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News Round-Up: Making Housing a Priority
Our first news round-up of 2013 brings you stories of a big push to provide greater funding for affordable housing, and some very real reasons why that housing is so important. First, to reasons: In The Nation we read about the connection between safe, decent housing and educational success. According to the post, “Children who lack Continue reading
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Meet Our Interns: Max Steininger
The National Low Income Housing Coalition is fortunate to have great interns every semester and summer. Fall intern Max Steininger, a political science major at The George Washington University in Washington, D.C., shares his experiences as an intern with us today. Think interning with the Coalition might be for you? You’re in luck! We’re now accepting 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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Become a stronger advocate with Memo to Members!
“… SEMINAL NEWS AGGREGATOR, MOST WIDELY CITED SOURCE BY HOUSING POLICY STAKEHOLDERS (NONPROFITS, THINK TANKS, ADVOCATES, GOVERNMENT STAFF).” – The John D. and Catherine T. MacArthur Foundation and CSB consulting. Online Housing Resources: Current Landscape & Usage. October, 2011. How did you start off the week yesterday morning? If it wasn’t with Memo to Members Continue reading
On the Home Front 