Support for Service Providers > Housing Resources
Housing Resources
2007 Advocates' Guide to Housing and Community Development Policy
Compiled by the National Low Income Housing Coalition (NLIHC), the Advocates' Guide to Housing and Community Development Policy is a valuable resource that includes articles with information about housing, community development, and federally sponsored programs, as well as appendices with a glossary of terms and titles including "How Laws Are Made” and “Lobbying and Advocacy Tips.”
Accounting & Financial Operations for Nonprofits in Rural Housing
The purpose of this manual is to convey, in terms that are as straightforward as possible, the basic information necessary to manage the accounting and financial areas of the organization. Although information is included concerning the actual processing of transactions and reconciling of accounts, this manual is not intended to provide detailed bookkeeping instruction, but rather to provide an overview of the critical accounting and financial areas for which nonprofits are responsible.
Bibliography of Cushing N. Dolbeare's writings
Compiled by the National Low Income Housing Coalition, this extensive bibliography lists the works of Cushing N. Dolbeare, founder and chair emeritus of NLIHC and one of the nation’s leading experts on federal housing policy and the housing circumstances of low-income people.
Building Better Communities Network
Building Better Communities Network is a web-based information clearinghouse and communication forum dedicated to building inclusive communities and to successfully identify affordable or supportive housing and community services. It includes publications, contact information for experts in the field, and links to helpful organizations.
The Center for Housing and New Community Economics (CHANCE)
Institute on Disability/UCE
University of New Hampshire
10 West Edge Drive, Suite 101
Durham, NH 03824-3522
Website: http://chance.unh.edu/
Primary Contact: Dan Vachon, drv@cisunix.unh.edu
The Center for Housing and New Community Economics (CHANCE) was established in March of 2001. CHANCE’s mission is to improve and increase access to integrated, affordable, and accessible housing coordinated with, but separate from, personal assistance and supportive services.
The Center for Housing Policy
1801 K Street, N.W., Suite M-100
Washington, D.C. 20006-1301
Phone: 202-466-2121
Website: http://www.nhc.org/index/chp-index
Primary Contact: Jeffrey Lubell, 202-466-2121 ext. 234, jlubell@nhc.org
The Center for Housing Policy is the research affiliate of the National Housing Conference (NHC). In partnership with NHC and its members, the Center works to broaden understanding of the Nation's housing challenges and to examine the impact of policies and programs developed to address these needs.
Changing Priorities: The Federal Budget and Housing Assistance 1976–2005
Changing Priorities provides a history of funding for housing assistance. This report also compares the funding of housing assistance to the broader budget, to housing-related tax benefits that primarily favor homeownership, and to other programs serving low income people. In addition, the funding levels for specific housing programs are shown over time.
Continua of Care Best Practices: Comprehensive Homeless Planning in Rural America
This best practices report provides case studies of rural communities that have successfully created and maintained rural systems and homeless shelter and service projects. The case studies provide rural communities and local groups with examples of how to create a comprehensive plan, prepare an application, and develop sustaining networks of collaboration.
The Continuum of Care Plan and The Ten Year Plan to End Chronic Homelessness: Potential Tools in the Affordable Housing Preservation Toolbox
This Toolbox guide presents a sketch of the Continuum of Care Plan and the process for
creating it. The guide is not meant to be a comprehensive introduction to the Continuum of Care; rather, its focus is on potential ties to preserving the stock of federally-assisted affordable permanent housing serving homeless people.
The Corporation for Supportive Housing
50 Broadway, 17th Floor
New York, NY 10004
Phone: 212-986-2966
Fax: 212-986-6552
Website: www.csh.org
Primary Contact: Nancy McGraw, nancy.mcgraw@csh.org, 212-986-2966 ext. 282
CSH brings together people, skills and resources. They advance their mission by providing high-quality advice and development expertise, by making loans and grants to supportive housing sponsors, by strengthening the supportive housing industry, and by reforming public policy to make it easier to create and operate supportive housing.
Corporation for Supportive Housing’s Toolkit for Developing and Operating Supportive Housing
The purpose of this Toolkit is to provide organizations with access to tools, informational materials, and sample documents that can help them address key challenges in the planning, development, and on-going operation of permanent supportive housing projects. This Toolkit currently contains more than 150 informational pieces, tools, and sample documents.
Corporation for Supportive Housing’s Toolkit for Ending Long-Term Homelessness
This Toolkit highlights some of the most promising practices for ending long-term homelessness today. In addition to key lessons learned by supportive housing projects and programs across the country, the Toolkit includes profiles of systems-wide strategies for working with this population, photo tours of supportive housing projects from around the country, sample documents from supportive housing service teams and property managers, and a listing of key additional tools.
Council of Large Public Housing Authorities (CLPHA)
1250 Eye Street N.W.
Washington, D.C. 20005
Phone: 202-638-1300
Fax: 202-638-2364
Website: http://www.clpha.org/page.cfm?pageID=1
Primary Contact: Sunia Zaterman, szaterman@clpha.org
The Council of Large Public Housing Authorities is a national nonprofit organization that works to preserve and improve public and affordable housing through advocacy, research, policy analysis and public education. CLPHA’s 60 members represent virtually every major metropolitan area in the country.
Enterprise Community Partners
10227 Wincopin Circle
American City Building
Columbia, MD 21044
Phone: 800-624-4298
Fax: 410-964-1918
Website: http://www.enterprisecommunity.org/
Enterprise Community Partners is a leading provider of the development capital and expertise it takes to create decent, affordable homes and rebuild communities. For more than two decades, Enterprise has pioneered neighborhood solutions through public-private partnerships with financial institutions, governments, community organizations and others that share their vision.
Environmental Review: A Guide for Applicants Seeking HUD or USDA Rural Development Financial Assistance
Included in this guide are the steps in an environmental review, a discussion of the various levels of environmental review, factors that are reviewed in the environmental assessment, and an explanation of the developer’s responsibilities.
Fair Housing, the Zoning Process, and Land Use Politics in Rural Areas
Many affordable housing developers encounter opposition from neighbors and elected officials when they propose a new project. This report uses examples from four cases to illustrate choices and strategies that may be employed at different points in a "Not in My Back Yard” (NIMBY) conflict. In each case, local opponents to an affordable housing project used the permit or zoning process to challenge an affordable housing proposal.
Financing Supportive Housing with Tax-Exempt Bonds and 4% Low-Income Housing Tax Credits
Tax-exempt bonds partnered with 4% Low-income Housing Tax Credits (LIHTC) have been widely used by affordable housing developers. It has taken longer for this financing structure to be used by permanent supportive housing developers since most assume their projects cannot support debt service on the bonds. This report is intended to introduce this technique to local and state officials considering bond financing, presenting several case studies and answering some of the most commonly asked questions.
A Guide to Appealing Rural Housing Service/Rural Development Decisions
This guide is intended to provide an introduction and basic information about the Rural Housing Services (RHS)/Rural Development appeal process. Complete details on the appeal procedure are found in agency regulations. No one should enter into the appeal process without reading the regulations.
A Guide to Federal Housing and Community Development Programs for Small Towns and Rural Areas
This guide is meant to serve as a tool for rural communities to help identify public resources that may be used to meet the housing needs of low-income rural populations. It was first published by the Housing Assistance Council (HAC) in 1989, and has been updated occasionally to reflect federal program changes.
Guide to Fundraising for Rural Nonprofits: Strategies for Raising Operating Funds
This fundraising guide is intended to help the staffs and boards of nonprofit housing developers in rural communities to review different types of funders, to identify possible sources of administrative or operating support, and to establish effective fundraising strategies. Resources available on the internet will be highlighted throughout.
Housing Assistance Council
1025 Vermont Ave., NW, Ste 606
Washington, D.C. 20005
Phone: 202-842-8600
Website: http://www.ruralhome.org/index.php
E-mail: hac@ruralhome.org
HAC emphasizes local solutions, empowerment of the poor, reduced dependence and self-help strategies. HAC assists in the development of both single- and multi-family homes and promotes homeownership for working low-income rural families through a self-help, “sweat equity” construction method.
How To Be A “Player” in the Continuum of Care: Tools for the Mental Health Community
This guidebook is designed to provide the mental health community with the necessary tools to be active participants in the Continuum of Care process in their community or state. Through participation in the Continuum of Care process, the mental health community can expand and improve housing and supports for people who are homeless and have serious mental illnesses.
Local Initiatives Support Corporation
501 Seventh Avenue
New York, NY 10018
Phone: 212-455-9800
Fax: 212-682-5929
Website: www.liscnet.org
E-mail: info@lisc.org
The Local Initiatives Support Corporation (LISC) provides capital, technical expertise and information to community-based development organizations working for the creation of affordable housing; commercial, industrial and community facilities; businesses; and jobs.
Making it Work: Combating Rural Homelessness
This issue of Rural Voices illustrates some of the innovative ways rural homeless providers are accessing and using resources.
National Association of Housing and Redevelopment Officials
630 Eye Street, NW
Washington D.C. 20001
Toll Free: 877-866-2476
Phone: 202-289-3500
Fax: 202-289-8181
Website: http://www.nahro.org/index.cfm
E-mail: nahro@nahro.org
The National Association of Housing and Redevelopment Officials (NAHRO) is the leading housing and community development advocate for the provision of adequate and affordable housing and strong, viable communities for all Americans—particularly those with low and moderate incomes. Their members administer HUD programs such as Public Housing, Section 8, CDBG and HOME.
The National Alliance to End Homelessness
1518 K St, NW, Ste 410
Washington, D.C. 20005
Phone: 202-638-1526
Website: www.naeh.org
Primary Contact: Nan Roman, 202-638-1526
The National Alliance analyzes policy and develops pragmatic, cost-effective policy solutions. They work collaboratively with the public, private and nonprofit sectors to build state and local capacity, leading to stronger programs and policies that help communities achieve their goal of ending homelessness.
National Center on Family Homelessness
181 Wells Avenue
Newton Centre, MA 02459
Toll Free: 800-952-7812
Phone: 617-964-3834
Fax: 617-244-1758
Website: http://www.familyhomelessness.org/index.php
Primary Contact: Catherine M. Dunham, catherine.dunham@familyhomelessness.org
The National Center on Family Homelessness (The National Center), founded in 1988, is the only national organization devoted solely to helping homeless families. Their trainings and technical assistance help shelters and providers address the day-to-day realities of the tragedy of homelessness.
National Coalition for the Homeless
2201 P St. N.W.
Washington, D.C. 20037
Phone: 202-462-4822
Fax: 202-462-4823
Website: www.nationalhomeless.org
E-mail: info@nationalhomeless.org.
The National Coalition for the Homeless, founded in 1982, is a national network of people who are currently experiencing or who have experienced homelessness, activists and advocates, community-based and faith-based service providers, and others committed to a single mission. That mission, their common bond, is to end homelessness. They are committed to creating the systemic and attitudinal changes necessary to prevent and end homelessness.
The National Housing Conference
1801 K Street, N.W., Suite M-100
Washington, D.C. 20006-1301
Phone: 202-466-2121
Fax: 202-466-2122
Website: www.nhc.org
Primary Contact: Conrad Egan, 202-466-2121 ext. 224, cegan@nhc.org
For more than 75 years, the nonprofit National Housing Conference (NHC) has been the nation’s premier public policy and affordable housing advocacy organization. A membership drawn from every industry segment forms the foundation for NHC's broad, nonpartisan advocacy for national policies and legislation that promote suitable housing in a safe, decent environment.
National Housing Institute
460 Bloomfield Avenue, Suite 211
Montclair, NJ 07042-3552
Phone: 973-509-2888
Fax: 973-509-8005
Website: www.nhi.org
E-mail: nhi@nhi.org
The National Housing Institute examines issues causing the crisis in housing and community in America. NHI has performed original research on such topics as saving subsidized housing, homelessness prevention, and creating jobs as a component of affordable housing construction.
National Ingratitude: Study on Deficiencies in Housing Programs for Veterans
First published in the Indiana Law Review in 2005 this article examines the nature and extent of housing assistance provided by the United States government to veterans of its military service. It finds that assistance remarkably limited and inconsistent with our nation's history and rhetoric, providing a sobering corrective for those who wish to believe that public policy in the United States progressively becomes more humane or that national declarations are matched by national performance. The article also considers the reasons and potential cures for these inadequacies and inconsistencies.
The National Law Center on Homelessness and Poverty
1411 K Street N.W., Suite 1400
Washington, D.C. 20005
Phone: 202-638-2535
Website: www.nlchp.org
The mission of NLCHP is to prevent and end homelessness by serving as the legal arm of the nationwide movement to end homelessness. To achieve its mission, the organization pursues three main strategies: impact litigation, policy advocacy and public education.
National Housing Law Project
614 Grand Ave., Ste. 320
Oakland, CA 94610
Phone: 510-251-9400
Website: http://www.nhlp.org/
Primary Contact: Gideon Anders, ganders@nhlp.org
The National Housing Law Project (NHLP) is a national housing law and advocacy center. The goal of NHLP is to advance housing justice for the poor by increasing and preserving the supply of decent affordable housing, by improving existing housing conditions, including physical conditions and management practices, by expanding and enforcing low-income tenants’ and homeowners’ rights, and by increasing opportunities for racial and ethnic minorities.
National Low Income Housing Coalition
727 15th Street N.W., 6th Floor
Washington, D.C. 20005
Phone: 202-662-1530
Fax: 202/393-1973
Website: www.nlihc.org
Primary Contact: Sheila Crowley, sheila@nlihc.org, 202-662-1530 ext. 224
The National Low Income Housing Coalition is dedicated solely to ending America's affordable housing crisis. While they are concerned about the housing circumstances of all low income people, they focus their advocacy on those with the most serious housing problems, the lowest income households.
National Policy and Advocacy Council on Homelessness
1140 Connecticut Ave. N.W., Suite 1210
Washington, D.C. 20036
Phone: 202-714-5378
Website: http://www.npach.org/
E-mail: info@npach.org
The National Policy and Advocacy Council on Homelessness (NPACH) is a national grassroots organization whose primary concern is to ensure that national homelessness policy accurately reflects the needs of local communities.
National Resource Center on Homelessness and Mental Illness
Website: www.nrchmi.samhsa.gov
National Resource Center on Homelessness and Mental Illness provides technical assistance, identifies and synthesizes knowledge, and disseminates information. The National Resource Center links policy makers, service providers, researchers, consumers, and other interested parties to findings from Federal demonstration and Knowledge Development and Application (KDA) projects and research on homelessness and mental illness.
National Rural Housing Coalition
1250 Eye Street, N.W., Suite 902
Washington, D.C. 20005
Phone: 202-393-5229
Website: http://www.nrhcweb.org/index.html
E-mail: nrhc@nrhcweb.org
In 1969, a group of concerned rural community activists, public officials and nonprofit developers formed the National Rural Housing Coalition (NRHC) to fight for better housing and community facilities for low-income rural people.
New Beginnings: The Need for Supportive Housing for Previously Incarcerated People
Persons exiting the criminal justice system contribute significantly to the growing number of homeless individuals throughout the United States. Supportive housing has proven itself the most cost effective strategy to end homelessness, but the supply of units is extremely limited. This report examines the housing needs of formerly incarcerated people, particularly those with special needs, and presents a national survey of existing models of re-entry housing.
A Nonprofit Capacity Self-Assessment Workbook for Community-Based Housing Organizations
This workbook is intended for use by nonprofit staff and board members to assess their own capacity, set goals for improving their capacity, and to repeat the process on an annual basis. The workbook may also be useful for funders and nonprofit intermediaries that need a tool to assess the capacity-building needs of the nonprofits that they are funding.
Olmstead and Supportive Housing: A Vision for the Future
The Supreme Court’s Olmstead v. L.C. decision of 1999 had major implications for consumers, multiple state and federal agencies, and health care providers. To respond to this decision and to begin to offer technical assistance to its stakeholders, the Center for Health Care Strategies (CHCS) launched a variety of initiatives, including one focused on supportive housing, the subject of this report, Olmstead and Supportive Housing: A Vision for the Future. This report offers a basic primer on supportive housing, as well as a thorough review of states’ Olmstead planning efforts in this area.
Opening Doors
This free newsletter is designed to provide important information on affordable housing issues to people with disabilities, their families, advocates, and service providers across the United States.
Partnership to End Long Term Homelessness
c/o The Philanthropic Initiative
160 Federal Street, 8th Floor
Boston, MA 02110
Phone: 617-338-2590
Fax: 617-338-2591
Website: www.endlongtermhomelessness.org
The Partnership serves as an open knowledge network for funders, sharing strategic thinking, wide-ranging experience, and expertise to prevent and address long-term homelessness. The Partnership seeks to help build 150,000 units of permanent supportive housing for the more than 250,000 long-term homeless in the United States.
Policy Research Associates
345 Delaware Avenue
Delmar, NY 12054
Phone: 518-439-7415
Website: www.prainc.com
Primary Contact: Terri Hay, thay@prainc.com
PRA's special expertise lies in areas such as the relationship between the mental health and criminal justice systems; the housing, treatment and service needs of homeless people with serious mental illness; issues challenging at-risk children, youth and their families; and the causes and impacts of violence.
Priced Out
Priced Out is a series of housing publications created as a joint effort by the Technical Assistance Collaborative, Inc. (TAC) and the Washington, D.C.-based Consortium for Citizens with Disabilities (CCD) Housing Task Force. Priced Out is published every two years to bring attention to our nation's most compelling, and least understood, housing affordability crisis. The goal of these biennial reports is to shed light on the housing crisis being faced by some of our most vulnerable citizens – people with significant and long-term disabilities.
Report on Low-Income Veteran Renters
On December 5, 2007, David G. Wood, Director of Financial Markets and Community Investment for the Government Accountability Office, testified before the House Subcommittee on Housing and Community Opportunity about a report on low-income veteran renter households.
The report, released in August 2007, found that 2.3 million, or 53%, of veteran renter households nationwide were low-income. Half of those households had problems affording rent. The report also found that veterans were somewhat less likely to be low-income or suffer from house affordability problems than non-veteran renter households.
To see the full testimony on the report, click here.
To see the highlights from the report, click here.
Supportive Housing Training Series
The Supportive Housing Training Series currently includes eleven curricula providing best practices and guidance on supportive housing development, operation and services. Each curriculum provides a one-day training for enriching the skills of supportive housing developers and providers.
Summary Report of the Supportive Housing Leadership Forum 2006: Investing in Change
At the third annual Supportive Housing Leadership Forum, the Corporation for Supportive
Housing (CSH) assembled 200 influential policy makers from 27 states and the District of Columbia along with a cadre of CSH staff to share and advance the policy and program reforms needed to create more supportive housing in their communities.
Rebuilding Lives......From the Streets to a Home and a Job
The stories in Rebuilding Lives are about some of the participants in supportive housing communities, their early experiences, and recent developments in their lives. This document introduces a few people in this effort to end homelessness, and the intention is that readers are intrigued by the results realized through the close collaboration among the partners and in the lives of those served by the project. They are working together to end chronic homelessness through employment and housing.
Regional Housing Forum: A Technical Assistance Guide for Housing Resources and Strategy
Published in 2002, the information and approaches detailed in this guide are intended to provide further information and guidance to Delaware, Florida, Kentucky, Maryland, Massachusetts, New Jersey, and the District of Columbia as they work collaboratively to develop realistic systems-level strategies to expand housing opportunities for people with disabilities.
Section 8 Made Simple: 2nd Edition
The chapters in this guidebook are organized sequentially to mirror the activities that a person would go through in the Section 8 program – from applying for a voucher, to finding eligible housing, to becoming a successful Section 8 participant. To assist the reader, at the end of each chapter there is a summary of key points.
A Status Report on Hunger and Homelessness in America’s Cities: A 23-City Survey
This report provides an analysis of the scale of the hunger and homelessness problems in a group of American cities and the efforts these cities are making to address those problems. The report is based on data collected from the U.S. Conference of Mayors Hunger and Homelessness Information Questionnaire, completed by cities between October 26 and November 26, 2007.
|
