National Updates
Advocacy
The NLIHC-led Disaster Housing Recovery Coalition continues to advocate a broad array of resources and protections, including emergency rental assistance and…
The NLIHC-led Disaster Housing Recovery Coalition stands ready to convene and support disaster-impacted communities to ensure that federal disaster recovery efforts reach all impacted…
NLIHC President and CEO Diane Yentel testified on September 16 before the Senate Budget Committee’s roundtable on Examining Federal Housing Assistance Programs. In her testimony, Diane addressed the…
HUD’s Office of Public and Indian Housing (PIH) posted Notice PIH 2020-23 providing guidance to public housing agencies (PHAs) about the requirements for obtaining approval to use proceeds from…
Earlier this summer, the Opportunity Starts at Home multisector affordable homes campaign commissioned a national public opinion poll which revealed that majorities of Republicans and…
NLIHC’s Our Homes, Our Votes 2020 is committed to strengthening our democracy by registering low-income voters on September 22, National Voter Registration Day. Celebrate and do your part in the…
A Federal Appeals Court dealt a significant blow to Florida’s successful referendum to restore the vote to citizens convicted of felonies. This is a major setback for voting rights and will impede…
A report from the Terner Center for Housing Innovation at UC Berkeley, “Recession and Recovery: The Critical Role of Housing Assistance in Promoting Economic Security for Low-Income Households,”…
Income and Poverty in the United States: 2019 and The Supplemental Poverty Measure: 2019. Between 2018 and 2019, poverty continued to decrease, while median household income and earnings increased.…
Last winter the Vermont Affordable Housing Coalition, an NLIHC state partner, and a number of its members signed onto the Climate Action Coalition's comprehensive set of climate action…
HUD and the Census Bureau released new housing data from the 2019 American Housing Survey (AHS) through the AHS Table Creator. The Table Creator allows users to create custom tables of housing and…
