On the Home Front

  • Out of Reach: Behind the Numbers

    By now, you’ve seen Out of Reach, our annual research report on renter rages and market rents. Today, we’re taking a look inside the report with Elina Bravve, NLIHC’s Research Analyst and lead researcher on the report this year. We hope Elina can answer some of your questions about why the data is important and… Continue reading

  • Out of Reach: The Housing Wage in Context

    Yesterday, NLIHC released Out of Reach 2012: America’s Forgotten Housing Crisis.  This report highlights the gap between wages renters actually earn, and what they would need to earn to afford the rent and utilities for a modest two-bedroom apartment in their state. As a part of our release, we held a press conference on the data.… Continue reading

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  • News Round-Up: Housing and Homelessness

    Today, the National Low Income Housing Coalition is releasing Out of Reach 2012: America’s Forgotten Housing Crisis. In this report, we reveal that the Housing Wage- the amount a household must earn working 40 hours per week, 52 weeks per year, in order to afford rent and utilities on a modest 2-bedroom apartment- is $18.25. Meanwhile,… Continue reading

  • Inside NLIHC: Our New Website

    Things have been busy around the NLIHC offices lately. January saw us rushing to put the final details on our conference. February saw the announcement of President Obama’s FY13 budget proposal, and our release of Housing Spotlight: The Shrinking Supply of Affordable Housing. Now that it’s March, we’ve got just a few things coming up, like… Continue reading

  • News Round-Up: Left Behind

    America’s shortage of low-cost housing hit the news over the last couple of weeks with the release of NLIHC’s report, Housing Spotlight: The Shrinking Supply of Affordable Housing, analyzing 2010 American Community Survey data. The Wall Street Journal points out that while the number of extremely low income renters grew by 200,000 households between 2009 and 2010, HUD,… Continue reading