Interviews
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Expanding Access to Housing for People with Disabilities through Universal Design
In our last post, we heard from Claudia Swaney, a disability and housing rights activist from Michigan. As Claudia explains, almost half of all extremely low-income renter households in Michigan are headed by seniors or people with disabilities, but the state lacks the units necessary to provide affordable housing for them. What’s more, the units Continue reading
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My Rewards as an NLIHC Summer Intern
By Bianca Guerrero, NLIHC Field and Communications Intern My goal this summer was to learn what the affordable housing crisis looks like across the United States and to see what communities and organizations are doing to address it. After three months interning with the Tenant Protection Unit, a New York State agency that protects rent-regulated residents, Continue reading
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Where Gentrification Was Held at Bay—Can It Last?
By Don Falk Chief Executive Officer, Tenderloin Neighborhood Development Corporation The San Francisco housing market strains credulity. The median home price has reached $1.5 million.[1] In order to afford a two bedroom apartment at the median rent, a family must earn a whopping $216,000 annually.[2] If families with six-figure incomes cannot afford to live in San Continue reading
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Housing Advocates Gather in D.C. to Protest Trump’s Budget
Benjamin “Ben” Miller attended the National Alliance of HUD Tenants (NAHT) and Empower D.C. protest against President Trump’s proposed FY18 budget. As an NLIHC field intern, he sought additional experiences beyond his time in the NLIHC office that would strengthen his understanding of why there is an affordable housing crisis. Continue reading
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What Affordable Housing Means to Me…
A Place to Call Home is a report from the Campaign for Housing and Community Development (CHCDF) that highlights how federal investments in affordable housing and community development have a positive impact on low income households and the U.S. economy. In this blog series, we profile several of the more than 100 success stories included… Continue reading
On the Home Front 