advocacy
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Take Part in Our Voterization Project!
The right to vote is not expressly guaranteed by the U.S. Constitution. Rather, voting rights have been handled at the state level with amendments to the U.S. Constitution seeking to prevent discrimination. The struggle for these amendments and universal suffrage informs a significant part of our civil rights history. African American men were only Continue reading
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NLIHC Policy Team: What We Do
The Coalition’s Policy team keeps on top of our policy agenda, making sure that Congress understands what our priorities are and how only actions they take can make our agenda a reality. The Policy team tracks every bill that is introduced in Congress and pays attention to each bill that intersects with our mission to 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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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 