Tomorrow, NLIHC President & CEO Sheila Crowley will testify on the National Housing Trust Fund before the Subcommittee on Capital Markets and Government Sponsored Enterprises of the House Financial Services Committee. We think there’s no better time to recap just what the National Housing Trust Fund (NHTF) is all about. As you’ll learn from our… Continue reading

This post is from Sheila Crowley, NLIHC President & CEO. The Washington Post’s “Million Dollar Wasteland” is about problems in the federal housing program called HOME. As with other housing stories by investigative journalist Debbie Cenziper, this one serves the important public purpose of exposing project mismanagement and private sector greed, and calling public officials… Continue reading

Every year, the National Low Income Housing Coalition releases a report called Out of Reach. This report shows what it costs to rent a modest two bedroom apartment in every state, and shows what a renter would have to earn to afford an apartment at Fair Market Rent.  This year NLIHC released the 2011 Out… Continue reading

Today, Bob Palmer, Policy Director of Housing Action Illinois, gets real about what it’s been like to release Out of Reach 2011 at a time when  a lot of other important news stories are capturing the public’s attention. The takeaway: with creativity and persistence, you can earn coverage in just about any news cycle. With… Continue reading

This afternoon, the NLIHC released Out of Reach 2011. During our call with members of the press, we discussed the research and its implications. The NLIHC finds that high unemployment, falling wages, and low rental vacancy rates driven by a post-recession return to renting have combined to put housing stability beyond the grasp of low… Continue reading