federal advocacy policy

A new report by the National Low Income Housing Coalition (NLIHC) reveals the deep and growing mismatch between the supply and demand of affordable units for the lowest income renters. According to NLIHC’s analysis of 2010 American Community Survey (ACS) Public Use Microdata Sample (PUMS) data, there were only 30 affordable and available rental units for every 100 extremely low income (ELI) renter households in 2010. ELI households are those with incomes at or below 30% of the area median income (AMI).

(from Memo to Members of the National Low Income Housing Coalition NLIHC) Tax "extender" legislation passed by the House in late 2009 and every version introduced in the Senate in 2010 has provided funding for the National Housing Trust Fund (NHTF) including S. 3793, the Job Creation and Tax Cuts Act of 2010 introduced in mid-September. But negotiations over what to do about the Bush era tax cuts that expire at the end of 2010 have put the funding for the NHTF in jeopardy.