Funding

Report

House Bill Would Leave Over 400,000 More People Without Stable, Affordable Housing

July 31, 2025 - Sonya Acosta and Erik Gartland

Affordable housing is a basic human need and rental assistance is proven to make housing more affordable. But a House committee recently passed a bill that could result in about 411,000 fewer people...

Report

Housing

Addressing the Affordable Housing Crisis Requires Expanding Rental Assistance and Adding Housing Units

October 27, 2022 - Peggy Bailey

Blog

Housing

Our Response to the Housing Crisis Must Include Rental Assistance, Not Just More Supply

May 1, 2025 - Peggy Bailey and Jim Parrott

Testimony

Housing

Ending Homelessness: Addressing Local Challenges in Housing the Most Vulnerable

February 2, 2022 - Ann Oliva

Report

Housing

Families Wait Years for Housing Vouchers Due to Inadequate Funding

July 22, 2021 - Sonya Acosta and Erik Gartland

Report

Housing

Child Care and Housing: Big Expenses With Too Little Help Available

April 26, 2019 - Douglas Rice , Stephanie Schmit and Hannah Matthews

Blog

Housing

Broad Property Tax Cuts Won’t Provide Relief to Those Most Impacted by High Housing Costs: Renters With Low Incomes

May 8, 2025 - Urvi Patel , Mari Castaldi and Anna Phillips

Report

Housing

Long Waitlists for Housing Vouchers Show Pressing Unmet Need for Assistance

October 6, 2021 - Sonya Acosta and Brianna Guerrero

States Should Pursue New Revenue Options to Expand Access and Prevent Cuts to Affordable Housing and Homelessness Solutions

January 12, 2026 - Urvi Patel

Blog

Housing

State and Local Leaders Should Sustain and Expand Investments in Housing Affordability and Stability in Their Budgets

December 17, 2025 - Mari Castaldi and Nikhe Braimah

Report

Housing

Rental Assistance Time Limits Would Place More Than 3 Million People — Half of Them Children — at Risk of Eviction and Homelessness

July 18, 2025 - Will Fischer and Erik Gartland

Blog

Housing

Cuts to Health Care, Food Assistance, and Income Support to Fund Tax Cuts for the Wealthy Would Worsen Housing Instability and Homelessness

March 20, 2025 - Anna Bailey

Policy Basics

Federal rental assistance enables millions of families to keep a roof over their heads, yet less than one-quarter of those who are eligible for assistance receive it.

We encourage policymakers to provide adequate funding to ensure that families in need have access to rental assistance.

House Bill Would Leave Over 400,000 More People Without Stable, Affordable Housing

Addressing the Affordable Housing Crisis Requires Expanding Rental Assistance and Adding Housing Units

Our Response to the Housing Crisis Must Include Rental Assistance, Not Just More Supply

Ending Homelessness: Addressing Local Challenges in Housing the Most Vulnerable

Families Wait Years for Housing Vouchers Due to Inadequate Funding

Child Care and Housing: Big Expenses With Too Little Help Available

Broad Property Tax Cuts Won’t Provide Relief to Those Most Impacted by High Housing Costs: Renters With Low Incomes

Long Waitlists for Housing Vouchers Show Pressing Unmet Need for Assistance

More on This Topic

States Should Pursue New Revenue Options to Expand Access and Prevent Cuts to Affordable Housing and Homelessness Solutions

State and Local Leaders Should Sustain and Expand Investments in Housing Affordability and Stability in Their Budgets

Rental Assistance Time Limits Would Place More Than 3 Million People — Half of Them Children — at Risk of Eviction and Homelessness

Cuts to Health Care, Food Assistance, and Income Support to Fund Tax Cuts for the Wealthy Would Worsen Housing Instability and Homelessness

Policy Basics

Federal rental assistance enables millions of families to keep a roof over their heads, yet less than one-quarter of those who are eligible for assistance receive it.

Federal Rental Assistance

Public Housing

Section 8 Project-Based Rental Assistance

The Housing Choice Voucher Program