Opportunity Starts at Home Campaign Steering Committee Urges Congress to Support Housing Voucher Mobility Demonstration
The Steering Committee of the Opportunity Starts at Home multi-sector affordable housing campaign sent a letter on September 20 urging Congress to include in its final Transportation, Housing and…
September 24, 2018Opportunity Starts at Home Campaign Holds Inaugural Roundtable Meeting
The Opportunity Starts at Home multisector affordable housing campaign hosted its first Opportunity Roundtable meeting on September 18. Representatives from 70 organizations from many different…
September 24, 2018Opportunity Starts at Home Offers New Resources on the Connection between Hunger and Housing
Anti-hunger advocates are housing advocates! The Opportunity Starts at Home campaign website offers a new resource page on the connections between affordable housing and hunger alleviation in America…
June 18, 2018Low-Wage Workers Face Affordable Housing Challenges
An analysis by the Joint Center for Housing Studies of Harvard University, titled Many Full-Time Workers Face Housing Affordability Problems, finds the median full-time wage in low paying occupations…
August 8, 2016Point of View: End the Shutdown, Stop Eviction Threats – by NLIHC President and CEO Diane Yentel
The senseless government shutdown is wreaking havoc on the lives of low income seniors, people with disabilities, families with children and others throughout the country. Patrick and Karen called…
January 22, 2019Latest Updates on the Shutdown’s Impact on Low-Income Residents and the Programs that Serve Them
NLIHC and other leaders of the Campaign for Housing and Community Development Funding (CHCDF) have published an updated factsheet with the latest details on how the federal government shutdown…
January 22, 2019House Democrats Again Attempt to End Shutdown
The partial federal government shutdown, now a month long, continues as Democrats and Republicans remain at an impasse over funding for a southwestern border wall. Last week, House Democrats…
January 22, 2019Members of Congress Highlight Shutdown’s Impacts on Affordable Housing, Call for Government to Reopen and for HUD to Follow its Contingency Plan
A group of 34 U.S. senators and 138 representatives sent a letter on January 17 to President Donald Trump and HUD Secretary Ben Carson sharing the legislators’ concerns about the negative impacts on…
January 22, 2019Partial Government Shutdown Challenges Owners and Puts Tenants at Risk
On December 22, 2018, the federal government began a partial shutdown when Congress and President Trump could not agree on an appropriations bill or continuing resolution that would continue to fund…
January 22, 2019HUD Provides Voucher Guidance to PHA Directors during Shutdown
HUD’s Office of Public and Indian Housing (PIH) sent a memorandum to public housing agency (PHA) executive directors on January 15 stating that Housing Choice Voucher renewal funds and Administrative…
January 22, 2019New Members Announced for Key Congressional Committees
House Democrats have released committee rosters for several committees, including House Financial Services, Appropriations, and Ways and Means. House Republicans released their committee rosters for…
January 22, 2019