AHP briefing with FHFA
On May 7, NHC and the Federal Housing Finance Agency (FHFA) held a webinar for members on FHFA's proposed rule on the Federal Home Loan Bank Affordable Housing Program. Speakers included Ted Wartell, Marcea Barringer, Tiffani Moore and Eric Howard from the Office of Housing and Community Investment, Division of Housing Mission and Goals at FHFA. Comments […]
Solutions for Housing Communications 2018
On April 17, close to 150 housing professionals attended Solutions for Housing Communications at the National Press Club in Washington, D.C. for a full day of engaging sessions focused on promising communications strategies and tactics for expanding awareness of the benefits of affordable housing and building support for affordable housing policies and development. Plenary sessions […]
Modernization of the Community Reinvestment Act
On April 5, 2018, NHC's President and CEO David Dworkin was joined by Buzz Roberts, president and CEO of the National Association of Affordable Housing Lenders, Gerron Levi, director of policy and government affairs at the National Community Reinvestment Coalition and James Matthews, senior vice president, CRA Compliance at Capital One to discuss the U.S. Department of […]
Discuss naturally occurring affordable housing
NHC's April Restoring Neighborhoods Task Force webinar covered naturally occurring affordable housing, the importance of preserving this valuable housing stock and how affordable housing developers can engage in this work. Anne McCulloch, president and CEO of the Housing Partnership Equity Trust, Deidre Schmidt, president and CEO of CommonBond Communities and Jane Graf, president and CEO of Mercy […]
Explore economic mobility strategies for HUD-subsidized housing residents
On March 22, Sherry Riva, executive director of Compass Working Capital, discussed her work on the Family Self-Sufficiency program and how public housing agencies and private owners of multifamily assisted housing are seeing significant outcomes from the program, and Adrianne Todman, CEO of the National Association of Housing and Redevelopment Officials, discussed other strategies that public […]
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. http://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 […]