Housing Cost Burden for Low-Income Renters Has Increased Significantly in Last Two Decades
The U.S. Government Accountability Office (GAO) issued a report that details changes in renter households and affordability from 2001 to 2017. The report, As More Households Rent, the Poorest Face…
July 6, 2020Vermont Policy Makers, State Agencies and Advocates Collaborate to End Homelessness in the State During the COVID-19 Pandemic
Vermont housing advocates, shelter and service providers, administration officials, statewide housing agency staff, and policy makers worked together to prevent the deaths of unhoused Vermonters…
July 6, 2020NLIHC in the News for the Week of June 28
The following are some of the news stories that NLIHC contributed to during the week of June 28: “Experts fear the end of eviction moratoriums could plunge thousands of people into homelessness,”…
July 6, 2020Statement from NLIHC on Passage of the “Moving Forward Act” with $100 Billion Investment in Affordable Housing
Washington, DC – The connection between affordable homes and infrastructure is clear: like roads and bridges, affordable homes are long-term assets that help communities and the lowest-income…
July 1, 2020Joint Statement on HUD Proposal That Would Allow Discrimination Against Transgender People Seeking Shelter
Washington, DC - Earlier today, Ben Carson, Secretary of the US Department of Housing and Urban Development announced a new proposed rule that would allow discrimination against transgender people…
July 1, 2020National Housing Advocates Statement on Policing and Black Communities
As organizations dedicated to ending America’s homelessness and housing crisis, we stand in support of Black people and the Black organizers who are working on housing justice including the Movement…
June 30, 2020Statement from NLIHC President and CEO Diane Yentel on Passage of the “Emergency Housing Protections and Relief Act”
Washington, DC - With today's passage of H.R. 7301, the “Emergency Housing Protections and Relief Act of 2020,” the House has taken an important step in responding to the urgent need to help…
June 29, 2020Op-Ed: Why We Need Rent Relief Now
Renters, Landlords Hurt by Pandemic’s Fallout Face Financial Cliff Originally published in Banker And Tradesman on May 24, 2020 By Rachel Heller | Special to Banker & Tradesman Massachusetts…
June 29, 2020Op-Ed: Congress must provide emergency rental assistance to protect Coloradans during Pandemic
Originally published in Sentinel Colorado on June 3, 2020 By Cathy Alderman, Letter to the Editor EDITOR: From where I stand, the economic fallout of the COVID-19 pandemic threatens to…
June 29, 2020Memo to Members & Partners | Volume 25, Issue 26
House Votes on Housing Bills This Week; Tracking Increasing Evictions; and More
June 29, 2020