Whistleblowers Reveal HUD’s Undercutting of the Fair Housing and Civil Rights Laws, NLIHC Joins National Fair Housing Alliance in Denouncing HUD’s Fair Housing Failures—Take Action to Defend Fair ...

On July 17, NLIHC released its annual Out of Reach report, which compares the wages people earn and the price of modest rental housing in every state, metropolitan area, and county in the U.S. The ...

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

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 ...

The Trump Administration has continued attempts to dismantle fair housing and civil rights laws, including attempts to scapegoat LGBTQ people and immigrant communities, and erode longstanding civil ...

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 ...

So far in 2025, two issues have dominated Congress’s attention: appropriations and reconciliation. These are two separate processes that result in two different forms of legislation: Appropriations is ...

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 March 2020, a close friend of mine was tragically murdered by her husband, who had been her abuser. She was an exceptionally compassionate individual, having recently donated a kidney to her ...

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, ...

On July 24, President Trump signed an executive order, “Ending Crime and Disorder on America’s Streets,” that—if implemented—will harm unhoused people and worsen our homelessness crisis. NLIHC ...

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 ...