NLIHC hosted a national HoUSed campaign call on February 12. We were joined by Whitney Airgood-Obrycki of Harvard University’s Joint Center for Housing Studies (JCHS), who shared a new report on rental housing in the U.S. in 2024. We also received a field update from Laura Harding of ERASE Racism. NLIHC’s Kim Johnson discussed the status of the federal appropriations process and how advocates can begin planning for Capitol Hill Day on March 21. A recording of the call, as well as the presentation slides, are now available.
The next NLIHC national HoUSed campaign call will be held on March 11 from 2:30 to 3:30 pm ET. Register for the call at: https://tinyurl.com/ru73qan
Resources discussed on the 2/12 call:
- New Report on Rental Housing in 2024 – Whitney Airgood-Obrycki, JCHS, Harvard University
- Field Update – Laura Harding, ERASE Racism (NY)
- Policy Updates – Kim Johnson, NLIHC
- Email or call your members’ offices to tell them about the importance of affordable housing, homelessness, and community development resources to you, your family, your community, or your work. You can use NLIHC’s Take Action page to look up your member offices or call/send an email directly!
- National, state, local, tribal, and territorial organizations can also join over 2,200 organizations on CHCDF’s national letter calling on Congress to support the highest level of funding possible for affordable housing, homelessness, and community development resources in FY24.
- Take action to urge your senators to include key reforms to LIHTC in the bipartisan tax bill so the credit better serves extremely low-income households, including those experiencing homelessness.