affordable housing
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News Round-Up: Foreclosed
Both the Charlotte Post and Affordable Housing Finance wrote about our recent report on the impact of the foreclosure crisis on renters. As AHF notes, we argue that “nationwide data must be made available to better assess the impact of foreclosures on renters and urges that 2009’s Protecting Tenants at Foreclosure Act, which is set to expire at Continue reading
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News Round-Up: What the Numbers Show
Data from the National Low Income Housing Coalition helped a New Jersey organization show that two-income households struggling to stay stable is the new norm even in affluent communities. A survey of low income North New Jersey households found that housing was among the greatest needs of those families. Not surprisingly, full-time, minimum wage work Continue reading
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Advocates in the Spotlight: Michael Dahl
Many people, from staff and board members to conference attendees and members, work with the Coalition to help us achieve our mission. “Advocates in the Spotlight” celebrates different types of advocates, from people in the field to those behind-the-scenes working in our office every day. We continue this series by interviewing an advocate who has Continue reading
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News Round-Up: Desperate Times, Inadequate Measures
Evidence has been mounting for decades that there exists in the United States an extreme shortage of rental housing affordable to the lowest income Americans. What those with influence choose to do about this situation is another matter. The Los Angeles Times and the Huffington Post reported last week that a Los Angeles landlord took advantage Continue reading
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News Round-Up: Something Has to Give
In this week’s News Round-Up, we find that one thing remains true for American cities large and small: there is not enough housing affordable to lower income people. According to HUD, the Washington, D.C. has the second highest rents in the country, which matches with the Coalition finding that the D.C. metropolitan region has the Continue reading
On the Home Front 