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The Upshot of Focusing on Extremely Low Income Renters: Expanded Housing Availability for All Renters
By Dan Emmanuel, Research Analyst at NLIHC Our recent report, The Gap 2016, revealed a shortage of more than seven million rental units affordable and available to extremely low income (ELI) renter households, those earning less than 30% of the area median income (AMI). Seventy-five percent of ELI renter households were severely cost-burdened, paying more… Continue reading
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Making the most of the National Housing Trust Fund in Texas
By Will Livesley O’Neill The National Housing Trust Fund (NHTF) is the first dedicated source of funding for extremely low income households in decades. Its primary purpose is to provide states with funds to expand the supply of available, affordable rental housing for extremely low income households (ELI), or those that earn less than 30… Continue reading
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MacArthur Genius Dr. Matthew Desmond Discusses Poverty and Evictions at NLIHC Event
By Sarah Jemison, Housing Advocacy Organizer, NLIHC Harvard sociologist and MacArthur Genius Dr. Matthew Desmond discussed his critically acclaimed book, Evicted: Poverty and Profit in the American City, to an audience of housing advocates and others committed to ending housing poverty at an event sponsored by the National Low Income Housing Coalition, the Coalition on Human… Continue reading
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People with Criminal Records Should get a Fair Chance at Housing
By Elayne Weiss, Policy Analyst at NLIHC There’s no way around it: the United States incarcerates its people at an outrageous rate. For every 100,000 people, there are 716 in jail or prison. Although we represent just over 4% of the world’s population, we “house” almost 25% of the world’s total prison population. In fact,… Continue reading
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Top Entrees for NLIHC’s 2016 Organizing Award
Stephen Glaude, Executive Director of CNHED, speaking at NLIHC’s Housing Policy Forum after winning the 2016 Organizing Award By Sarah Jemison, Housing Advocacy Organizer at NLIHC Across the country, the National Low Income Housing Coalition (NLIHC) organizational members are working to expand housing opportunity, empower residents, and increase the accessibility and affordability of… Continue reading
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