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Sign #HomelessEmergency Petition and Help Video Go Viral
The National Low Income Housing Coalition (NLIHC) is asking you to support an online petition that seeks urgent action in tackling America’s worsening housing crisis.Street Roots, OregonON, Washington...
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...
View ArticleRegister Today for NLIHC’s 2016 Housing Forum with Special Session for Low...
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 ArticleDeadline for Applications for NLIHC President and CEO Position Extended to...
The Search Committee of the NLIHC Board of Directors has extended to January 2 the deadline for applications from candidates for the position of NLIHC President and Chief Executive Officer. Interested...
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Increase in Severely Cost-Burdened Renters from 2001 to 2014
Severely cost-burdened pay more than 50% of household income for housing.Source: Joint Center for Housing Studies of Harvard University. (2015) America’s Rental Housing: Expanding Options for Diverse...
View ArticleHousing Cost Burdens Increase as Rental Market Tightens
A study by The Joint Center for Housing Studies of Harvard University, America’s Rental Housing: Expanding Options for Diverse and Growing Demand, finds growing demand for and an inadequate supply of...
View ArticleVirginia Advocates Launch Multifamily Energy Efficiency Coalition
The Virginia Housing Coalition (VHC), a NLIHC State Coalition Partner, announced the formation of the Virginia Multifamily Energy Efficiency Coalition (MFEEC) on December 1. VHC will merge with the...
View ArticleCommittee Approves “Housing Opportunity through Modernization Act” Despite...
A broad housing reform bill, the “Housing Opportunity through Modernization Act of 2015” (H.R. 3700), was passed by the House Committee on Financial Services on December 10. Committee Ranking Member...
View ArticleNegotiations Over Tax Extenders Continues
On December 7, House Ways and Means Committee Chairman Kevin Brady (R-TX) released a proposal to temporarily extend a package of tax provisions that expired at the end of 2014, including a provision...
View ArticleCongress Pushes Deadline for Completing FY16 Spending Bill to December 16
Congress passed a Continuing Resolution (CR) that President Barack Obama signed on December 11 to keep the federal government operating until December 16. This is the second CR since the 2016 fiscal...
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View Article2016 Omnibus Spending Bill Protects the National Housing Trust Fund
WASHINGTON, DC – The National Low Income Housing Coalition (NLIHC) is pleased with the treatment of low income housing programs in the proposed FY 2016 Omnibus Appropriations bill that Congressional...
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UPDATE: FY16 Omnibus Spending Bill Released
Congressional leaders released the text of the omnibus spending bill at about 1:30 am on December 16. The omnibus bill funds all 12 appropriations bills, including the Transportation, Housing and Urban...
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TAKE ACTION: Urge Your Senators and Representative to Support the FY16...
Both the House and then the Senate are expected to vote on the omnibus spending bill on Friday, December 18. If Congress fails to pass the omnibus spending bill, they will need to pass a long-term or...
View ArticleOrganizing Award
The 2016 Organizing Award recognizes outstanding achievement during 2015 in state or local organizing activity that furthers NLIHC’s mission: achieving socially just public policy that assures people...
View ArticleNLIHC is Hiring for Organizing and Communications 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...
View ArticleNLIHC Seeks Housing Advocacy Organizer
As one of a three-person team, the housing advocacy organizer mobilizes NLIHC members on federal policy advocacy based on NLIHC’s approved policy agenda, assists in the design and implementation of...
View ArticleJanuary 2 Deadline for Applications for NLIHC President and CEO Position
The Search Committee of the NLIHC Board of Directors has set January 2 as the deadline for applications from candidates for the position of NLIHC President and Chief Executive Officer. Interested...
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Register Today for NLIHC’s 2016 Housing Forum with Special Session for Low...
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 ArticleFarewell to Senior Research Analyst Elina Bravve
NLIHC bids a sad, but grateful farewell to Senior Research Analyst Elina Bravve, who has accepted a position as a member of the Research and Strategic Planning team at the Baltimore City Planning...
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