March 31, 2020

Invest Significantly to Build and Operate Affordable Housing

NPH believes that we must act at all levels — from local to state to federal — to invest significantly to build and operate affordable housing, a critical community benefit that ensures we’re planning ahead.
April 27, 2020

Bay Area and Statewide Community Organizations Call for Emergency Federal Action on COVID-19 Public Health and Economic Crises

Bay Area and Statewide Community Organizations Call for Emergency Federal Action on COVID-19 Public Health and Economic CrisesLetter signed by over 100 organizations spanning affordable housing, homelessness, public health, labor, faith, transportation (California) More than 100 of the Bay Area and state’s leading non-profit and community organizations sent an emergency letter to Speaker Pelosi and the California Congressional delegation today that directs lawmakers to take immediate action on housing policy to directly address the COVID-19 environment in California and nation-wide. “We need an action…
April 30, 2020

Mercury News: Coronavirus: Desperate Bay Area tenants face monthly rents as advocates push for massive bailout

“As rent comes due Friday for the growing ranks of unemployed workers, anxious tenants and advocates have turned to rent strikes and lobbying for massive, new government funding to ease a housing crisis intensified by the coronavirus pandemic. “State and local emergency measures have protected renters from evictions, but the uncertainty of mounting debts as shelter in place orders have shuttered businesses and left workers without paychecks has prompted demands for greater relief. “To keep our community safe, people have to…
May 5, 2020

Shelterforce: What Would It Mean to Cancel Rent?

“Tens of millions of people have lost their jobs due to the pandemic in the last month. Even those who are covered by an eviction moratorium are now worried about accumulating back rent and ending up on the streets once the moratorium lifts. “In response, a wide range of tenant and worker organizations are organizing around the idea of canceling rent and mortgage payments during the crisis. “Amie Fishman of the Nonprofit Housing Association of California (NPH)— which represents affordable housing developers,…