Mission and Goals


Mission
The National Low Income Housing Coalition is dedicated solely to achieving socially just public policy that assures people with the lowest incomes in the United States have affordable and decent homes.

The National Low Income Housing Coalition was established in 1974 by Cushing N. Dolbeare.

Goals 

NLIHC 2008-2009 Policy Goals 

Goal 1: To preserve existing federally assisted homes and housing resources.

  • There will be no further loss of federally assisted affordable housing units or federal resources for affordable housing or access to housing by extremely low income people.

Goal 2: To expand the supply of low income housing.

  • The federal government will increase its investment in housing in order to produce, rehabilitate, and/or subsidize at least 3,500,000 units of housing that is affordable and accessible to the lowest income households in the next ten years.

Goal 3: To establish housing stability as the primary purpose of federal low income housing policy.

  • Housing stability in the neighborhood of one’s choice will be understood and accepted as the desired outcome of federal low income housing programs and as foundational to good health, employment, educational achievement, and child well-being for people with the lowest incomes.

Objectives

Objective 1: CHANGE PUBLIC OPINION 

  • To improve the understanding that the American people have of low income housing needs and solutions, how current federal policy impacts these needs, and how these needs directly affect them and their communities,
  • To increase public support for progressive low income housing policy and programs.

Objective 2: INCREASE CAPACITY OF LOW INCOME HOUSING ADVOCATES

  • To improve and expand the capacity of low income housing advocates, including state housing and homeless coalitions, direct service providers, residents, and other low income people to educate, to be more actively engaged in educating, and to be more skillful in holding federal, state and local policy makers accountable for solving the housing problems of low income people.

Objective 3: CAUSE FEDERAL POLICY MAKERS TO ACT

  • To improve and expand actions by federal policy makers that solve the housing problems of low income people.

Objective 4: IMPROVE NLIHC INTERNAL OPERATIONS

  • To continue to improve NLIHC’s infrastructure in support of our mission, goals, and objectives 1-3.