
Dear NPH Affordable Housing Community,
Last year, NPH took bold action to build a stronger, more equitable future for the Bay Area. Our 2024 campaigns were the culmination of a multi-year electoral strategy to win system change and generate resources at scale for affordable housing.
It was a time for our industry to be bold, take chances, and play big. And this is exactly what we did. We harnessed the collective power of our industry and movement of affordable housing practitioners, advocates, leaders, and community members. I'm proud and grateful for all who stood with us shoulder to shoulder through the many challenges and changing conditions we faced to advance our long-term vision. I am inspired by the collective impact and investment of our members and partners.
Despite the mixed results, we expanded our coalition's capacity and reach, sharpening our strategies for the next phases of this work. We helped to pass Proposition 1 in March, providing $2 billion in funding for Permanent Supportive Housing, but we lost Proposition 5 in November. We ended the year with momentum, securing thousands of endorsements and reaching millions of voters through the Prop. 5 campaign. We built a broad multi-sector coalition that lays the foundation and positions us for future campaigns to fund affordable housing.
We also successfully worked to restore critical affordable housing funding in the state budget, strengthened the Permanent Supportive Housing ecosystem and increased services funding through our member working groups, and advanced initiatives that continue to build resilience across our sector and support our most vulnerable communities.
I know that our work is not easy. At this moment, it is particularly challenging given the incoming federal threats, the large scale of need, the lack of resources, and rising costs. One thing is certain, however: we will continue to pursue bold solutions to the region's and the state's affordable housing needs. Our neighbors and communities can't afford for us to give up or lose hope.
Thank you for standing with us. I look ahead to 2025 knowing that we'll continue to move with urgency and boldness toward a future where everyone has a place to call home.
Amie Fishman
NPH Executive Director
