Known as the United Voice for Housing, NHC convenes its member partners, stakeholders and others in order to improve coordination of diverse agendas and to build consensus on key housing issues.

In this role NHC establishes issue-specific task forces and work groups that allow people from all sides to work together on solutions. These task forces and work groups form quickly in response to priority issues.

For more information, please contact NHC Policy Associate Clare Duncan (202) 466-2121 x228 or cduncan@nhc.org.

Employer Assisted Housing Working Group

The purpose of this work group is to develop ideas for ways in which employer-assisted housing (EAH) can be incentivized at the federal level through legislation. Its members include employers, EAH practitioners and housing industry leaders. This group is continuously working to re-envision EAH legislation within its present affordable housing and community development context.

Housing Finance Working Group

This working group formed in response to the collapse of the housing finance market and conservatorship of government sponsored entities Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac in September 2008. NHC recognizes that the present time serves as an opportunity to rejuvenate the housing financial market to encourage sustainable homeownership practices as part of our mission to ensure decent, affordable homes for all.

This working group has created a set of Ten Key Principles for repairing the mortgage market and addressing foreclosures to help guide Congress and the Administration as they consider the future of the housing finance system and the federal government's role in that system.

Housing and Transportation Coalitions

Transportation for America Campaign NHC is on the executive committee of the Transportation for America campaign, which has formed to influence upcoming federal transportation reauthorization legislation. As a leading voice for the housing community within this campaign, NHC convenes policy experts to discuss the connections between housing and transportation. The group has embraced the Administration’s Six Livability Principles and continues to explore additional research, educational and outreach opportunities that support better coordinated housing and transportation policies.

Housing and Transportation Working Group NHC also regularly convenes industry stakeholders through a separate working group to discuss legislative and policy developments and also share information on group members' respective work related to the nexus between housing and transportation. More broadly, the group is also focused on the affordability of livable communities as a whole, working to help ensure that low- to moderate-income families can afford the costs of living in transit-oriented and other sustainable communities.

National Neighborhood Stabilization Foreclosure Prevention Task Force

NHC helps lead a task force focused on preventing foreclosures and stabilizing neighborhoods across the U.S. In the summer of 2008, this task force assisted in the inclusion of $3.92 billion in funding for the Neighborhood Stabilization Program (NSP) through the Department of Housing and Urban Development (HUD) in the "Housing and Economic Recovery Act of 2008." This program allocated funding to eligible state and local grantees to help stabilize communities during the foreclosure crisis.

Additionally, the task force played a crucial role in securing an additional $2 billion for NSP in the "American Recovery and Reinvestment Act of 2009." Unlike the initial program, this round of funding provided assistance to state and local units of government, nonprofit organizations and consortia of nonprofit organizations.

For additional information, please visit this Resource Guide available on NHC's "Open House" blog.