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News Round-Up: The Affordable Housing Shortage, Explained
Sequestration is already having a clear impact on low income renters across the U.S. As Fox 5 DC reported, the DC Housing Authority is already making tough choices to balance the cuts required by sequestration with the agency’s mission to house the lowest income residents of DC. According to the Fort Worth Star-Telegram, the housing agency in Continue reading
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How to Use NLIHC’s New Congressional District Profiles
This past week, NLIHC updated our Congressional District Profiles. The profiles are an important tool for housing advocacy, updated throughout the year as new data becomes available. The most recent update incorporates newly available five-year Comprehensive Housing Affordability Strategy (CHAS) data. This update also reorganized the profiles, making it even easier to find the data Continue reading
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Putting the Spotlight on Housing Problems in the Great Recession
This past week, NLIHC launched a new series of research briefs under the title Housing Spotlight. Each issue will bring housing data to a broader audience in a format that highlights the meaning behind the numbers. We aim to bring you short, informative analyses on the most current data and NLIHC research as it is Continue reading
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