Additional Disaster Housing Recovery Updates – August 5, 2019
The following is a review of additional disaster housing recovery developments since the last edition of Memo to Members and Partners (for the article in the previous Memo, see 7/29). Federal Action…
August 5, 2019Take Action: Engage Your Members of Congress During August Recess
It is critical for advocates to engage directly with policymakers to urge them to take action to address the issues of housing affordability and homelessness – and there is no better time to do so…
August 5, 2019Survey of Home Builders Highlights Barriers to Building Affordable Homes
The Harvard Joint Center for Housing Studies published a report, A Home Builder Perspective on Housing Affordability and Construction Innovation, that finds both single-family and multifamily home…
August 5, 2019Fact of the Week: Housing-Insecure Adults Have Lower Rates of Access to Health Care and Greater Rates of Chronic Conditions
Source: Martin, P. et. al. (2019). Adults with Housing Insecurity Have Worse Access to Primary and Preventive Care. Journal of the American Board of Family Medicine, 32(4): 521-530.
July 29, 2019From the Field: New Jersey Governor Makes a Historic Investment in the Affordable Housing Trust Fund
New Jersey Governor Phil Murphy signed the state budget on July 1, including a historic investment in the state’s Affordable Housing Trust Fund (AHTF). For the first time in nearly a decade, the…
August 5, 2019Department of Education Releases Early Childhood Homelessness State Profiles
The U.S. Department of Education released its Early Childhood Homelessness State Profiles for 2019. In 2016-2017, more than 1.3 million children under six years old, or one in 18 young children,…
August 5, 2019NLIHC in the News for the Week of July 28
The following are someof the news stories that NLIHC contributed to during the week of July 28: “'A national problem': U.S. housing affordability is out of whack with minimum wage,” Yahoo! Finance,…
August 5, 2019NLIHC Welcomes Mia Wilson as Communications Specialist
NLIHC is pleased to welcome Mia Wilson as its newest communications specialist. Mia is responsible for supporting NLIHC’s nonpartisan voter and candidate engagement project, Our Homes, Our…
August 5, 2019NLIHC Welcomes Dan Threet as Research Analyst
NLIHC is pleased to welcome Dan Threet as its newest research analyst. Dan will work with the research team to document and analyze the housing needs of extremely low-income renters. He will lead…
August 5, 2019NLIHC Seeks Communications/Media/Graphic Design and Research Interns
NLIHC is accepting applications for our fall internship positions: one for communications/media/graphic design and one for research. Interns are highly valued and fully integrated into our staff work…
August 5, 2019Where to Find Us – August 5
NLIHC President and CEO Diane Yentel and other NLIHC staff will be speaking at the following events in the coming months: Independence Social Service Summit, Independence, MO, August 16 …
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