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Summer Plans
Hi friends! Here at NLIHC, we have big plans for the summer… To share just a few of the projects we are busy with, NLIHC’s members and network can look forward to a new issue of Tenant Talk, the 2013 annual report, and exciting releases from our research team! In addition, we will be blogging… Continue reading
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Guest Blog: How Utah advocates used Out of Reach data to support legislation for raising the state minimum wage
Guest post by Barbara Stallone, Director of Policy and Public Relations, Utah Housing Coalition The Republican heavy legislature of Utah is not usually an arena that would be considered friendly to a conversation about the need for a living wage. However, during the recently ended 2014 legislative session, HB 73 Living Wage Amendments were sponsored… Continue reading
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Twenty-five years after Out of Reach was first published, the housing crisis continues…
A week ago, NLIHC released its annual report, Out of Reach. Out of Reach 2014 provides extensive data on housing costs and wages for every state, county, and metropolitan area in the United States. Over the years, NLIHC has expanded and improved the Out of Reach report; however, the methodology remains the same. Here’s a review… Continue reading
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Celebrating a Housing Champion!
One of the basic principles of housing policy is the “Brooke rule.” The Brooke rule defines housing as affordable only when assisted households use no more than 30% of their income for rent and utilities. “Brooke rents” are a critical part to ensuring housing programs fairly serve the lowest income populations and have largely shaped… Continue reading
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More Reflections from the Road…
NLIHC staff have been on the road a lot, connecting with advocates and educating new audiences on the United for Homes campaign to fund the National Housing Trust Fund. We set out to help more people get involved, but as it often happens, we got just as much out of the trips by connecting with… Continue reading
On the Home Front 