NLIHC Hosts Virtual Hill Briefing on “Out of Reach: What State and Local Data Tell Us About Solutions to America’s Housing Crisis Before, During and After COVID-19”
NLIHC held a virtual briefing for congressional staffers on July 16 on the release of Out of Reach: The High Cost of Housing, NLIHC’s annual publication comparing rents and wages nationally and in…
Senate Democrats Release “Economic Justice Act” with Major Provisions for Achieving Racially Just Housing Policy
Senate Democrats announced a proposal on July 16 to invest $350 billion in communities of color, including specific policies that would increase investments in affordable housing and promote racial…
House Democrats Release Sweeping Infrastructure Plan, Would Invest $100 Billion in Affordable Housing
House Democrats released on June 18 the “Moving Forward Act,” a $1.5 trillion infrastructure package. In addition to investing substantially in repairing the nation’s roads and bridges and improving…
Massachusetts Local Land-Use Override Program Continues to Spur Affordable Housing Development
An article published in Housing Policy Debate, “Overriding Exclusion: Compliance with Subsidized Housing Incentives in the Massachusetts 40B Program,” reports that a Massachusetts policy of allowing…
NLIHC Provides Additional New Resources on Coronavirus, Housing and Homelessness
NLIHC recently released two additional new resources on coronavirus, housing and homelessness: an ongoing list of shelters for people experiencing homelessness that have closed as a result of the…
DC Housing Authority Redevelopment Plan Opposed by Housing Advocates
The District of Columbia Housing Authority (DCHA) has plans to sell its headquarters location to a developer who proposes to build approximately 1,000 homes in the gentrifying NoMa (North of…
House Committee Holds Hearing on Affordable Housing, Gentrification, and Evictions
The House Financial Services Committee held a full committee hearing on January 14, “On the Brink of Homelessness: How the Affordable Housing Crisis and the Gentrification of America is Leaving…
House Financial Services Committee to Hold Hearing on Affordable Housing Crisis
The House Financial Services Committee will hold a hearing on January 14 at 10:00 a.m. ET, “On the Brink of Homelessness: How the Affordable Housing Crisis and the Gentrification of America Is…
House FSC to Hold Hearings on Homelessness, Affordable Housing, and CRA
House Financial Services Committee (FSC) Chairwoman Maxine Waters (D-CA) announced on January 4 several FSC and subcommittee hearings for the month of January related to homelessness, affordable…
Housing in the Debates - Onward
Thank you for joining our efforts to have presidential debate moderators ask candidates for their plans to address the country’s affordable housing and homelessness crisis. Together we have made real…
NLIHC in the News for the Week of November 17
The following are some of the news stories that NLIHC contributed to during the week of November 17: “Radon left untreated for years in Portland public housing,” The Portland Press Herald,…