By Sheila Crowley, President & CEO, National Low Income Housing Coalition On May 13, the Appropriations Committee of the U.S. House of Representatives approved the FY16 bill to fund the Departments of Transportation and Housing and Urban Development (THUD) that fails to address the pressing housing, transportation, and infrastructure needs facing the country, much less… Continue reading

WASHINGTON, D.C. – Inclement weather could not keep U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development (HUD) Secretary Julián Castro from his address to the NLIHC 2015 Housing Legislative Forum, March 2 at the Washington Court Hotel. Speaking in front of an audience of approximately 250 tenant leaders and national and local advocates from 37 states… Continue reading

The National Low Income Housing Coalition (NLIHC) concluded a year-long commemoration of 40 years of endeavoring to expand and preserve housing for people with extremely low incomes with a reception on November 17, 40 Years: Looking Back…Moving Forward.  NLIHC held the reception at the historic Eastern Market in Washington DC, the stomping ground of NLIHC… Continue reading

The National Low Income Housing Coalition held a research briefing today previewing its soon to be released report, The Alignment Project: Achieving Deep Affordability in an Age of Fewer Vouchers.  This report examines how we can better match existing federal housing resources with the existing  need and how some developers are achieving deep affordability without… Continue reading