National Organizations Condemn Biden-Harris Administration for Forcibly Removing Unhoused People
Washington, D.C. – Today, the Biden-Harris administration is forcibly removing unhoused people from McPherson Square before all unhoused individuals in the encampment have been housed – an action…
February 15, 2023National Organizations Urge the Biden-Harris Administration to Halt Immediate Plans to Forcibly Remove Unhoused People
Washington, D.C. – National members of the National Coalition for Housing Justice (NCHJ) call on the Biden-Harris administration and Bowser administration to immediately halt plans to forcibly remove…
February 13, 2023NLIHC Statement on HUD’s House America Initiative
Washington, D.C. – The National Low Income Housing Coalition (NLIHC) applauds the U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development (HUD) and U.S. Interagency Council on Homelessness (USICH) for…
January 26, 2023NLIHC President and CEO Diane Yentel Statement on Biden-Harris Administration Blueprint for a Renters Bill of Rights
Washington, D.C. – The Biden-Harris administration announced today new actions and released a Blueprint to strengthen and enforce critical renter protections. Strengthening and enforcing renter…
January 25, 2023NLIHC Statement on Proposed Affirmatively Furthering Fair Housing Rule
Washington, D.C. – The National Low Income Housing Coalition (NLIHC) applauds the Biden-Harris administration for releasing today a proposed “Affirmatively Furthering Fair Housing” (AFFH) rule to…
January 19, 2023NLIHC Statement on Biden-Harris Administration's Federal Strategic Plan to End Homelessness
Washington, D.C. – The National Low Income Housing Coalition (NLIHC) applauds the Biden-Harris administration and U.S. Interagency Council on Homelessness (USICH) for releasing a comprehensive and…
December 19, 2022NLIHC Statement on HUD’s New Disaster Housing Recovery Program to Address Homelessness
Washington, DC – The Department of Housing and Urban Development (HUD) announced yesterday, the creation of the Rapid Unsheltered Survivor Housing (RUSH) program to help the lowest-income and most…
October 25, 2022President and CEO Diane Yentel Statement on Equitable Disaster Recovery from Hurricanes Fiona and Ian
Washington, D.C. – Today, Floridians are just beginning to assess the terrible damage caused by one of the strongest hurricanes to hit the region in years. The early images and stories of destruction…
September 29, 2022NLIHC President and CEO Diane Yentel Statement on Senate Hearing on Homelessness
Washington, D.C. – Homelessness is one of our country’s most urgent, tragic, and solvable crises, but for too long Congress has failed to act. NLIHC appreciates Chairmans Brown and Smith’s leadership…
July 19, 2022NLIHC Statement on Dobbs Ruling: Housing Justice and Reproductive Justice Are Inextricably Linked
Washington, D.C. – The harmful impacts of the Supreme Court’s decision will fall most heavily on people with low incomes, and on Black and other people of color. Women living in poverty account for…
June 27, 2022NLIHC Statement on FEMA Program Assistance Reforms Supporting Nearly 100,000 Additional Disaster Survivors
Washington, D.C. – Today, the House Homeland Security Committee Subcommittee on Emergency Preparedness, Response, and Recovery hosted FEMA Administrator Deanne Criswell for a hearing on a review of…
June 14, 2022