New National Public Opinion Poll Shows Vast Majority of Americans Believe Affordable Housing Should be a “Top National Priority”
The NLIHC-led Opportunity Starts at Home multi-sector affordable homes campaign recently commissioned a national public opinion poll to assess people's thoughts and perspectives on issues related to…
NLIHC Gap 2019 Report Calls for Significant Investments to Address Shortage of 7 Million Affordable and Available Homes for the Lowest-Income Households
NLIHC released The Gap: A Shortage of Affordable Homes 2019 on March 14. The report finds a shortage of 7 million affordable and available rental homes for households with extremely low incomes at or…
Fact of the Week: Millions More of Lowest-Income Renter Households are Housing Cost-Burdened than Any Other Income Group
Source: NLIHC’s The Gap: A Shortage of Affordable Homes 2019. NLIHC tabulations of 2017 ACS PUMS data. 2019.
Explore the Future of Public Housing at NLIHC’s March 27-29 Housing Policy Forum; Pre-Event Registration Ends Tomorrow!
Despite being a critical resource for ensuring low-income families have an affordable home, public housing suffers from decades of underfunding by Congress. As a result, public housing agencies have…
Tomorrow, March 19, Is Final Day to Purchase Tickets to NLIHC’s March 28 Housing Leadership Awards Reception Honoring Katz, Clifford, and Cleaver
The deadline to purchase pre-event tickets to attend NLIHC’s March 28 Housing Leadership Awards Reception has been extended to tomorrow, March 19. The event will honor the affordable housing…
House Passes Voucher Mobility Demonstration Act
The House of Representatives passed the “Housing Choice Voucher Mobility Demonstration Act of 2019” (H.R. 1122) by a vote of 387-22 on March 11. Representatives Duffy (R-WI) and Cleaver (D-MO) of the…
HUD Invites PHAs to Apply for “Rent Reform” Moving-to-Work Cohort
HUD posted Notice PIH-2019-04 inviting public housing agencies (PHAs) to apply to participate in the second cohort of the Moving to Work (MTW) Demonstration Program expansion. This cohort will test “…
Growing Voter and Candidate Support for Affordable Homes
Affordable homes are built as much with votes and ballots as with bricks and drywall: real change happens when voters support pro-affordable housing candidates and policies. In 2018, voters supported…
House Subcommittee Questions Acting FEMA Director about Disaster Housing Assistance, Response in Puerto Rico
The House Appropriations Subcommittee on Homeland Security held a hearing, “Update on Recovery Efforts for 2017 and 2018 Disasters,” on March 12. Acting FEMA Administrator Peter Gaynor, the sole…
House Subcommittee Discusses Need for Increased Community Resiliency
The House Appropriations Subcommittee on Transportation and Housing and Urban Development (THUD) held a hearing, “Stakeholder Perspectives: Building Resilient Communities,” on March 13. Members of…
House Subcommittee Examines Emergency Management
The House Homeland Security Subcommittee on Emergency Preparedness, Response, and Recovery held a hearing, “Improving the Federal Response: Perspectives on the State of Emergency Management,” on…