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Harmful Policy Riders Threaten to Derail Federal Spending Deal
NLIHC has joined the Clean Budget Coalition—a group of more than 100 organizations—to urge Congress and the White House to reject harmful poison-pill policy riders that could prevent lawmakers from...
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NLIHC 2017 Housing Policy Forum and Leadership Awards Reception, April 2-4
Register today for NLIHC’s 2017 Housing Policy Forum in Washington, DC, April 2-4, 2017. The Forum will provide opportunities to engage with thought-leaders, policy experts, researchers, affordable...
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DEADLINE EXTENDED: Join coalition letter urging Congress to reject harmful...
Take Action TODAY: Harmful Policy Riders Threaten to Derail Final Federal Spending DealNLIHC has joined the Clean Budget Coalition—a group of more than 100 organizations—to urge Congress and the White...
View ArticleNLIHC Seeking Research and Communications/Graphic Design Interns for Spring
NLIHC is seeking applications for our spring intern positions. Interns are highly valued and fully integrated into our staff work. We seek students passionate about social justice issues, with...
View ArticleNational Housing Conference to Host Webinar on Paycheck to Paycheck
The National Housing Conference will host a webinar and demonstration of its online interactive Paycheck to Paycheck database. Paycheck to Paycheck examines the gap between wages and housing costs for...
View ArticleFrom the Field: New Orleans Submits First Assessment of Fair Housing in the...
The City of New Orleans and the Housing Authority of New Orleans (HANO) submitted an Assessment of Fair Housing (AFH) to HUD on October 4, 2016, making it the first jurisdiction in the country to...
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Get Out the Vote!
Election Day 2016 is right around the corner, on November 8, and early voting has already begun in many states. In addition to the presidential election, there are elections for 34 senators, 12...
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Fact of the Week: Average Per-Family Monthly Costs by Homelessness...
Source: Gubits et al. 2016. Family Options Study: 3-year Impacts of Housing and Services Interventions for Homeless Families. Washington, DC: U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development.
View ArticleStudy Finds Housing Discrimination and Potential Disparate Impact of Criminal...
A study conducted by the Equal Rights Center, a national civil rights organization, found evidence of housing discrimination against black women with criminal histories in the District of Columbia...
View ArticleFollow-Up Family Options Study: Long-Term Housing Subsidies are Most...
HUD released the follow-up findings of its Family Options Study, which show that after 37 months long-term housing subsidies, primarily Housing Choice Vouchers, remain the most effective intervention...
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HUD Issues New Elevation Standards to Protect HUD-Supported Properties from...
HUD proposed new elevation standards for all HUD-supported properties on October 27. HUD is updating the standards for the first time in nearly four decades to establish higher elevation requirements...
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HUD Releases New Data on Homelessness
HUD released The 2015 Annual Homeless Assessment Report (AHAR) to Congress: Part 2 - Estimates of Homelessness in the United States on October 26. The report expands upon the findings presented in The...
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HUD Issues Guidance on Initial HOTMA Implementation
HUD last week issued guidance on the initial implementation of the Housing Opportunity Through Modernization Act of 2016 (HOTMA) (H.R. 3700) that was signed into law in July. HOTMA includes important...
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HUD Issues Final Rule on Housing Protections for Survivors of Domestic Violence
HUD published on October 24 the final regulations implementing housing protections included in the Violence Against Women Reauthorization Act of 2013 (VAWA). The final rule includes core protections...
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NLIHC to Honor Ron Terwilliger and Amy Anthony at 2017 Leadership Reception,...
NLIHC has announced that J. Ronald Terwilliger and Amy Anthony will be recognized for their contributions to affordable housing at NLIHC’s annual Leadership Reception on the evening of April 4, 2017....
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NLIHC Accepting Nominations for 2017 Organizing Award
NLIHC is now accepting nominations for the 2017 Annual Organizing Award. The Organizing Award recognizes outstanding achievement during 2016 in state, local and/or resident organizing activity that...
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2017 Organizing Award
Nominations accepted through February 1st for our Annual Organizing Award. This year's winner will be announced at the 2017 NLIHC Policy Forum. Click here to submit a nomination.Image: Link:...
View ArticleLocal Strategies to Preserve Affordable Housing, Protect Tenants, and...
New York University’s Furman Center released a report titled Gentrification Response: A Survey of Strategies to Maintain Neighborhood Economic Diversity that reviews local strategies to preserve...
View ArticleFrom the Field: Advocates Explore Impacts of and Responses to Trauma at...
More than 120 advocates gathered in Kansas City, MO on October 6 and 7 at the annual conference of Empower Missouri, an NLIHC state partner, to explore the personal and social impacts of trauma....
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Get Out the Vote!
Election Day 2016 is tomorrow, November 8. In addition to the presidential election, there are elections for 34 senators, 12 governors, and all of the U.S. House of Representatives, as well as hundreds...
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