NLIHC’s fall 2025 edition of Tenant Talk, Navigating Funding Cuts: Empowering Tenants to Shape Policy, focuses on the federal ...

An article recently published by the journal PLOS Climate, “Exploring implementation of disaster risk management strategies by public housing authorities: A national survey,” examines how the uptake ...

Recap notes that OCAF amounts have been insufficient in recent years due to rising operating costs. Therefore, to help address this shortfall, a RAD property may request a one-time “Alternative OCF” ...

The National Low Income Housing Coalition is dedicated to achieving racially and socially equitable public policy that ensures people with the lowest incomes have quality homes that are accessible and ...

In July 2025, the Senate Committee on Banking, Housing, and Urban Affairs introduced the “Renewing Opportunity in the American Dream (ROAD) to Housing Act of 2025,” the first comprehensive bipartisan ...

This summer, Congress passed the “One Big Beautiful Bill Act,” (H.R. 1) a massive piece of legislation that includes tax reform, defense and immigration enforcement spending, and cuts to vital safety ...

In July, congressional Republicans used reconciliation to enact the “One Big Beautiful Bill Act” (OBBBA; HR 1). Because of the rules of reconciliation, the bill did not impact funding for HUD programs ...

Cuts to federal programs have historically impacted low-income communities, but recent actions have excessively targeted the most marginalized groups in the United States, exacerbating the challenges ...

Congress has until October 1—the beginning of fiscal year 2026 (FY26)—to enact a final FY26 appropriations bill for HUD programs. Without either a new bill or a CR to extend funding for a specific ...

NLIHC released its annual report, Out of Reach, on July 17. The report describes the Housing Wage, the hourly wage full-time workers must earn to afford a modest rental home without spending more than ...

NLIHC’s research team continues to work with the organization’s 2025 Southeastern Tenant Protections Cohort (SE Cohort). The SE Cohort is comprised of housing advocates from Alabama, Florida, Georgia, ...