October Restoring Neighborhoods Webinar
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 […]
Foundations for the Future of Housing Conference
Renaissance Chicago Downtown Hotel 1 W Wacker Dr., Chicago, IL, United StatesWe 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 […]
September Restoring Neighborhoods Webinar
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: […]
July Restoring Neighborhoods Webinar
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. […]
June Restoring Neighborhoods Webinar
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 […]
2019 Annual Policy Symposium
The Hamilton 600 14th St NW, Washington, DC, United StatesOn 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 […]
47th Annual Housing Visionary Awards Gala
Andrew W. Mellon Auditorium 1301 Constitution Ave NW, Washington, DC, United StatesThank 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, […]
May Restoring Neighborhoods Webinar
Our May Restoring Neighborhoods webinar featured a presentation from Laurie Goodman, vice president of housing finance policy at the Urban Institute, on cash out refinances. Cash out refinances are a two-edged sword. On one hand, they allow people to monetize their single largest asset— their home equity. On the other hand, cash out refinance mortgages […]
Solutions for Housing Communications 2019
National Press Club 529 14th St NW, Washington, DC, United StatesOn April 16, close to 200 housers and communicators who represented organizations from across the nation that do work in housing finance, advocacy and development attended Solutions for Housing Communications at the National Press Club in Washington, D.C. Representatives from federal and local government, including representatives from Capitol […]
April Restoring Neighborhoods Webinar
The April Restoring Neighborhoods Task Force webinar featured a presentation by Kevin Ehrman-Solberg, the digital and geospatial director of Mapping Prejudice. Mapping Prejudice uses historical data and mapping software to illuminate how Minneapolis’ past policies racially segregated the city and exacerbated racial disparities experienced today. The City of Minneapolis used the work from Mapping Prejudice […]