Help End Homelessness and Housing Poverty as You Shop for the Holidays
You can help end homelessness and housing poverty when you shop for the holidays on Amazon Smile. Amazon will make a contribution to NLIHC on your behalf at no cost to you with every purchase you…
NLIHC Seeks Graphic Design/Communication Intern for Winter/Spring 2020 Semester
NLIHC is accepting applications for its graphic design/communications internship position for the winter/spring 2020 semester. Interns are highly valued and fully integrated into our staff work. We…
Where to Find Us – December 9
NLIHC President and CEO Diane Yentel and other NLIHC staff will be speaking at the following events in the coming months: Homes RI Summit, Providence, RI, December 11 At What Price? The Hidden…
We Did It! Debate Features Affordable Housing!
For the first time in memory – if not in history – a moderator in a presidential debate asked candidates for their solutions to the nation’s housing affordability crisis. During the November 20…
Presidential Candidate Senator Warren Expands on Her Affordable Housing Plan, Mayor Buttigieg Releases a Summary of His
Candidates for the 2020 Democratic presidential nomination continue to release new plans to address the nation’s serious shortage of affordable housing and provide tenant protections. Senator…
NLIHC Board Member Shalonda Rivers Testifies to Congress on Health and Safety in HUD Housing
Shalonda Rivers, president of the Cordoba Courts Tenants Association in Opa Locka, FL, and member of the NLIHC board of directors, testified at a hearing on November 20 before the House Financial…
Senator Hirono Introduces Bold Bill to End Homelessness
Senator Mazie Hirono (D-HI) introduced a bill, the "Pathway to Stable and Affordable Housing for All Act," on November 21 to effectively end homelessness through robust investments in the…
Senator Warren to Introduce Legislation Addressing Public Housing Capital-Needs Backlog
Senator Elizabeth Warren (D-MA) announced on November 18 that she will introduce a Senate companion bill to Representative Nydia Velazquez’s (D-NY) “Public Housing Emergency Response Act” (H.R. 4546…
Committee Chair Waters and Representatives Tlaib and Pressley Urge HUD to Listen to Tenant Concerns as Part of NSPIRE Demonstration
House Financial Services Committee Chair Maxine Waters (D-CA) and Representatives Rashida Tlaib (D-MI) Ayanna Pressley (D-MA) sent a letter to HUD Secretary Ben Carson on November 18 urging HUD to…
Representative Waters and Senator Harris Introduce Housing Infrastructure Bill
House Financial Services Committee Chairwoman Maxine Waters (D-CA) and Senator Kamala Harris (D-CA) introduced on November 21, the “Housing is Infrastructure Act of 2019” (H.R.5187) to invest more…
Representative Omar Calls for $1 Trillion Investment in Public Housing and Housing Trust Fund
Representative Ilhan Omar (D-MN) introduced on November 20 the “Homes for All Act” that would invest $1 trillion to create 9.5 million new public housing apartments and 2.5 million deeply affordable…