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The National Housing Law Project (NHLP) is a law and advocacy center established in 1968. For over 40 years, NHLP has been dedicated to advancing housing justice for the poor by using the power of the law to increase and preserve the supply of decent affordable housing, to improve existing housing conditions, including physical conditions and management practices, to expand and enforce low-income tenants' and homeowners' rights, and to increase opportunities for racial and ethnic minorities.

Recipient of the prestigious MacArthur Award for Creative and Effective Institutions, NHLP was described by Jonathan F. Fanton, President of the John D. and Catherine T. MacArthur Foundation, as “[w]ise counsel, policy advocate, rescuer of homes,” and credited with “advancing the housing rights of low-income Americans with energy and passion.”

We hope that the resources and materials offered on this website will provide valuable help to our website visitors and we also invite you to join us and support NHLP in our efforts.


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Recent News

NHLP Receives Verizon Grant to Assist Domestic Violence Advocates

NHLP has received a $30,000 grant from Verizon Foundation, the philanthropic arm of Verizon, to provide support on housing issues to transitional housing programs and Family Justice Centers.

NHLP Publishes Domestic Violence and Housing Manual

NHLP is pleased to announce the publication of "Maintaining Safe and Stable Housing for Domestic Violence Survivors: A Manual for Attorneys and Advocates."

NHLP Joins Amicus Brief in Landmark Fair Housing Case

NHLP joined a number of other national civil rights organizations in signing on to a friend of the court brief in a fair housing case currently pending before the Supreme Court.

NHLP Supports Proposed Fair Housing Regulations

NHLP has joined over two dozen civil rights and legal services organizations in supporting the Department of Housing and Urban Development’s proposed rule on the Fair Housing Act’s (FHA) discriminatory effects standard.

Supreme Court Denies Review and Upholds Tenants' Victory in Enhanced Voucher Case

On November 28, the U.S. Supreme Court denied the petition for a writ of certiorari in Mortimer Howard Trust v. Park Village Apartments Tenants Association, No. 11-36.

NHLP Staff Attorney, Kent Qian, Appointed as San Francisco Rent Board Commissioner


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