The Gap: A Shortage of Affordable Homes, released TODAY by National Low Income Housing Coalition & @INCommDev, finds that Indiana's shortage of affordable housing and severe housing cost burden is statewide and concentrated in extremely low-income renter households in all 92 counties. prosperityindiana.org/Policy-News/13…

This Gap report by National Low Income Housing Coalition is invaluable & consistently demonstrates the main thing we need to do is BUILD & CREATE MORE ELI AFFORDABILITY and every year the gap is worse and yet cities everywhere are still doing everything but.

A big shout out and thank you to @EmmaCFoley (as the primary author) Dan Emmanuel Matt Clarke and Ikra Rafi for their excellent work on #TheGap23 nlihc.org/gap

Greatly appreciate the invitation to speak at NY Fed yesterday! But also, a clear picture that the private market can’t serve extremely low-income renters without public subsidy. Fed report shows where private investment goes for ‘affordable housing' bit.ly/3ZketZf

.PAHRC - our National Housing Preservation Database collaborator - is looking for a research analyst. A great opportunity: workforcenow.adp.com/mascsr/default…

Here is the whole state of California. The moratoria and rental assistance saved lives by keeping people housed. But like most good COVID-era policy, these things didn't stay. And we've come back worse.

Only a significant and long-term commitment to affordable hsg programs will eliminate the gulf between what the lowest-paid workers can afford and the high cost of rent. #OOR23 nlihc.org/oor

The rent is still too damn high! Affordable housing remains out of reach for low-income New Jerseyans, report says newjerseymonitor.com/2023/06/14/aff… via @njmonitor

Treasury ERA programs have closed or are winding down, but important components remain. See thread from new research by Sophie Siebach National Low Income Housing Coalition & Rebecca Yae (she/her) Housing Initiative at Penn . 1/3 of surveyed programs not continuing financial assistance will continue other supports

A lot of work to do... npr.org/2023/08/01/119…

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New research from National Low Income Housing Coalition, Housing Initiative at Penn and ReinvestmentFund finds that emergency rental assistance kept renters stably houses, reduced their housing-related anxiety, and had positive influences on well-being and child behaviors. Learn more next week! us02web.zoom.us/webinar/regist…

Explore the characteristics of state and locally funded rental housing programs in new National Low Income Housing Coalition report, State and Local Investments in Rental Housing: A Summary of Findings from the 2023 Rental Housing Programs Database. Read the report & explore the data: bit.ly/NLIHC_RHPD

Interesting in doing research and achieving equitable policy that ensures people with the lowest incomes have affordable and accessible housing in communities of their choice? Come work at National Low Income Housing Coalition idealist.org/en/nonprofit-j…

Today we published #TheGap24. There are fewer than 4 affordable and available rental homes for every 10 extremely low-income renters. *This* is the root cause of homelessness and the urgent rental crisis that must be solved. Read: nlihc.org/gap

Check out Sarah's thread. Also important to consider: How does cost burden prevalence among voucher holders in LIHTC units compare to voucher holders in the private market? What is the relationship between LIHTC and voucher success?

Released Today: NLIHC and PAHRC 's new report assesses whether FEMA’s National Risk Index (NRI) reflects known disparities in natural hazard risk for renters of color. nlihc.org/sites/default/…

Despite rising wages, cooling inflation, and low unemployment, this year's Out of Reach report shows low-wage workers and renters with low incomes still struggle with rent costs. #OOR24

#DidYouKnow people who work in professions we rely on, like personal care & home health aides & food serves, don't earn enough to afford rent? #OOR24 nlihc.org/oor National Low Income Housing Coalition

Our article for Cityscape's voucher symposium was published yesterday. We looked at the intersection of the voucher and LIHTC programs with eye toward identifying data needs and pressing Qs for fed policy: huduser.gov/portal/periodi…