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TAKE ACTION: Urge Your Legislator to Prioritize Funding for Housing Programs
Advocate for Housing Programs Under the New Budget DealUrge Your Legislator to Prioritize Funding for Housing Programs and Stop the Raid on the NHTFThanks in large part to the hard work of advocates...
View ArticleNLIHC Seeking Candidates for President and CEO
NLIHC is seeking candidates for the position of NLIHC President and Chief Executive Officer. Interested candidates should submit a cover letter, resume, and writing samples. The cover letter must...
View ArticleNLIHC is Looking for Interns
NLIHC is accepting resumes for winter/spring 2016 internship positions. Interns are highly valued and fully integrated into our staff work. We seek students passionate about social justice issues, with...
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Register Now for NLIHC’s 2016 Housing Policy Forum
Register today for NLIHC’s 2016 Policy Forum: Overcoming Housing Poverty, Achieving Housing Justice. This year’s Forum will take place in Washington D.C. on April 3-5, 2016. This is NLIHC’s annual...
View ArticleSurvey Shows Need for Comprehensive Services to End Family Homelessness
A study conducted by The Bassuk Center on Homeless and Vulnerable Children and Youth, Services Matter: How Housing & Services Can End Family Homelessness, finds that 85% of community service...
View ArticleRent Inflation Much Greater for Low Cost Apartments Than High Cost Units
A study by the Federal Reserve Bank of New York, The Measurement of Rent Inflation, finds that rent inflation is consistently greater for low cost rental units than for higher cost units. Lower income...
View ArticleFrom The Field: Virginia Housing and Homeless Coalitions to Merge
The Virginia Housing Coalition (VHC) and the Virginia Coalition to End Homelessness (VCEH), both NLIHC State Coalition Partners, are merging to form the Virginia Housing Alliance (VHA) for improved...
View ArticleFrom The Field: Hawaii and Seattle Declare Homelessness States of Emergency
On November 2, Seattle, WA Mayor Ed Murray (D) and King County, WA Executive Dow Constantine (D) declared a homelessness state of emergency for Seattle and King County. On October 17, Hawaii Governor...
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Housing Wins Big at the Polls in Maine and San Francisco
Voters in Maine and San Francisco approved ballot measures in support of expanding affordable housing on November 3. Maine voters approved a general obligation bond measure to fund $15 million in...
View ArticleNew Ways and Means Committee Chair
On November 5, the House Republican Conference approved Representative Kevin Brady (R-TX) to be the new Chair of the Ways and Means Committee, replacing former Chair Paul Ryan (R-WI) who became Speaker...
View ArticleChairman Hensarling Offers Housing Amendment to Highway Bill
During the House of Representatives’ consideration of the six-year highway and transit bill (H.R. 22) on November 5, House Financial Services Committee Chair Jeb Hensarling (R-TX) offered an amendment...
View ArticleSenate Passes Bill to Ensure Homeless Veterans Access to Services
On October 29, the Senate passed by unanimous consent the Homeless Veterans Services Protection Act of 2015 (S. 1731) that would preserve the eligibility of homeless veterans with “other than...
View ArticlePresident Obama: Criminal Justice Reform Must Include Investments in Housing
Speaking at Rutgers University in Newark, NJ on November 2, President Barack Obama announced new actions to promote the rehabilitation and reintegration for formerly-incarcerated inmates. The...
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Budget Negotiations Move Forward
President Barack Obama signed the Bipartisan Budget Act of 2015 (BBA) into law on November 2. The BBA provides relief from the Budget Control Act of 2011’s sequester spending caps for FY16 and FY17....
View ArticleNLIHC is Looking for Interns for the Winter/Spring 2016 semester
NLIHC is accepting resumes for winter/spring 2016 internship positions. Interns are highly valued and fully integrated into our staff work. We seek students passionate about social justice issues, with...
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Register Now for NLIHC’s 2016 Housing Policy Forum
Register today for NLIHC’s 2016 Policy Forum: Overcoming Housing Poverty, Achieving Housing Justice. The Forum will take place in Washington D.C. on April 3-5, 2016. This is NLIHC’s annual policy event...
View ArticleNLIHC Sets December 11 as Deadline for Applications for President and CEO...
The Search Committee of the NLIHC Board of Directors has set December 11 as the deadline for applications from candidates for the position of NLIHC President and Chief Executive Officer. Interested...
View ArticleAffordable Housing Innovation Competition Kickoff, November 19
The Home Funders, a collaborative of private investors which supports innovative rental projects that house extremely low-income families in Massachusetts, will kick-off its Innovation Competition on...
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