Single-family strategies and working in distressed markets
NHC's March Restoring Neighborhoods Task Force webinar covered single-family strategies and working in distressed markets. Julia Gordon and Rob Grossinger, of the National Community Stabilization Trust, shared the Trust's policy agenda and current issues for the single-family market. Michael Gosman, executive director of ACTS Housing in Milwaukee, discussed his organization's work to promote sustainable low-income homeownership. Mercedeh Mortazavi, […]
Annual Budget Forum 2018
NHC assembled experts in housing policy and advocacy for a bipartisan, interactive forum to discuss the federal landscape for housing in 2018, housing finance reform, strategies around building congressional relationships and the use of media. https://youtu.be/4R0Px78b_CI 2018 Speakers Welcome David Dworkin, President and CEO, National Housing Conference Messaging and strategic advocacy Amy Clark, Senior […]
Challenges of affordable housing for Native Americans
On Feb.7, Georgi Banna, director of policy and program development, for the National Association of Housing and Redevelopment Officials, and Marvin Ginn, executive director of Native Community Finance, presented on the challenges of affordable housing for Native Americans, as well as best practices and lessons learned in the field. https://youtu.be/qB6XvEmnF1g Presenters Georgi Banna, […]
Appropriations, tax reform and the outlook for housing finance reform
This Restoring Neighborhoods Task Force meeting discussed updates on federal action on appropriations, tax reform and the outlook for housing finance reform. The webinar closed with a presentation on NHC's new Nexus Housing Policy Guide from Kaitlyn Snyder and Rebekah King. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=W29FiyP0iGw Presenters Olivia Barrow, policy analyst, Enterprise Community Partners Dan Fichtler, associate director of secondary […]
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 […]
Solutions for Affordable Housing
Ronald Reagan Building and International Trade Center 1300 Pennsylvania Ave NW, Washington, DC, United StatesSolutions for Affordable Housing, NHC’s 2017 national housing policy convening, provided an opportunity to explore the federal housing policy landscape under a new administration and Congress. In a variety of issue areas, attendees explored policy change that may be coming, either legislatively or through agency action. Sessions also examined how states and localities are responding […]
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.