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Help Protect and Expand Funding to the National Housing Trust Fund
The HTF is the first new housing resource in a generation exclusively targeted to help build and preserve housing affordable to people with the lowest incomes, including those who are homeless. Join...
View ArticleJoin Campaign to Tell Congress to Fully Fund Rural Housing Investments
A campaign is underway to contact members of Congress and tell them to fully fund rural housing programs and to protect them from the cuts being proposed by the Trump administration and Congress. Join...
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Over 50 #OurHomesOurVoices Local Events Planned
More than 50 local events and activities will take place across the country this week during the Our Homes, Our Voices National Housing Week of Action. Our momentum is growing and the clear message we...
View ArticleWhere to Find Us – July 31
NLIHC President and CEO Diane Yentel and other NLIHC staff will be speaking at the following events in the coming months:NeighborWorks Training Institute in Philadelphia, PA, August 14-16The United...
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Shop Amazon Smile to Help End Homelessness and Housing Poverty!
Amazon Smile is a simple and automatic way for you to support NLIHC and our mission to ensure that the lowest income households in America have access to affordable and decent homes. With every Amazon...
View ArticleNLIHC Seeks Interns for Fall Semester 2017
NLIHC is still accepting applications for internship positions for the fall 2017 semester. Interns are highly valued and fully integrated into our staff work. We seek students passionate about social...
View ArticleFrom the Field: Atlanta Passes Homeless Opportunity Bond
The Atlanta City Council unanimously approved an ordinance on July 18 to address homelessness over the next three years. Invest Atlanta, the city’s economic development authority, will issue a $26...
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Fact of the Week: Racial and Ethnic Minorities Have Much Higher Poverty and...
Source: Prosperity Now. (2017). Prosperity Now Scorecard. Retrieved from: http://scorecard.prosperitynow.org/
View ArticleHouseholds Struggle Financially Despite Economic Upturn
Prosperity Now (formerly CFED) released its 2017 Scorecard on financial well-being, On Track or Left Behind: Findings from the 2017 Prosperity Now Scorecard. While unemployment declined in 2016 to 4.9%...
View ArticleSenate Appropriations Committee Approves FY18 Housing Spending Bill
Despite the difficult budget climate on Capitol Hill, the Senate Appropriations Committee approved a FY18 Transportation, Housing and Urban Development (THUD) spending bill that increases funding for...
View ArticleDemocrats Unveil “A Better Deal” Agenda
Congressional Democrats, led by Senate Minority Leader Chuck Schumer (D-NY) and House Minority Leader Nancy Pelosi (D-CA), unveiled a new economic policy agenda called “A Better Deal” on July 24....
View ArticleSenate Rejects Latest ACA Repeal Measures
After a historically-close procedural vote to allow debate on legislation repealing the Affordable Care Act (ACA), the Senate failed to pass any of the several legislative proposals repealing the...
View ArticleExecutive Order Establishes Infrastructure Advisory Council
President Donald Trump issued Executive Order (EO) 13805 on July 19 establishing a 15-member Advisory Council on Infrastructure. Members, to be appointed by the president, will represent various...
View ArticleStudy Finds Mortgage Interest Deduction Does Not Increase Homeownership, but...
A study published by the National Bureau of Economic Research, Do People Respond to the Mortgage Interest Deduction? Quasi-Experimental Evidence from Denmark, indicates that the mortgage interest...
View ArticleAdvocates Carry Out More Than 60 Local “Our Homes, Our Voices” Events and...
Advocates in 28 states and the District of Columbia hosted more than 60 local “Our Homes, Our Voices” Week of Action events during the week of July 22-29, uniting in a collective call for increased...
View ArticleDozens of Members of Congress Join National Housing Week of Action, Calling...
Members of Congress – representing districts and states across the country – participated in the “Our Homes, Our Voices” National Housing Week of Action activities, calling for increased investments in...
View ArticleUrge Congress to Lift Spending Caps That Threaten Housing Funding
The Senate Appropriations Committee voted to approve its FY18 spending bill for affordable housing and community development programs. While the bill significantly increases funding over the...
View ArticleNLIHC Releases New Report on the Benefits of Reforming the Mortgage Interest...
Washington, DC - The National Low Income Housing Coalition (NLIHC) released the “Reforming the Mortgage Interest Deduction: How Tax Reform Can Help End Homelessness and Housing Poverty” report today...
View ArticleTake Action! Use August Recess to Meet with Your Members of Congress In-District
Members of Congress will be home through Labor Day. Reach out and schedule a visit!Congress will be in recess from through Labor Day. Now is the perfect time to schedule an in-district meeting or site...
View ArticleBasic HTF Information from NLIHC
The documents below provide important background information about the national Housing Trust Fund (HTF). Use these resources as a guide for your advocacy, especially to influence your state’s HTF...
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