Statement from NLIHC President and CEO Diane Yentel re: Federal Housing Finance Agency Announces $711 Million for National Housing Trust Fund
Washington, DC – The Federal Housing Finance Agency (FHFA) announced today its 2021 allocation of $711 million to the national Housing Trust Fund (HTF) – more than double what was provided last year…
March 1, 2021House Financial Services Committee Approves $75 Billion in Coronavirus Aid
The House Financial Services Committee (HFSC) approved on February 11 its section of the coronavirus relief bill. The HFSC package, totaling $75 billion, passed out of the committee by a vote of 29-…
February 16, 2021Recording Available of NLIHC’s February 1 National Call on “Coronavirus, Disasters, Housing, and Homelessness”
During the most recent national call on coronavirus, disasters, housing, and homelessness, we shared the latest updates on emergency rental assistance (ERA) programs, discussed the impact of utility…
February 8, 2021Report Examines Housing Accessibility for Older Adults with Extremely Low-Incomes
A report from the Joint Center for Housing Studies of Harvard University (JCHS), Accessibility Features for Older Households in Subsidized Housing, examines the accessibility of the federally…
January 21, 2020Disability Rights Activists Demand Accessible, Affordable, and Integrated Housing at “All Are One” March in Washington, DC
Disability rights activists demanded the federal government end the pervasive marginalization of disabled Americans during the “All Are One!” March on October 23. ADAPT, a national, disability-led…
November 4, 2019Wealth Inequality and Housing Cost-Burdened Households Increase Among Older Adults
The Joint Center for Housing Studies at Harvard University released “Housing America’s Older Adults 2019,” a supplement to its State of the Nation’s Housing 2019 report. The supplement describes the…
October 21, 2019