Policy Focus
-
Join Organizations Across the Nation To Make Housing an Election Issue!
The conventions are over. Candidates up and down the ballot are out on the campaign trail making promises and asking for votes. Let’s join forces to make sure that affordable housing is on their agenda. Please join NLIHC, Make Room, and organizations across the nation to send 1 million messages to Congress to get housing Continue reading
-
NLIHC’s Advocacy Guide for the Election Season
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. This summer and fall, Congress will be in their home districts and states between Continue reading
-
ConnectHome: Bridging the Digital Gap
By Trevor Smith In an age where we are constantly connected to the web through our smartphones, tablets, and the myriad of other technological devices, the Internet has become a critical source of information for most of Americans. Unfortunately, some people cannot afford the luxury of a smartphone, or even a home Internet subscription, and Continue reading
-
The Disparate Impact Decision
By Trevor Smith The Supreme Court made several major decisions in what has been one of the most historic summers in a very long time. While much of the public’s attention focused on the rulings around same-sex marriage and the Affordable Care Act, here at the National Low Income Housing Coalition (NLIHC), we eagerly awaited the Continue reading
-
The Housing We Need
President Barack Obama released his FY14 budget request to Congress yesterday, which includes $1 billion for the National Housing Trust Fund on the mandatory side of the budget and the partial restoration of funding for some HUD programs. As housing advocates know, the shortage of rental housing affordable to the lowest income Americans is a Continue reading
On the Home Front 