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Fact of the Week: Seven of the Ten Fastest Growing Occupations in the U.S....
Source: NLIHC’s Out of Reach: The High Cost of Housing 2018. Housing wages are derived from HUD fair market rents. Employment projections from BLS Employment Projections Program. Occupational wages...
View ArticleStudy Explores Landlord Participation in Housing Choice Voucher Program
A study by the Poverty and Inequality Research Lab of Johns Hopkins University, Urban Landlords and the Housing Choice Voucher Program, examined the participation of landlords in the Housing Choice...
View ArticleRepresentative Waters Introduces Fair Housing Bill
House Financial Services Committee Ranking Member Maxine Waters (D-CA) introduced the “Restoring Fair Housing Protections Eliminated by HUD Act of 2018” (H.R. 6220) on June 26. The proposal to enforce...
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Children’s Defense Fund Report: Increasing Housing Subsidies Would...
The Children's Defense Fund (CDF), a leading non-profit child advocacy organization and Steering Committee member of the Opportunity Starts at Home campaign, affirms that greater investments in...
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Our Homes, Our Votes Webinar Series Begins July 17
Housing is built with ballots! NLIHC is conducting a series of six webinars that will provide clear information, tools and strategies to assist organizations and leaders engage more low income renters...
View ArticleHouse Passes “Credit Access and Inclusion Act”
The “Credit Access and Inclusion Act of 2017” (H.R.435), introduced by Representative Keith Ellison (D-MN), passed in the House of Representatives on June 25. The bill would allow public housing...
View ArticleCongressional Joint Economic Committee Democrats Release Report on Rural America
The Congressional Joint Economic Committee Democrats released Investing in Rural America: Bringing Progress and Economic Opportunity to Rural Communities, a report on issues impacting rural communities...
View ArticleHouse Committee Holds Hearing on Lead Hazards in Subsidized Housing
The House Financial Services Committee held a hearing on June 26 titled “Oversight of the Federal Government’s Approach to Lead-Based Paint and Mold Remediation in Public and Subsidized Housing.” The...
View ArticleHUD Secretary Carson Testifies on Proposals to Increase Rents, Impose Work...
The House Financial Services Committee held a hearing on June 27, “Oversight of the Department of Housing and Urban Development,” with HUD Secretary Ben Carson as the sole witness. The hearing covered...
View ArticleAdditional Updates on Disaster Housing Recovery – July 2
The following is an additional update on disaster housing recovery since last week’s Memo to Members and Partners (for the article in last week’s Memo, see 6/25). NLIHC also posts this information at...
View ArticleHUD Approves Texas and Florida’s CDBG-Disaster Recovery State Action Plans
HUD has approved the Texas action plan for its $5 billion allocation from the Community Development Block Grant–Disaster Recovery (CDBG-DR) program designed to support long-term recovery from Hurricane...
View ArticleCourt Grants Temporary Injunction on FEMA’s Termination of Transitional...
A federal court issued an injunction on June 30 barring FEMA from ending its Temporary Shelter Assistance (TSA) program for families displaced by the 2017 disasters. The court’s decision, which was...
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Point of View: FEMA Is Failing Disaster Victims Who Are Still Desperate for...
Diane Yentel, NLIHC President & CEOThe following is adapted from an op-ed published in the Orlando Sentinel on June 29 at: https://bit.ly/2IEffc7(Since publishing this op-ed, NLIHC’s Disaster...
View ArticleAdvocates Commend Court for Temporarily Baring FEMA from Evicting Hurricane...
Washington, D.C. – The Disaster Housing Recovery Coalition (DHRC) of more than 700 local, state, and national organizations commends the decision made on July 3 by the U.S. federal court to bar FEMA...
View ArticleDisaster Housing Recovery Update, Tuesday, July 3, 2018
Federal ResponseCongress Senator Elizabeth Warren (D-MA) and Representative Adriano Espaillat (NY) have introduced “The Housing Victims of Major Disasters Act” (S.2996 and H.R.5474), which would...
View ArticleWhere to Find Us – July 9
NLIHC President and CEO Diane Yentel and other NLIHC staff will be speaking at the following events in the coming months:A Home for Everyone 2018, Green Bay, WI, on July 17Homes for All...
View ArticleNLIHC in the News for the Week of July 1
The following are some of the news stories that NLIHC contributed to during the week of July 1.“Please Admit You Don’t Like Poor People So We Can Move On,” Medium, July 5 at:...
View ArticleFrom the Field: Housing Alliance Delaware Releases State of Housing and...
Housing Alliance Delaware, an NLIHC state partner, released its annual report, The State of Housing & Homelessness in The First State, on July 2. The report provides a comprehensive analysis of...
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Fact of the Week: Rents Are Unaffordable for Many Renters, Especially Those...
NLIHC’s Out of Reach: The High Cost of Housing 2018. NLIHC calculation of a weighted-average HUD fair market rent. Affordable rent for average renter wage is based on BLS QCEW 2016, adjusted to 2018...
View ArticleReport Examines Youth Homelessness, Provides Recommendations
The True Colors Fund, in partnership with the National Law Center on Homelessness & Poverty, published the State Index on Youth Homelessness 2018. The report estimates that, nationwide, 4.2 million...
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