News round-up
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President Obama’s move to commute prison sentences highlights affordable housing needs of people with criminal records
November 9, 2016 By Jacob Schmidt, NLIHC Policy Intern President Obama and his administration have led the charge in pushing for criminal justice reform and has commuted a total of 872 inmates since 2014. He granted clemency to another 98 inmates at the end of last month and has now commuted more individuals than the past… Continue reading
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What Will President Trump Mean for Affordable Housing?
With last week’s historic election, Donald J. Trump will become our nation’s 45th President. As he begins his term in office, he will have the support of a Republican-led House and Senate, giving him and his party a significant opportunity to enact their legislative priorities in the 115th Congress. The threats to federal affordable housing… Continue reading
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Housing and the Election Webinar: 5 Ways You Can Take Action
By Sarah Mickelson, NLIHC Director of Public Policy Over the next few months, affordable housing and community development organizations have an opportunity to influence a number of critical issues before Congress and to help break through the noise of the presidential campaigns to make affordable housing an election issue. Join us for a discussion with… Continue reading
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The National Housing Trust Fund: Making Sure it Meets the Greatest Needs
By Andrew Aurand, NLIHC Vice President for Research and Dan Emmanuel, NLIHC Research Analyst The National Low Income Housing Coalition’s most recent Gap report indicates a national shortage of more than seven million affordable homes available to extremely low income (ELI) renter households, those with income of no more than 30% of their area median… Continue reading
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Ten Percent of Students at California State University Face Homelessness
By Isaac Harris, NLIHC Outreach Intern Approximately 10% of the 460,000 students in the California State University (CSU) system experience homelessness, according to “Serving Displaced and Food Insecure Students in the CSU,” a study published in January by researchers at CSU Long Beach under the direction of Dr. Rashida Crutchfield. The study sheds light on… Continue reading
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