Policy Center (2015) and ACS 5 Year Estimate.

July 18, 2016

Fact of the Week: Severely Cost-Burdened Renter Households by Income Group

Memo to Members

Source: NLIHC Tabulations of 2014 ACS PUMS Data. Note: Severely cost-burdened households pay more than 50% of their income on rent and utilities. AMI = Area Median Income.

July 11, 2016

Fact of the Week: Percent of Former Prisoners Experiencing Different Types of Moves Following Reentry (Michigan, 2003-2009)

Memo to Members

Source: Herbert, C.W., Morenoff, J.D., & Harding, D.J. (2015). Homelessness and housing insecurity among former prisoners. The Russell Sage Foundation Journal of the Social Sciences, 1(2), 44–…

July 5, 2016

Fact of the Week: Share of Total Income Received by Top 1%

Memo to Members

Source: Economic Policy Institute. (2016). Income inequality in the U.S. by state, metropolitan area, and county. Washington, DC: Author. Retrieved from http://www.epi.org/files/pdf/107100.pdf

June 27, 2016

Fact of the Week: Extremely Low Income Households Especially at Risk of Eviction

Memo to Members

Source: Joint Center for Housing Studies of Harvard University. (2016). The State of the Nation’s Housing 2016. Cambridge, MA: Author. Retrieved from http://bit.ly/28QIWIN Notes: Extremely income…

June 20, 2016

Fact of the Week: Student Homelessness on the Rise 2007-2014

Memo to Members

Source: Civic Enterprises. (2016). Hidden in Plain Sight: Homeless Students in America’s Public Schools. Ingram, et al. http://civicenterprises.net/MediaLibrary/Docs/HiddeninPlainSightOfficial.pdf…

September 17, 2018

NLIHC’s Members Open the Door to Quality Data, Tools, and Reports

Memo to Members

This is the third week of NLIHC membership month; the theme is Members Open the Door to Quality Data, Tools, and Reports. Members are a critical part of NLIHC’s research and communications work.…

September 17, 2018

Republicans’ Tax Reform 2.0 Fails to Address Affordable Housing

Memo to Members

House Republicans introduced on September 10 three bills as part of a Tax Reform 2.0 package. The bills do not contain provisions that affect the Low Income Housing Tax Credit or other affordable…

September 17, 2018

There is No Safe Time for a Child to be Homeless, Even in the Womb

Memo to Members

According to a study released online on September 3, children who were in the womb when their mothers experienced homelessness are significantly more likely to have been hospitalized since birth…

September 17, 2018

Webinars Provide Snapshots of Voter Engagement Resources

Memo to Members

Our Homes, Our Votes conducted a series of six webinars to provide clear information to assist organizations and leaders hoping to engage low income renters in the upcoming 2018 elections.…

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