Submit a Public Comment to Ensure Fair Screening Practices for Tenants with Conviction Histories!
HUD has released a proposal to update guidance to landlords of HUD-assisted properties to help eliminate unnecessary barriers that too often prevent tenants with conviction or arrest records from…
NLIHC Announces New Board and Executive Committee Members
WASHINGTON, D.C. – The National Low Income Housing Coalition (NLIHC) announces the appointment of three new members to the NLIHC Board of Directors and the election of three new Executive Committee…
15-1 Research Updates
By Dan Emmanuel, Mackenzie Pish, and Sarah Abdelhadi, NLIHC The Gap NLIHC published its annual report The Gap on March 14. The report finds that the lowest-income renters in the U.S. face a…
15-1 Policy Updates
By Kim Johnson, NLIHC Note: Given the fast-changing nature of the legislative process, some information in this article may be outdated by the time of publication. HUD’s Fiscal Year 2024 Budget…
15-1 NLIHC’s Collective 2023-2024 Update
By Sid Betancourt, NLIHC Members of NLIHC’s 2023-2024 Collective have been hard at work connecting with one another, engaging in advocacy, and helping plan NLIHC events. The group first met during…
15-1 The Power of Youth Action Boards in Building the Future Housing Advocacy Movement
By Sid Betancourt, NLIHC Youth Action Boards (YAB) are local groups dedicated to addressing youth homelessness in their respective communities. These boards typically consist of young adults who…
15-1 Insights about the Future of Tenant Organizing from Members of NLIHC’s Collective
By Sid Betancourt, NLIHC The Collective is a cohort of tenant leaders from around the country who work closely with NLIHC and leverage their lived experience to elevate concerns, chart an advocacy…
15-1 Tenants Organizing Against Hate
By Gabby Ross, NLIHC This article was adapted from an interview with Tristan Call of the Bedford County Listening Project. Tristan Call is a community organizer for the Bedford County Listening…
15-1 How the Louisville Tenants Union Won the First Anti-Displacement Policy in the South
By Gabby Ross, NLIHC, and Jessica Bellamy, Louisville Tenants Union Three years ago, poor and working class Black tenants from across Louisville, Kentucky’s historically Black neighborhoods started…
15-1 In the Wake of Disaster
A Tenant Organizer Shares Her Advocacy Story By Sid Betancourt, NLIHC This article was adapted from an interview conducted with Stephanie Winn, a tenant leader in Houston, Texas. It was disaster…
15-1 Building Power through Resident Organizing Networks
By Lindsay Duvall, NLIHC When they see the blue shirts walking into the Capitol, they know we’re there for business,” reflects Maria Hernandez, a Residents United Network (RUN) steering committee…