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July 20, 2020

Take Action

Our goals can be met only if state housing and homeless coalitions, direct service providers, and residents and other low-income people are educated and empowered to take action. Learn how you can get involved here.

November 1, 2018

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April 29, 2025

Housing Trust Fund Project

December 1, 2011

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National Low Income Housing Coalition
1000 Vermont Ave NW, Suite 500Washington, DC 20005(Tel) 202-662-1530(Fax) 202-393-1973 Donation InquiriesDonors, and those with questions about…

April 29, 2025

Best Practice Elements – Housing Trust Funds

The first step in developing a housing trust fund is to draft a proposal that will create the housing trust fund needed in your community. The goal is to put on the table your group’s ideal housing…

May 2, 2025

Revenue Sources – HTF Best Practices

What defines a housing trust fund is securing a dedicated revenue source. This means that the funding source is committed by law to generate funds for the housing trust fund. Thus, a certain…

May 2, 2025

Length of Affordability - HTF Best Practices

If there is one lesson communities have learned about housing policy, it is that no length of affordability is long enough when it comes to meeting the need for affordable housing.  The twenty…

May 2, 2025

Oversight and Reporting – HTF Best Practice

A majority of housing trust funds have an oversight body other than, or in addition to, the jurisdiction’s elected officials. This advisory board is typically appointed by elected officials,…

May 2, 2025

Income Targeting - HTF Best Practices

No other issue touches the heart of housing trust funds more than that of serving those populations that continue to have the most difficult time securing decent, affordable housing. Due to their…

June 9, 2025

Memo to Members and Partners | Volume 30, Issue 20

Memo: House Republicans Push Spending Cuts to HUD; NLIHC Opposes Reconciliation Bill's Impact on People Experiencing Homelessness; and More

June 9, 2025

NLIHC Welcomes Kayla Springer as Policy Intern

Memo to Members

By Kayla Springer, NLIHC Policy Intern NLIHC is excited to welcome Kayla Springer as a summer 2025 policy intern. Kayla is a rising senior at Harvard University studying Social Studies with a…

June 9, 2025

Where to Find Us – June 9

Memo to Members

COHHIO Tenant Protections Roundtable - virtual, June 9 (Lindsay Duvall) Kingston Housing Task Force Community Housing Series – Kingston, NY, June 24 (Lindsay Duvall) 

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