Directory of Affordable and Low Income Housing Resources

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Sites dealing with the broad issue of affordable and low income housing.

Subcategories

• Affordable Real Estate Housing
• US Department of Housing and Urban Development - HUD

Resources in This Category

• California Housing Law Project

  http://www.housingadvocates.org/
  Advocacy organization that provides news and action alerts related to affordable housing as well as statistics and pending legislation in California.

• Enterprise Community Partners

  http://www.enterprisecommunity.org/
  Supports over 1200 community-based nonprofits creating homes affordable to low-income Americans. Offers funding applications and timelines, resource database, a forum and other developer support, all searchable.

• Habitat International Coalition

  http://www.hic-net.org/
  International links, articles, calendar and organizational information for HIC, a network of peoples' organizations and NGOs working on housing and habitat.

• Housing California

  http://www.housingca.org/
  California's statewide nonprofit organization representing a coalition of advocates for affordable housing and homeless issues provides action alerts; organizing materials; information about their annual conference; and links to advocates, resources, nonprofits and government sites;

• HUD Community Planning & Development Affordable Housing Page

  http://www.hud.gov/offices/cpd/affordablehousing/index.cfm
  Programs, news, laws reports, library and links from the US Department of Housing and Urban Development.

• Knowledgeplex

  http://www.knowledgeplex.org/
  News feeds, discussion forums, listserve, publications and searchable index of publications related to low income housing. Site is sponsored by the Fannie Mae Foundation.

• Local Initiatives Support Corporation - LISC

  http://www.liscnet.org/
  Information about LISC, a nonprofit which provides grants, loans and equity investments to CDCs for neighborhood redevelopment. THe site also has best practice materials, tools and templates related to the development of affordable housing, web links and access to technical support.

• McGill University School of Architecture

  http://www.mcgill.ca/mchg/
  Minimum Cost Housing Group offer research and support in poor urban neighborhoods in finding solutions for settlement problems. Page includes abstracts of theses, events, and publications.

• Mercy Housing

  http://www.mercyhousing.org/
  Organizational information regarding Mercy Housing, a national not-for-profit organization developing affordable rentals, low income housing, health care, and senior services.

• National Association of Housing and Redevelopment Officials

  http://www.nahro.org/
  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. Our members administer HUD programs such as Public Housing, Section 8, CDBG and HOME.

• National Equity Fund, Inc.

  http://www.nefinc.org/
  created in 1987 by Local Initiatives Support Corporation (LISC) to help fuel affordable housing development through syndication of low-income housing tax credits (LIHTCs).

• National Housing Conference

  http://www.nhc.org/
  A professional membership organization that focuses on affordable housing and community development issues

• National Housing Federation

  http://www.housing.org.uk/
  Umbrella body that represents independent non-profit housing associations in the United Kingdom.

• National Housing Institute

  http://www.nhi.org/
  NHI is a nonprofit organization that examines the issues causing the crisis in housing and community in America. NHI publishes "Shelterforce" magazine.

• National Housing Law Project

  http://www.nhlp.org/
  NHLP works to advance housing justice for the poor by providing legal assistance, advocacy advice and housing expertise to legal services, low-income housing advocacy groups, and others.

• National Housing Trust Fund Campaign

  http://www.nhtf.org/
  National trust fund campaign and legislative information.

• National Low Income Housing Coalition

  http://www.nlihc.org/
  Dedicated to ending America's affordable housing crisis. Weekly news and alerts about affordable housing.

• Public Housing Agency Profiles (HUD)

  http://www.hud.gov/offices/pih/systems/pic/haprofiles/index.cfm
  Searchable database with brief descriptions and contact information for Housing Authorities in the US

• Public Housing Authorities Directors Association

  http://www.phada.org/
  News articles, studies, resource library, calendar, member directory and other resources related to public housing operations and funding.

• Research Institute for Housing America

  http://www.housingamerica.org/
  Publications related to mortgage and housing markets and Annual Conference on Housing Opportunity information from nonprofit sponsored by the Mortgage Bankers Association of America.

• US Department of Housing and Urban Development

  http://portal.hud.gov/portal/page/portal/HUD
  Links to housing news; information about home owning, buying, renting and financing; community data; pages about how to work with HUD; a resource library; handbooks.

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