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This important concept of 'public land for public good' drives EBHO's work in Oakland to inform a policy for the use and disposition of city-owned land, including Coliseum City and the Oak Knoll Naval Hospital property. Please join EBHO and Citywide Network partners on April 1st at a community forum where residents can share public land goals and asks with the City. To RSVP, please contact Adlemy Garcia at adlemy@ebho.org
Advancing Solutions in a Changing Landscape Join NLIHC for a Housing Policy Forum featuring a wide array of policy-leaders and other experts from around the country on strategies for achieving affordable housing solutions in the changing post-election landscape. Engage with leaders from Capitol Hill and the new Administration and hear from thought-leaders, policy experts, researchers, affordable housing advocates and providers, and low income residents about best strategies for meeting the housing needs of the lowest income households in America. Learn more and…
Join SPUR and SV@Home April 5th for a lively panel discussion. The region's largest tech employers have begun to focus more of their community engagement efforts and investments in housing, whether it serves their employees or the communities impacted by the industry's rapid growth. Panel:Tameeka Bennett, Youth UnitedArdie Zahedani, St. Anton CommunitiesSV@Home Board member, Jan Lindenthal, MidPen Housing *Pre-registration not required
NPH's next Legislative Issues Committee meeting will be April 6. You must register to attend. Click here for more information and to register.
For this month's edition of happy hour we are back in San Francisco! Come join ELPN and Housers Happy Hour for a drink or just to spend some time with your fellow housers! Contact Allie for more details.
Join the excitement of A Night With The Stars, a Community Housing Partnership (CHP) benefit event. This annual event brings San Francisco together to enjoy wine, food, and performances! Help us celebrate our residents, all of whom have experienced homelessness, as they perform on the historic stage of the Herbst Theatre. More information here.
An anticipated new study about accessory dwelling units (ADUs) is being released by UC Berkeley's Terner Center for Housing Innovation. Titled Unblocking the Market for Accessory Dwelling Units: Lessons Learned from Portland, Seattle and Vancouver, the study examines the impact of various policy reforms and programs on expanding the production of accessory dwelling units. Using Seattle, Washington, Portland, Oregon and Vancouver, British Columbia as case studies, the report examines why some reforms have spurred more ADU construction than others while identifying best practices for other regions seeking to…
Diversity, equity and inclusion inherently shape the work we do each day as affordable housers. Yet our industry still faces challenges in hiring and retaining a diverse workforce at all levels. Join NPH and the panelists from ELPN's panel on Diversity and Inclusion from the Fall 2016 NPH Conference in discussing some of the work the industry needs to undertake to better reflect our movement. Learn more and register here!
Join National Housing Conference in Minneapolis for #Solutions2017 to learn about best practices for countering community opposition and explore creative and new approaches to meeting this perennial challenge. Session topics range from building political support for affordable housing development to organizing for community support. Learn more and register here!
Fair Housing: Affirmatively Further Fair Housing and Site Selection Last year the U. S. Supreme Court issued a ruling that the Federal Fair Housing Act included claims based on disparate impact and HUD released its new Affirmatively Furthering Fair Housing Rules. These two actions taken together have the potential to change how siting decisions for affordable housing are made. With changes in the administration, this Brown Bag will discuss issues regarding the future of AFFH Regulations and how public housing authorities…