NLIHC Releases The Gap 2025: A Shortage of Affordable Homes
Report reveals a national shortage of 7.1 million homes affordable and available for extremely low-income rentersWashington, D.C. – The National Low Income Housing Coalition (NLIHC) released today…
NLIHC Statement on Trump Administration's Directive to Terminate Half of All HUD Staff
Washington, D.C. – The Trump Administration is expected to terminate half of all employees at the U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development (HUD).“President Trump’s directive will cause more…
NLIHC Statement on Hearing for HUD Secretary Nominee Scott Turner
Washington, D.C. – The U.S. Senate Committee on Banking, Housing, and Urban Affairs held today a hearing to discuss the nomination of Scott Turner to serve as Secretary of the U.S. Department of…
NLIHC Statement on Rent Cap in LIHTC Properties
Washington, D.C. – The National Low Income Housing Coalition (NLIHC) applauds the Biden-Harris administration’s decision to limit rent increases in rental properties financed with federal Low Income…
NLIHC Statement on President Biden’s State of the Union Address
Washington, D.C. – The National Low Income Housing Coalition (NLIHC) applauds President Biden for outlining key proposals in his annual State of the Union address related to America’s affordable…
NLIHC Statement on Congress’s Bipartisan Tax Proposal
Washington, D.C. – Congressional leaders today announced a bipartisan tax proposal that expands the Child Tax Credit and certain provisions of the Low-Income Housing Tax Credit (LIHTC). However, the…
NLIHC and CBPP Release Updated Rental Housing Programs Database and Report
Washington, D.C. – The National Low Income Housing Coalition (NLIHC) with the support of the Center on Budget and Policy Priorities (CBPP) released today an updated Rental Housing Programs Database (…
NLIHC Releases Out of Reach 2023: The High Cost of Housing
Report shows rents are moving further out of reach for low-income renters as pandemic-era benefit programs expire Washington, D.C. – The National Low Income Housing Coalition (NLIHC) released today…
NLIHC President and CEO Diane Yentel Statement on Debt Ceiling Agreement
Washington, D.C. – House Republicans held our nation’s lowest-income people hostage in exchange for lifting the debt ceiling. By preventing necessary inflationary cost increases for critical HUD…
NLIHC President and CEO Diane Yentel Statement on the Reintroduction of the Affordable Housing Credit Improvement Act
Washington, D.C. – The National Low Income Housing Coalition (NLIHC) applauds Senators Maria Cantwell (D-WA), Todd Young (R-IN), Ron Wyden (D-OR), and Marsha Blackburn (R-TN) for their leadership in…
NLIHC Releases New Report on Housing and Homelessness Ballot Measures in the November 2022 Elections
Report summarizes nearly 100 ballot measures on tenant protections, zoning and land use policies, and short-term rentals to homelessness and affordable housing Washington, DC – The National Low…