On Dec. 3, 2019, close to two hundred housing leaders working in housing policy, finance and advocacy; community development; real estate; home building, as well as government officials joined us for Solutions for Affordable Housing at the National Press Club in Washington, D.C. The day was packed with sessions to discuss strategies to solve the most pressing policy issues that will have the most impact on how housing policy shapes up for 2020 and beyond. The next day, housers joined…

NHC's first Emerging Leaders in Affordable Housing (ELAH) webinar featured a joint presentation from Lotanna Obodozie from the Local Initiatives Support Corporation D.C. and Olivia Barrow from the Low Income Investment Fund on racial justice in community development work and strategies their organizations use to achieve racial equity in their operations and grant evaluations. ELAH is NHC’s leadership program for housing industry members who are 30 and under. If you have any emerging leaders at your organization, please share this…

Our November Restoring Neighborhoods featured a presentation from Bob Simpson, vice president of Affordable and Green Financing at Fannie Mae and Rachel Cluett, Healthy Housing Rewards manager at Fannie Mae. A growing body of research continues to tie the environments in which people are born, raised and live in to their overall health and other life outcomes. Access to health care services, educational and economic opportunities, walkable and safe public spaces and more are essential aspects of household and community…

Our October Restoring Neighborhoods Task Force webinar featured a presentation from Tanya Torno, principal development specialist for the Housing Authority of the County of Riverside and Steve Berg, vice president for programs and policy for the National Alliance to End Homelessness. Tanya discussed how in 2018, Riverside, California ended homelessness for all veterans in the county by using a Housing First approach and orchestrating innovative cross-department coordination. Now the county is using their proven model to tackle chronic homelessness and…

We thank all participants for their commitment to housing! Follow the action for Urban Institute's The Foundations for the Future of Housing Conference using #housingfuture2019. NHC has partnered with Urban Institute in this endeavor and will host the opening night’s reception on the evening of Monday, October 28. This conference seeks to envision new pathways for addressing current and future challenges in affordable housing to bolster economic success and well-being for families and communities. Current and emerging leaders to spark…

Our September Restoring Neighborhoods webinar featured a presentation from NHC's President and CEO David Dworkin and Policy Director Tristan Breaux who discussed our efforts to address the nation's housing crisis and ways to get involved. NHC is working on drafting a national housing act for the 21st century that focuses on these five key areas: Affordable Homeownership Affordable Rental Housing Ending Homelessness Climate Impact Community Development If you are interested in being involved with any of these areas, please contact…

Our July Restoring Neighborhoods webinar featured a joint presentation from Seana O'Shaughnessy, president and CEO of Community Housing Improvement Program, and Sonya Acosta, policy analyst at the National Low Income Housing Coalition on housing disaster recovery. The 2018 California Camp Fires killed at least 86 people, destroyed 14,000 homes and cost $8 billion in damages. Today, only 10 percent of the town of Paradise’s residents have returned. Seana and Sonya discussed how Paradise and Butte County have recovered in the…

Our June Restoring Neighborhoods Task Force webinar featured a presentation from Elena Wilken, the executive director of Housing Colorado. Elena presented on the state of housing and housing policy in Colorado as well as Housing Colorado's Paycheck to Paycheck report, a supplemental to NHC's 2018 Paycheck to Paycheck report released earlier this year.   https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jhjmlgFh4JM&feature=youtu.be   Speaker Elena Wilken, the executive director of Housing Colorado Resources Download presentation

On June 6, we were joined by housing leaders from across the country to hear from our 2019 Gala honorees and other housing experts who spoke on innovations in community development finance and lessons learned from the "California Ballot Initiative." Thank you to everyone who joined us at #NHCPolicy. A special thank you goes to our 2019 speakers for sharing their expertise and our 2019 #NHCPolicy sponsors for their generous support of our work! View photos! Sign up for #NHCPolicy…

Thank you to everyone who joined us at our 47th Annual Housing Visionary Awards Gala on Thursday, June 6. It was truly a special evening celebrating this year's bold, fearless housing leaders: Bill Bynum of HOPE Enterprise Corporation; "The California Ballot Initiative Team:" Ray Pearl of the California Housing Consortium, Lisa Hershey of Housing California, Carl Guardino of the Silicon Valley Leadership Group and Cesar Diaz of the State Building and Construction Trades Council of California; and Wilfred Cooper, Sr. of WNC.…