It Works: Converting Motels and Hotels into Affordable Housing
The pandemic has created an opportunity for many government agencies and private businesses to try new ideas to address the national shortage of affordable housing. One such welcomed policy opportunity has been a conversion strategy to create more units of deeply affordable housing. While many states and localities have leased space in hotels/motels to provide […]
Housing Finance Agencies’ Role in Addressing Affordable Housing Challenges
State housing finance agencies (HFAs) have been at the center of the affordable housing financing system for more than 50 years. In 2019 alone, HFAs provided nearly $32 billion in financing for 161,000 mortgage loans to borrowers with an average income of roughly $56,000 and over $10 billion in financing for the development and rehabilitation […]
National Advisory Council Meeting
NHC was pleased to have Federal Reserve Board Governor Lael Brainard join us for our National Advisory Council meeting earlier today. Governor Brainard discussed the Federal Reserve Board’s plans following the release of its September Advance Notice of Proposed Rulemaking to modernize the Community Reinvestment Act (CRA). "The core purpose of CRA remains as important as […]
Health and Housing Webinar: Creating positive outcomes during COVID-19
Research has proven that housing plays a significant role in influencing health outcomes in communities across the U.S. With the continued health risk posed by COVID-19, partnerships, communication, and coordination between health and housing service providers has never been more important to keep individuals healthy and stably housed. The National Housing Conference (NHC) examined the […]
ELAH Webinar: Advocating for racial equity in housing and community development
On July 21, Adiyah Ali of the Local Initiatives Support Corporation, Noerena Limón of the National Association of Hispanic Real Estate Professionals and Antoine Thompson of the National Association of Real Estate Brokers presented on advocacy strategies and solutions to achieve racial equity in housing and community development for our Emerging Leaders in Affordable Housing […]
COVID-19 and HUD’s role in assisting borrowers, renters, lenders and property owners
Government support to mitigate the impact of COVID-19 on our country’s housing system continues to be critical as more and more Americans face financial insecurity. The U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development and the Federal Housing Administration (FHA) have taken steps to address COVID-19, including mandating the halt of all foreclosures and evictions of […]
Website Unveil: NHC COVID-19 Housing Resource Center
As the COVID-19 health and economic crises evolve, the need to quickly access information and share resources across the housing industry will be critical. That is why NHC has created the COVID-19 Housing Resource Center, which features over 400 resources on COVID-19 from every facet of the housing industry. On April 21, NHC's David Dworkin […]
Webinar: COVID-19 and Housing
NHC's March Restoring Neighborhoods featured experts in epidemiology and public health on the COVID-19 outbreak from the University of Illinois at Chicago, School of Public Health, who discussed how to prevent spreading the disease, and appropriate precautions and contingency planning for property managers. Stay-up-to-date with information on COVID-19 and housing on our resource page here. […]
Webinar: Outlook for the 2020 Housing Economy
For our first webinar of 2020, NHC was joined by some of the housing industry’s most influential economists to discuss the outlook for the 2020 housing economy. This webinar featured: Lawrence Yun, chief economist and senior vice president at the National Association of REALTORS®; Sam Khater, vice president and chief economist at Freddie Mac; and […]
ELAH Webinar: Racial Justice and Community Development
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 […]