Subject: National Low Income Housing Coalition 2010 Annual Housing Policy Conference

  • Housing Advocacy Group Gets $5M Anonymous Donation

    From the National Low Income Housing Coalition The National Low Income Housing Coalition (NLIHC) announced today that it had received an anonymous $5 million donation from a consortium of Coalition members “for the purpose of advancing the Coalition’s mission to achieve socially just public policy that assures people with the lowest incomes in the United States have affordable and decent homes.” The gift will be used to start a new endowment, the Coalition, which has a $2.6 million annual budget, said in a news release. NLIHC Treasurer Moises Loza first announced the gift at NLIHC’s annual meeting held on April 12 in Washington, DC. The gift is from “long-time members of NLIHC who believe in our mission and admire our work,” Loza said, adding that the gift is “extraordinary and substantially expands our capacity.” more

  • Viewing Housing Within a Context

    Minnesota Representative Keith Ellison and Massachusetts Senator John Kerry were honored this week with the National Low Income Housing Coalition’s Edward W. Brooke III Housing Leadership Award. Kerry was not in attendance, but Ellison spoke about existing societal constraints that…

  • Bostic: HUD’s PD&R Was “Stagnant” In Recent Years

    We sat down with Raphael Bostic, HUD’s assistant secretary for Policy Development & Research in a substantive interview slated for publication in the Summer issue of Shelterforce, but people attending the National Low Income Housing Coalitions annual policy conference were…

  • Maintaining Tenant Input

    For hundreds of low-income housing advocates and residents, the annual National Low Income Housing Coalition conference is the one time when they get to convene, talk about policy, and have access to high-level agency representatives. But keeping those lines of…

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    First, Some Perspective

    HUD Secretary Shaun Donovan’s father and stepmother were in attendance today as he offered the luncheon remarks for the National Low Income Housing Coalition’s 2010 Annual Housing Policy Conference and he echoed an ethos at HUD that is ambitious, but…

  • In Supporting Financial Protection Bureau, Merkley Looks Back

    U.S. Sen. Jeff Merkley (D-Ore.) addressed a roomful of renters, housing advocates, and practitioners today as he called for increased protections for consumers, including increased affordable housing opportunities. The senator spoke at the Congressional breakfast on Day 2 of the…

  • The Case for New Vouchers

    Bill Faith, of the Columbus, Coalition on Housing and Homelessness in Ohio praised the $1 billion for the National Housing Trust Fund in the Jobs for Main Street Act, but warned that “capital funding, on its own, doesn’t necessarily get…

  • Reporting From The National Low Income Housing Coalition’s 2010 Annual Housing Policy Conference

    Rooflines, the blog of the National Housing Institute will be reporting live from the National Low Income Housing Coalition’s 2010 Annual Housing Policy Conference. Highlights will include presentations from HUD Secretary Shaun Donovan, NLIHC’s Sheila Crowley, and Mercedes Marquez, HUD’s…