On the Home Front

  • Standing Together

    Last week, NLIHC participated in the 10th Annual Fall Affordable Housing Conference in Atlanta, hosted by our Georgia state coalition partner, the Georgia State Trade Association of Nonprofit Developers (G-STAND). Co-hosted by the Atlanta Housing Association of Neighborhood-based Developers and the Georgia Affordable Housing Corporation, the event provides a forum for nonprofit and rural housing… Continue reading

  • News Round-Up: Direct Hit

    Vermont residents continue to feel the affects of Tropical Storm Irene, with manufactured home parks hit hardest. Residents of the Patterson Park manufactured home community, which took a “direct hit” from Irene, found their homes to damaged to be repaired, and so were forced to destroy them. Living in a state with low rental vacancy… Continue reading

  • Talk of the Town: Homelessness and the Occupation

    Tent cities are nothing new to communities across the country. Homeless people have for decades made parks, underpasses and wooded areas their home of last resort. How to stay warm, where to find food, and how to take care of basic physical needs are the chores that occupy the daily lives of the 660,000 homeless… Continue reading

  • It’s No Time to Cut Housing

    An editorial in today’s New York Times chides lawmakers for considering cuts to HUD programs and asks Congress to “shor[e] up the precious few federal programs that provide affordable housing for the poor, the elderly and the disabled” in this time of record homelessness and continuing economic instability. The Times outlines the challenges facing public… Continue reading

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  • Tenant Talk: The Budget, Demystified

    The fall issue of Tenant Talk is going in the mail this week, just in time to shed a little light on a very relevant topic: the federal budget. As you might have read in Memo to Members, the House and Senate have been working on their appropriations bills, which make up the discretionary portion… Continue reading