Admissions Policies of HUD-Subsidized Housing Providers in Rhode Island Frequently Far Exceed HUD-Mandated Exclusion Criteria
An article in Housing Policy Debate, “Locked Out: The Systematic Exclusion of Poor Renters from Federally Subsidized Housing,” examined the admissions policies of 108 Rhode Island public housing…
State Emergency Rental Assistance Programs Have Varied Organizational Structures
NLIHC tracks state and local emergency rental assistance programs created or expanded in response to COVID-19 and collects in-depth information on each program. As of May 3, 2021, NLIHC identified…
Secretary Fudge Testifies before Senate Appropriations Committee on Need for Substantial Investment in Affordable Housing Infrastructure
HUD Secretary Marcia Fudge, Transportation Secretary Pete Buttigieg, Environmental Protection Agency Administrator Michael Regan, and Commerce Secretary Gina Raimondo, testified on April 20 before…
New Tool Compares Changes in Population Experiencing Homelessness
The National Alliance to End Homelessness has released a new tool that allows users to compare 2019 and 2020 point-in-time counts of people experiencing homelessness. The tool shows changes at the…
National Low Income Housing Coalition Presents 2020-2021 Organizing Awards
National Low Income Housing Coalition Presents 2020-2021 Organizing Awards Recognition of excellent state and local organizing WASHINGTON, DC– The…
NLIHC Released Today “The Gap: A Shortage of Affordable Homes”
Shortage of 7 Million Affordable Homes for Nation’s Lowest-Income Renters WASHINGTON, DC – NLIHC released today its annual report, The Gap: A Shortage of Affordable Homes, which finds a shortage of…
Housing Assistance Improves Health and Well-Being, Reduces Returns to Homelessness
A working paper from a PhD candidate at the UCLA Department of Economics, “Housing the Homeless: The Effect of Housing Assistance on Recidivism to Homelessness, Economic, and Social Outcomes,” finds…
NLIHC Joins National Partners in Sign-On Letter Urging $11.5 Billion for Homeless Assistance in Next Coronavirus Relief Bill
NLIHC joined national partners in a letter sent on August 6 to Senate Transportation, Housing, and Urban Development (THUD) Appropriations Subcommittee Chair Susan Collins (R-ME) and Ranking Member…
HUD Releases FY20 Income Limits, April 13
HUD released FY20 Income Limits on April 1. The income limits determine eligibility for assisted housing programs including public housing, Section 8 project-based rental assistance, Housing Choice…
NLIHC and National Women’s Law Center Publish Factsheet on “Improving Housing Assistance in Response to COVID-19”
NLIHC partnered with the National Women’s Law Center (NWLC) to create a new factsheet, “Improving Housing Assistance in Response to COVID-19,” which describes the specific housing needs of women,…
Fact of the Week: Millions of Low-Income Children, Seniors, and People with Disabilities Do not Receive Housing Assistance
Source: PAHRC 2019 Housing Impact Report.