NLIHC to Offer Our Homes, Our Voices National Housing Week of Action Webinar on April 2
Federal investments in proven affordable housing solutions benefit us all. Join the growing grassroots movement to support increasing those investments during this year’s Our Homes, Our Voices…
Senator Warren Calls for a Big Investment in Housing during Presidential Candidate Town Hall
Senator Elizabeth Warren (D-MA), a candidate for president in 2020, participated in a CNN Town Hall on March 18 at Jackson State University in Mississippi. During the event, she spent nearly three…
Owners of Rental Properties Increase Spending in Home Improvement and Conversions to Homeownership
A report released by the Joint Center for Housing Studies at Harvard University, Improving America’s Housing, found spending on home improvements and repairs reached a high of $424 billion in 2017.…
Fact of the Week: There Are Only 37 Rental Homes Affordable and Available for Every 100 Extremely Low-Income Households Nationwide
Source: NLIHC’s The Gap: A Shortage of Affordable Homes 2019. NLIHC tabulations of 2017 ACS PUMS data.
NLIHC Sends Letter to FHFA Acting Director Calling for Release of HTF Funds
NLIHC President and CEO Diane Yentel sent a letter on behalf of the national Housing Trust Fund (HTF) campaign to Federal Housing Finance Agency (FHFA) Acting Director Joseph Otting expressing…
GAO Identifies Weaknesses and Improvements Needed by HUD Related to Physical Inspection Process and Oversight of Inspectors
The Government Accountability Office (GAO) issued a report, HUD Should Improve Physical Inspection Process and Oversight of Inspectors, on March 21. The report identified a number of weakness and…
Economic Roundtable Provides Tools to Identify Those Most At-Risk for Chronic Homelessness
The Economic Roundtable published a report, Early Intervention to Prevent Persistent Homelessness, describing new predictive analytic tools to accurately forecast which populations are most at risk…
NHLP Hosts NLIHC and PAHRC Webinar on National Housing Preservation Database, April 9
NLIHC and the Public and Affordable Housing Research Corporation (PAHRC) will co-present a webinar hosted by the National Housing Law Project (NHLP), Saving Multifamily Homes-- How to Use the…
NLIHC in the News for the Week of March 17
The following are some of the news stories that NLIHC contributed to during the week of March 17. “Your skyrocketing rent isn’t just bad for your savings–it can hurt your health,” Fast Company,…
NLIHC Seeks Housing Policy Analyst
NLIHC seeks a housing policy analyst responsible for identifying, analyzing, advocating, and engaging the Coalition’s membership and network in action on federal policy and regulatory activities…
Where to Find Us – March 25
NLIHC President and CEO Diane Yentel and other NLIHC staff will be speaking at the following events in the coming months: Can I Live Congressional Briefing, Washington, DC, March 25 National…