Gaining Community Acceptance for Affordable Housing: Best Practices from Around the U.S.
Highlights from the Center's national review of community acceptance efforts. Included were discussions by MidPen Housing Corporation and DESC about techniques that have helped their organizations build support for affordable rental housing that serves people with low incomes, including those experiencing homelessness.
Using American Community Survey Data to Demonstrate Local Housing Needs
This two-hour, hands-on webinar will taught participants how to access and analyze the abundance of housing and population data available from the American Community Survey.
Housing Landscape 2014: Housing Affordability for Working Households
This webinar shared findings from the annual Housing Landscape report. The presentation included a discussion of national, state, and local housing affordability challenges facing working households since the end of the Recession.
Building Support for Affordable Homeownership and Rental Choices: A Summary of Research on Opinion and Messaging
The webinar covered findings from NHC's review of the housing communications literature, Building Support for Affordable Homeownership and Rental Choices. Viveiros and Clark also shared tips for using the findings in your work.
Inclusionary Upzoning
This webinar explored this new trend and its potential for tying growth to affordability in places where legal, political, and/or market barriers have historically impeded the adoption of inclusionary housing.
10 Scientifically-Proven Ways Advocates Can Speak Differently and Get Results
Neighborhood Partnerships explained the toolkit's concepts and show you how to use the tools in your work. Amy Clark of NHC also provided a brief introduction to the Housing Communications HUB, where the toolkit and other useful housing communications resources can be found.
EZ Retrofit Tool-An overview and demonstration of a free tool for multifamily energy benchmarking and auditing
This webinar provided an overview of the EZ Retrofit tool, a demonstration, and discussion from an owner and an engineer who have used the tool.
Using Health Impact Assessments to Preserve Affordable Housing & Increase Community Wellbeing: A Case Study
A public health professional, a housing authority director, and a funder discussed how a Health Impact Assessment moved a Phoenix public housing rehab project from business-as-usual to an inclusive process that engages a neighborhood and charts a sustainable future for the residents.
Understanding Housing Needs in Your Community Using Data from the American Community Survey
This webinar demonstrated how to find local demographic and housing data from the ACS and provided guidance for effective ways to present the data to describe housing affordability and needs.
Public Land and Affordable Housing
This one-hour webinar explored policy and development strategies that maximize the potential for affordable housing on public land.