NLIHC Statement on Release of Final FY24 Spending Bill
Washington, D.C. – The National Low Income Housing Coalition (NLIHC) and its national HoUSed campaign applaud congressional leaders for providing significant new funding to address America’s…
NLIHC Statement on FEMA Interim Final Rule
Washington, D.C. – The Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA) released today an Interim Final Rule amending regulations for its Individual Assistance (IA) program. The Interim Final Rule includes…
NLIHC Statement on Congress’s Bipartisan Tax Proposal
Washington, D.C. – Congressional leaders today announced a bipartisan tax proposal that expands the Child Tax Credit and certain provisions of the Low-Income Housing Tax Credit (LIHTC). However, the…
NLIHC, NAEH, CBPP Joint Statement on HUD’s Release of 2023 Annual Homeless Assessment Report: Part 1
Washington, D.C. – HUD will soon release its 2023 Annual Homeless Assessment Report (AHAR): Part 1. The report provides an annual Point-in-Time (PIT) estimate of the number of people…
Address from NLIHC President and CEO Diane Yentel on Equitable Disaster Housing Recovery
The catastrophic wildfire on the island of Maui in Hawaii constitutes the deadliest disaster in the history of that state and the deadliest wildfire in the modern era. Fanned by the winds of one of…
NLIHC President and CEO Diane Yentel Statement on HUD’s Preview of Worst Case Housing Needs Report
Washington, DC – Today, HUD released an Executive Summary of its biennial Worst Case Housing Needs report. The report is expected to be released in full in September, and proves that millions of low-…
NLIHC Statement on HUD’s Release of 2021 Annual Homeless Assessment Report (AHAR): Part 2
Washington, D.C. – HUD released yesterday its 2021 Annual Homeless Assessment Report (AHAR): Part 2. The 2021 AHAR: Part 2 is an annual estimate of the number of people experiencing homelessness in…
NLIHC President and CEO Diane Yentel Statement on Topline Funding Levels for HUD Programs in the FY24 Budget
Washington, D.C. – The House and Senate Appropriations Committees released topline funding allocations for the Transportation, Housing, and Urban Development (THUD) fiscal year (FY) 2024 spending…
NLIHC Statement on Actions Needed to Protect Renters During 2023 Atlantic Hurricane Season
Washington, D.C. – Today, marks the start of the 2023 Atlantic Hurricane Season. The National Low Income Housing Coalition (NLIHC) and the NLIHC-led Disaster Housing Recovery Coalition (DHRC) of…
NLIHC Urges Renter Protections for Households Living in Rental Properties with Federally Backed Mortgages
Washington, D.C. - The Federal Housing Finance Agency (FHFA) issued yesterday a Request for Input (RFI) on how the agency can create and enforce renter protections for households living in rental…
NLIHC President and CEO Diane Yentel Statement on Debt Ceiling Agreement
Washington, D.C. – House Republicans held our nation’s lowest-income people hostage in exchange for lifting the debt ceiling. By preventing necessary inflationary cost increases for critical HUD…