NLIHC to Release 2019 Out of Reach Report on June 18
NLIHC will release the 2019 edition of Out of Reach at 10:00 a.m. ET on Tuesday, June 18. Out of Reach documents the high cost of rental housing for low-wage workers and extremely low-income renters…
NLIHC Welcomes Communications Specialist Kathryn Lee
NLIHC is pleased to welcome Kathryn Lee as a communications specialist. Kathryn will bring her communications and design expertise to support NLIHC’s new Our Homes, Our Votes: 2020 nonpartisan voter…
NLIHC Seeks Fall Interns
NLIHC is accepting applications for our fall internship positions. Interns are highly valued and fully integrated into our staff work. We seek students passionate about social justice issues, with…
Where to Find Us – June 17
NLIHC President and CEO Diane Yentel and other NLIHC staff will be speaking at the following events in the coming months: National Symposium on Solutions to End Youth Homelessness, New York, NY,…
NLIHC’s Diane Yentel Testifies at Housing Task Force Forum
NLIHC president and CEO Diane Yentel testified on June 5 before the New Democrat Coalition Housing Task Force on the solutions to our nation’s affordable rental housing crisis. The Housing Task Force…
House Committee to Vote on Bills to Block HUD’s Harmful “Mixed-Status” and Equal-Access Proposals
The House Financial Services Committee will hold a vote on June 11 at 2:00 p.m. ET on two bills to block harmful HUD proposals that would limit access to housing assistance for immigrant families and…
Representative Lee Introduces “Housing Bill of Rights” Resolution
On the final day of the Our Homes, Our Voices National Housing Week of Action, Representative Barbara Lee (D-CA) introduced a House resolution calling for a “Housing Bill of Rights” to declare that…
“Affordable Housing Tax Credit Improvement Act” Reintroduced in Congress
A bipartisan group of lawmakers reintroduced on June 4 the “Affordable Housing Credit Improvement Act” to expand and reform the Low Income Housing Tax Credit (Housing Credit). The bill was released…
Presidential Hopeful Senator Cory Booker Announces Bold Affordable Housing Proposal
After decades of chronic underinvestment by Congress, it is remarkable the degree to which presidential hopefuls continue using their platforms to elevate awareness about the housing crisis for the…
NLIHC launches Our Homes, Our Votes: 2020; First Event Scheduled for Cedar Rapids, Iowa
NLIHC has launched Our Homes, Our Votes: 2020, a non-partisan project to urge presidential candidates to address the affordable housing crisis and its solutions and to engage more low-income renters…
New Resources Available on HUD’s “Mixed Status” Immigrant-Family Rule
NLIHC and the National Housing Law Project (NHLP) have new resources, including a state-level data table and a recording of the June 5 webinar, available as part of the Keep Families Together…