15-1 Want to become part of tenant organizing history? Join the national movement!
NLIHC is currently seeking members for the 2024-2025 Collective. This group consists of tenant leaders who gather regularly to discuss shared concerns, plot advocacy strategies, and ensure that…
15-1 A Marathon, Not a Sprint
Larry Gross Reflects on Five Decades of Tenant Organizing in Los Angeles By Courtney Cooperman, NLIHC This article is adapted from an interview with Larry Gross, executive director of the…
15-1 Reflections on a Tenant Organizing Journey
By Sid Betancourt, NLIHC This article was adapted from an interview with John Atlas, a leader in the tenant organizing movement during the 1970s and ‘80s and the co-founder of Shelterforce, a…
15-1 Introduction
By Evan Martinez, Formerly of NLIHC NLIHC celebrates our 50th anniversary this year, and from the very beginning, our efforts to ensure affordable and accessible housing for people with the…
15-1 Message from the Editorial Board
Dear Readers, We are thrilled to introduce this new issue of Tenant Talk on behalf of NLIHC’s board and staff. For decades, tenant organizers in this country have fiercely advocated to secure rights…
Disaster Housing Recovery Update – April 26, 2024
Representatives Lizzie Fletcher (D-TX) and Nikema Williams (D-GA) introduced the “Heirs Empowerment and Inheritance Rights (HEIR) Act” and the “Heirs’ Estate Inheritance Resolution and Succession (…
Tenant Talk | Volume 15, Issue 1
NLIHC has released the spring 2024 issue of Tenant Talk, our semiannual newsletter designed to engage residents in housing advocacy. The new issue, Tenant Talk: The Resilient Work of Tenants,…
Severe Housing Cost Burdens Are Prevalent among the Lowest-Income Renters across U.S. Metropolitan Areas
Source: NLIHC, 2024 Note: A household has “severe cost burden” when it spends more than 50% of its income on rent and utilities.
Memo to Members and Partners | Volume 29, Issue 15
Memo: Join This Week’s National Week of Action Opposing the Criminalization of Homelessness; NLIHC Launches State and Local Innovation Project; and More!
Idaho Passes Eviction Record Sealing Protections for Tenants
Lawmakers in Idaho passed in March a set of new renter protections to support tenants with a history of eviction by creating a pathway to safe, stable, and affordable housing free from unjust and…
Rental Housing Market Dynamics Impact Homeless Subpopulations Differently
A study published in the Journal of Urban Affairs, “Local Rental Market Dynamics and Homelessness Rates Among Unaccompanied Youths, Single Adults, and People in Families,” explores how community…