Proposed changes to FCC’s Lifeline program and impacts on low-income households
On Jan. 9, NHC and National Digital Inclusion Alliance (NDIA) jointly presented a webinar to explain FCC’s recent recommended changes to Lifeline and provide guidance on filing comments with the FCC. The Lifeline program provides a discount for phone service for qualifying low-income consumers. Through a modernization order in 2016 the program expanded this program […]
Community land trusts
This webinar explored community land trusts. NHC’s Kaitlyn Snyder shared NHC’s upcoming report on community land trusts. And Staci Horwitz, operations director with the City of Lakes Community Land Trust and Tyler Macmillan, organizational director with the San Francisco Community Land Trust, gave local perspectives on community land trusts, sharing about their work, both new initiatives and lessons […]
Paycheck to Paycheck 2017
This webinar and demonstration explored the online interactive Paycheck to Paycheck database. Paycheck to Paycheck uses data from the first quarter of 2017 to examine the gap between wages and housing costs, for both renters and homeowners, in 203 metro areas across the country. The 2017 installment of Paycheck to Paycheck focuses on healthcare workers. […]
Housing, health and energy: How they fit together and their federal budget outlook
This webinar explored federal housing, health and energy programs like the Low-Income Housing Tax Credit, Section 8 rental assistance, Low-Income Heating and Energy Assistance Program, the Weatherization Assistance Program and lead hazard programs at HUD and the Centers for Disease Control. Presenters discussed how these housing, health and energy programs intersect and work together and how […]
Expanding broadband access in low-income communities
This webinar explored EveryoneOn's expansion of "ConnectHome Nation," a national initiative in partnership with HUD to expand broadband access in low-income communities.
Affordable Housing: A Key Platform for Economic Mobility
For our next webinar, will expand upon a discussion from our December 2016 How Housing Matters Conference and explore innovative housing and economic mobility collaborations.
Budget Forum 2017
Budget Forum 2017 Advocacy and communication strategies for the FY 2018 federal budget process With the White House proposal for $54 billion in cuts to non-defense discretionary programs, federal funding for housing is greatly at risk this fiscal year and next. On March 30, NHC held our Annual Budget Forum to set the discussion in […]
Paycheck to Paycheck: More than Housing
This webinar demonstrated the online, interactive Paycheck to Paycheck database and discussed housing costs in the context of typical household spending and budgets as explored in the Paycheck to Paycheck supplement, "More Than Housing."
Broadband in Affordable Housing
This webinar explored how public housing agencies are working to implement broadband solutions and close the digital divide.
Why Housing Messages Backfire and What We Can Do
NHC joined with Enterprise Community Partners and the FrameWorks Institute for a discussion of housing messaging pitfalls and simple things housers can do to advocate more effectively and build support for affordable housing.