Each year, the National Low Income Housing Coalition (NLIHC) publishes the “Advocates’ Guide to Housing and Community Development Policy” to educate all sorts of advocates about different programs and policies meant to make housing affordable to those persons who need assistance the most.
NLIHC works to preserve existing federally-assisted homes and housing resources, expand the supply of low income housing, and establish housing stability as the primary purpose of federal low income housing policy. To learn more about the coalition, go to: https://nlihc.org/about
This is exciting news for housing advocates—students, community organizers, counselors, social workers, aldermen, and more professionals. The annual edition of this great resource was just announced today!
NLIHC tells us: “Whether you are a student in an urban planning program, a new employee at a housing agency or community development corporation, or a seasoned affordable housing advocate looking for a refresher on key programs, this resource will give you the overview of housing programs and advocacy tools you need to be a leader in the affordable housing movement and to advocate effectively for socially just housing policy for low-income Americans.”
Something so very important for readers to understand is that there are many hard-working advocates behind the scenes, helping unhoused, unroofed, unhomed, and poor residents of our cities, villages, towns, and hillsides. A great deal of work goes on without fanfare, without awards.
Making materials like this guide available to all kinds of advocates is an important goal for “StreetSense” writers and other stakeholders.
NLIHC tells us the guide is meant to “answer any and all questions about federal housing policy, whether about how a HUD or USDA housing program operates, what resources and protections are included in recent COVID-19-relief packages, how the national Housing Trust Fund or Low-Inco me Housing Tax Credit work, or what kinds of activities CDBG and HOME can fund. An outstanding primer for people new to affordable housing and community development, the “Guide” also provides seasoned advocates with updates regarding changes in programs, the most recent funding information, and new legislative threats and opportunities.”
We hope our friends and colleagues, formally and informally-trained, can make good use of this new resource.
Saving people and getting them indoors where they can dwell and excel, safely, is better than the fanfare!
Follow this link to download the publication: https://nlihc.org/explore-issues/publications-research/advocates-guide?utm_source=NLIHC+All+Subscribers&utm_campaign=7c95d29268-report_AG030222&utm_medium=email&utm_term=0_e090383b5e-7c95d29268-293112845&ct=t(report_AG030222)
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