Renee M. Willis
@mcleanwillis.bsky.social
NLIHC President & CEO 🌸
“I want to discourage you from choosing anything or making any decision simply because it is safe. Things of value seldom are.” - Toni Morrison
“I want to discourage you from choosing anything or making any decision simply because it is safe. Things of value seldom are.” - Toni Morrison
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Stay Informed. Stay Engaged. Follow @nlihc.bsky.social, its team and partners in the fight for #HousingJustice.
I’m honored and deeply grateful to step into the role of president and CEO of the @nlihc.org.
Thank you to the NLIHC Board of Directors for your trust, and to our dedicated staff, valued partners, and steadfast supporters—I’m inspired by all of you as we move into this next chapter together.
Thank you to the NLIHC Board of Directors for your trust, and to our dedicated staff, valued partners, and steadfast supporters—I’m inspired by all of you as we move into this next chapter together.
Renee M. Willis Named President and CEO of the National Low Income Housing Coalition: bit.ly/43jb9lc
May 19, 2025 at 2:05 PM
I’m honored and deeply grateful to step into the role of president and CEO of the @nlihc.org.
Thank you to the NLIHC Board of Directors for your trust, and to our dedicated staff, valued partners, and steadfast supporters—I’m inspired by all of you as we move into this next chapter together.
Thank you to the NLIHC Board of Directors for your trust, and to our dedicated staff, valued partners, and steadfast supporters—I’m inspired by all of you as we move into this next chapter together.
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Well said, Kim Johnson @nlihc.org: "The end of the program represents 'an awful cycle': Our assistance ran out because rent is too expensive, so...figure out how to pay for your expensive rent on your own even though you couldn’t afford it.” @washingtonpost.com www.washingtonpost.com/nation/2025/...
60,000 people set to prematurely lose federal housing assistance
The Emergency Housing Vouchers program was supposed to last through 2030, but funding will probably run out sometime next year.
www.washingtonpost.com
May 13, 2025 at 2:30 PM
Well said, Kim Johnson @nlihc.org: "The end of the program represents 'an awful cycle': Our assistance ran out because rent is too expensive, so...figure out how to pay for your expensive rent on your own even though you couldn’t afford it.” @washingtonpost.com www.washingtonpost.com/nation/2025/...
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Only 2 days until #Forum25. On Wednesday, March 26, NLIHC will be celebrating its 2025 Housing Leadership Awards honorees. Learn more about them here: nlihc.org/2025-housi...
March 22, 2025 at 6:00 PM
Only 2 days until #Forum25. On Wednesday, March 26, NLIHC will be celebrating its 2025 Housing Leadership Awards honorees. Learn more about them here: nlihc.org/2025-housi...
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Find more information about the #CongressionalPublicHousingCaucus here:
cleaver.house.gov/media-center...
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Reps. Cleaver, Lynch, Meeks, Torres Launch Congressional Public Housing Caucus
(Washington, D.C.) – Today, U.S.
cleaver.house.gov
February 25, 2025 at 8:28 PM
Find more information about the #CongressionalPublicHousingCaucus here:
cleaver.house.gov/media-center...
cleaver.house.gov/media-center...
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As President Trump and Republicans work to slash federal investments in affordable housing, I launched the #CongressionalPublicHousingCaucus with @repgregorymeeks.bsky.social , @lynch.house.gov and @repritchie.bsky.social to #ProtectPublicHousing!
February 25, 2025 at 8:28 PM
As President Trump and Republicans work to slash federal investments in affordable housing, I launched the #CongressionalPublicHousingCaucus with @repgregorymeeks.bsky.social , @lynch.house.gov and @repritchie.bsky.social to #ProtectPublicHousing!
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Read NLIHC Statement on Trump Administration's Directive to Terminate Half of All HUD Staff - bit.ly/42RCMDp
February 14, 2025 at 6:02 PM
Read NLIHC Statement on Trump Administration's Directive to Terminate Half of All HUD Staff - bit.ly/42RCMDp
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REP. @maxwellfrost.bsky.social says billionaires like Elon Musk want Americans to blame immigrants and trans people etc. for their economic struggles when their insatiable greed is behind the Gilded Age levels of inequality 🎯 🇺🇸 💰
February 4, 2025 at 10:51 PM
REP. @maxwellfrost.bsky.social says billionaires like Elon Musk want Americans to blame immigrants and trans people etc. for their economic struggles when their insatiable greed is behind the Gilded Age levels of inequality 🎯 🇺🇸 💰
Metropolitan AME Church just secured the trademark rights to the Proud Boys name—and that’s what we call a power move! Turning hate into justice, one legal victory at a time. #BossMove #JusticePrevails #AME
A judge in Washington, DC has awarded the Metropolitan AME Church control over the Proud Boys name to satisfy a $2.8 million judgment against the pro-Trump white supremacist group after its members attacked the Black church during a Trump rally in December 2020.
Far-right group Proud Boys loses legal naming rights to Black church it vandalized
Church said extremist group never paid $2.8m court judgment over 2020 attack during Trump rally
www.theguardian.com
February 5, 2025 at 2:48 AM
Metropolitan AME Church just secured the trademark rights to the Proud Boys name—and that’s what we call a power move! Turning hate into justice, one legal victory at a time. #BossMove #JusticePrevails #AME
“Mr. Trump is indeed testing Washington and the American people to see how far he can go in accumulating authority and in marginalizing anyone in a position to question his actions. It is a test the Constitution cannot afford to lose.”
In @nytopinion.nytimes.com
The first two weeks into President Trump's second tour in the White House "have seen so many lines crossed in the pursuit of his agenda that anyone who believes in the Constitution and honest governance should be worried," the editorial board writes.
The first two weeks into President Trump's second tour in the White House "have seen so many lines crossed in the pursuit of his agenda that anyone who believes in the Constitution and honest governance should be worried," the editorial board writes.
Opinion | Trump’s Test of the Constitution
Two weeks in, the president is quickly moving to eliminate tools of accountability.
nyti.ms
February 2, 2025 at 3:37 PM
“Mr. Trump is indeed testing Washington and the American people to see how far he can go in accumulating authority and in marginalizing anyone in a position to question his actions. It is a test the Constitution cannot afford to lose.”
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I am completely enraged by the blatant destruction of our democracy! No way should Musk and DOGE reps-who haven’t sworn an oath to uphold our Constitution, don’t have security clearance, & haven’t been vetted-have access to Treasury sensitive payments system & info!!
www.nytimes.com/2025/02/01/u...
www.nytimes.com/2025/02/01/u...
Elon Musk’s Team Now Has Access to Treasury’s Payments System
Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent gave Mr. Musk’s representatives at the so-called Department of Government Efficiency a powerful tool to monitor and potentially limit government spending.
www.nytimes.com
February 2, 2025 at 7:03 AM
I am completely enraged by the blatant destruction of our democracy! No way should Musk and DOGE reps-who haven’t sworn an oath to uphold our Constitution, don’t have security clearance, & haven’t been vetted-have access to Treasury sensitive payments system & info!!
www.nytimes.com/2025/02/01/u...
www.nytimes.com/2025/02/01/u...
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1/ This #BlackHistoryMonth, we recognize how systemic inequities have driven racial disparities in homelessness. Our Toward Equity report highlights the urgent need to address these disparities through evidence-based policies. 🧵⬇️
🔗 https://buff.ly/3W1IL4i
🔗 https://buff.ly/3W1IL4i
Toward Equity: Understanding Black Californians’ Experiences of Homelessness | Benioff Homelessness and Housing Initiative
To better understand the experiences of Black Californians experiencing homelessness, the UCSF Benioff Homelessness and Housing Initiative examined the experience of Black Californians within the…
buff.ly
February 1, 2025 at 8:00 PM
1/ This #BlackHistoryMonth, we recognize how systemic inequities have driven racial disparities in homelessness. Our Toward Equity report highlights the urgent need to address these disparities through evidence-based policies. 🧵⬇️
🔗 https://buff.ly/3W1IL4i
🔗 https://buff.ly/3W1IL4i
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“We must accept finite disappointment, but never lose infinite hope.”
- Dr. Martin Luther King
- Dr. Martin Luther King
January 20, 2025 at 1:52 PM
“We must accept finite disappointment, but never lose infinite hope.”
- Dr. Martin Luther King
- Dr. Martin Luther King
Stay Informed. Stay Engaged. Follow @nlihc.bsky.social, its team and partners in the fight for #HousingJustice.
February 2, 2025 at 2:07 PM
Stay Informed. Stay Engaged. Follow @nlihc.bsky.social, its team and partners in the fight for #HousingJustice.
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This stunning portrait of trailblazing civil rights legal visionary Pauli Murray, now hangs in the Pauli Murray Suite at Howard Law School. The portrait was donated by alumni.
February 1, 2025 at 6:08 PM
This stunning portrait of trailblazing civil rights legal visionary Pauli Murray, now hangs in the Pauli Murray Suite at Howard Law School. The portrait was donated by alumni.
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NLIHC celebrates Black advocates and leaders - past, present, and future - in the resilient work to achieve housing justice for all.
February 2, 2025 at 3:40 AM
NLIHC celebrates Black advocates and leaders - past, present, and future - in the resilient work to achieve housing justice for all.
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Great news for American families! Trump's actions on federal funding are a violation of the separation of powers. A temporary restraining order says he can't "pause, freeze, impede, block, cancel, or terminate …federal financial assistance to the States." portal.ct.gov/ag/press-rel...
Attorney General Tong Announces Initial Victory in Lawsuit Challenging Trump Funding Freeze
Attorney General William Tong today announced an initial victory in the lawsuit challenging President Donald Trump’s Office of Management & Budget’s memo freezing federal grants and loans.
portal.ct.gov
January 31, 2025 at 10:36 PM
Great news for American families! Trump's actions on federal funding are a violation of the separation of powers. A temporary restraining order says he can't "pause, freeze, impede, block, cancel, or terminate …federal financial assistance to the States." portal.ct.gov/ag/press-rel...
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I went to post about the National Japanese American Memorial in D.C., which is beautiful but usually missed by tourists. It is a deeply staggering admission of guilt and a warning to future Americans. I went to link to the inscriptions and-
Well, they took the site down. www.nps.gov/places/japan...
Well, they took the site down. www.nps.gov/places/japan...
January 31, 2025 at 8:12 PM
I went to post about the National Japanese American Memorial in D.C., which is beautiful but usually missed by tourists. It is a deeply staggering admission of guilt and a warning to future Americans. I went to link to the inscriptions and-
Well, they took the site down. www.nps.gov/places/japan...
Well, they took the site down. www.nps.gov/places/japan...
Congratulations to Dara Baldwin on an outstanding interview w/ @rolandsmartin.bsky.social , powerfully calling out the President’s racist and ableist remarks. Your voice is essential in the fight for justice and inclusion. #DisabilityRights #EquityForAll & #DCstatehood
I have disability activists Dara Baldwin and Zibora Glider on #RolandMartinUnfiltered tearing @realDonaldTrump apart for his attacks on their community. Watch now: www.youtube.com/live/ZdtuQ87...
Trump / MAGA attack on HBCUs and the disabled, Fox scrubs DEI pledge, #FAFO regrets
YouTube video by Roland S. Martin
www.youtube.com
February 1, 2025 at 1:57 AM
Congratulations to Dara Baldwin on an outstanding interview w/ @rolandsmartin.bsky.social , powerfully calling out the President’s racist and ableist remarks. Your voice is essential in the fight for justice and inclusion. #DisabilityRights #EquityForAll & #DCstatehood
Celebrating the win! A Brooklyn appellate court has upheld New York’s law against voter dilution, suppression, intimidation, and obstruction, ensuring every New Yorker’s voice is heard. 
A win for voting rights: New York State’s appellate court reversed a lower court decision that overturned the New York John R. Lewis Voting Rights Act. The NYVRA is 1 of a growing number of state statutes that expand voter protections & political participation at the state level.
January 31, 2025 at 12:15 PM
Celebrating the win! A Brooklyn appellate court has upheld New York’s law against voter dilution, suppression, intimidation, and obstruction, ensuring every New Yorker’s voice is heard. 
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Make no mistake, the federal funding ‘temporary pause’ debacle was a trial balloon.
Trump is testing the limits of what he can get away with and identifying where he needs to apply more pressure to break the remaining safeguards in our democratic institutions.
Thankfully, we still have some.
Trump is testing the limits of what he can get away with and identifying where he needs to apply more pressure to break the remaining safeguards in our democratic institutions.
Thankfully, we still have some.
January 29, 2025 at 11:58 PM
Make no mistake, the federal funding ‘temporary pause’ debacle was a trial balloon.
Trump is testing the limits of what he can get away with and identifying where he needs to apply more pressure to break the remaining safeguards in our democratic institutions.
Thankfully, we still have some.
Trump is testing the limits of what he can get away with and identifying where he needs to apply more pressure to break the remaining safeguards in our democratic institutions.
Thankfully, we still have some.
This unilateral decision will have dire consequences for the more then 10 million people (across all communities) who rely on housing support. bit.ly/3CEpqiWh
January 28, 2025 at 9:43 PM
This unilateral decision will have dire consequences for the more then 10 million people (across all communities) who rely on housing support. bit.ly/3CEpqiWh
An unprecedented and unilateral action to DEPRIVE Communities of critically needed housing and homelessness investments.
NLIHC Statement on Trump Administration’s Decision to Freeze Federal Grants and Loans
Washington, D.C. – The White House yesterday directed all federal departments and agencies, including HUD, to freeze all federal financial assistance. This extreme order could prevent states and commu...
nlihc.org
January 28, 2025 at 4:15 PM
An unprecedented and unilateral action to DEPRIVE Communities of critically needed housing and homelessness investments.
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The Benn family left the Jim Crow South and found affordable housing and a deep sense of community in Altadena. After the L.A. fires, all but three of their extended family’s houses are gone.
Will L.A.’s Fires Permanently Disperse the Black Families of Altadena?
In a Los Angeles suburb, multigenerational families like the Benns found affordable housing and a deep sense of connection. After the devastating fires, many wonder whether they’ll be able to rebuild ...
www.newyorker.com
January 27, 2025 at 2:05 AM
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