A Regional Approach

The Bay Area’s affordable housing crisis touches every single person in the Bay Area. Unaffordable rents and home prices in the Bay Area are pushing out many long time residents, especially communities of color, and forcing our workers farther from job centers and our vulnerable communities farther from their networks of support.

NPH’s Regional Program is geared towards promoting affordable housing solutions across the nine Bay Area counties. We work with members, allies, and supporters and with the Metropolitan Transportation Commission (MTC) and the Association of Bay Area Governments (ABAG), the Bay Area’s land use and transportation planning agencies, to promote innovative affordable housing solutions for all 101 cities and 9 counties.

Our Regional Agenda

NPH is working to secure a firm commitment from our regional governing bodies MTC and ABAG to develop a comprehensive approach to addressing our housing affordability crisis with bold plans and programs to hold cities and counties accountable.

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Housing Elements

The Housing Elements process is one of our region’s most important opportunities to advance an ambitious, equitable, and sustainable vision for housing. NPH is excited to provide community engagement resources that advocates can adapt to educate, engage, and mobilize across the Bay Area.

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Bay Area Affordable Housing Partners

NPH is proud to partner with advocacy partners working at the city and county-level across the Bay Area, to maximize regional collaboration and coordination and lift up all efforts. Learn more about these local organizations and how to engage directly.

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Questions?

Please contact our Senior Policy Manager, J.T. Harechmak: jt@nonprofithousing.org

Electoral Policy Reports

August 9, 2023

CBS Bay Area: Work begins on controversial housing project in Marin County

A Marin City community said it is worried a housing project will accelerate gentrification and push ...

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News

July 13, 2023

SF Chronicle: Game changer? Bay Area could get up to $20 billion for affordable housing

As San Francisco and other cities face pressure from the state to build unprecedented levels of affo...

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News

January 17, 2023

KQED: Newsom's Proposed Budget Keeps Most Housing, Homeless Funding Intact. Advocates Want MoreKQED:

Amid a looming $22.5 billion deficit, California housing advocates expressed relief that Gov. Gavin ...

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Legislative Policy

December 7, 2022

The Mercury News: Building homes in ‘God’s backyard’: New bill would permit housing at California’s churches, mosques and synagogues

Just one day after the start of the new legislative session, Sen. Scott Wiener (D-San Francisco) ann...

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Legislative Policy

December 7, 2022

*PRESS RELEASE* Sen. Wiener Intros YIGBY Housing Legislation to Allow Religious Institutions & Nonprofit Colleges to Build Affordable Housing on Their Land

SB 4 ensures that churches, faith institutions, and nonprofit colleges will be able to build afforda...

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News

November 7, 2022

KQED: In Pushing Affordable Housing Measures, Local Leaders Ask Voters to Contend With Racist Housing Law

Oakland City Councilmember Carroll Fife wants you to know what Article 34 is. She wants you to face ...

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News

October 14, 2022

Builder and Developer Magazine: The Key to Our Future

Housing affordability and homelessness solutions are top priorities for Americans and it is clear wh...

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News

August 2, 2022

San Francisco Chronicle: Here’s how much money you need to make to rent an apartment in S.F.

It now takes a full-time income of more than $61 an hour to comfortably afford the rent for an avera...

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News

June 13, 2022

Yes in God's back yard: Bay Area lawmaker revives plan for affordable housing at churches

SAN FRANCISCO – Amid the state’s ongoing housing woes, a Bay Area lawmaker has reintroduced ...

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Connecting The Issues

June 10, 2022

The YIGBYs are back: Push to let churches build affordable housing on their land revived in California

The fight that gave rise to yet another California housing-related moniker — Yes in God’s Back Y...

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News

June 9, 2022

RELEASE: Bay Area Regional Leaders Respond to the Budget Proposals from the Governor and Legislature

June 9, 2022 (San Francisco Bay Area) – As lawmakers approach the impending budget deadline, B...

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Connecting The Issues

March 24, 2022

All Home: Citing new report, Bay Area mayors and advocates call to strengthen Homekey

A new report from the Terner Center for Housing Innovation shows the impact and potential of Califor...

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Legislative Policy

February 23, 2022

NLIHC: Regional Challenges, Federal Solutions: NPH Urges Bay Area Congressional Delegation to Champion Build Back Better’s Housing Resources

In 2021, NPH – a longstanding NLIHC member – faced a unique set of challenges in building power ...

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News

July 14, 2021

East Bay Times: How many minimum wage jobs does it take to pay Bay Area rent?

High Bay Area rents come with another cost for low-income workers — they need multiple jobs just t...

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Connecting The Issues

June 7, 2021

Reasons to be Cheerful: Churches Are Becoming Players in Making Cities More Affordable

Bishop Matthews, head of East Oakland, California’s Genesis Worship Center, has long apprecia...

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News

May 26, 2021

People's World: Newsom proposes record-setting public spending with ‘California Comeback Plan’

With California’s finances buoyed by unanticipated tax revenues and a $27 billion boost from the A...

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News

April 29, 2021

The Mercury News: Bay Area gets more housing funds, local mayors warn it’s not enough

After excluding the Bay Area’s largest cities from a key pot of affordable housing funding — pro...

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News

December 22, 2020

Looking back at BAHFA in 2020

One of the great success stories of 2020 has been the creation and activation of the Bay Area Housin...

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News

November 4, 2020

Statement on Election Impacts on Housing Justice in Bay Area from Non-Profit Housing Association of Northern California Executive Director Amie Fishman

“Among the many pressing issues of our time, this election presents critical opportunities to adva...

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News

October 6, 2020

New Recommendations Show Comprehensive Regional Housing Strategy Key to Addressing Bay Area’s Housing Woes, Racial Injustices

(San Francisco Bay Area) Amid critical national conversations around how to respond to and recover f...

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Campaigns

May 18, 2020

Amidst COVID environment, Bay Area Voters Cite Housing As Top Concern

RELEASE: Amidst COVID Environment, Bay Area Voters Cite Housing As Top Concern New poll shows strong...

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Campaigns

March 9, 2020

SAN JOSE SPOTLIGHT: SILICON VALLEY LEADERS MULL COMBINING HOUSING, TRANSPORTATION BALLOT MEASURES

“Bay Area business and housing leaders are in talks over whether 2020 is the year when two ballot ...

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News

March 6, 2020

THE MERCURY NEWS: NEW BILL WOULD LET CALIFORNIA CHURCHES BUILD AFFORDABLE HOUSING ON THEIR PROPERTY

“Under a new proposal, churches, synagogues and mosques would be able to build affordable housing ...

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News

February 6, 2020

KQED: Can the Bay Area Solve Its Affordable Housing Crisis?

” As high housing costs continue crippling Bay Area residents, demands are growing for more af...

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News

January 28, 2020

San Francisco Chronicle: "New wave of homelessness"

"People talk regionally, but they act very locally when it comes to homelessness.. But this feels li...

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Campaigns

December 19, 2019

RELEASE: Two New Bay Area Housing Reports Demonstrate that Significant Revenue Measure May Be Pathway for Bay Area Region

Two new housing reports released today by California Housing Partnership and the Non-Profit Housing ...

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News

September 17, 2019

"Landmark Bill Heads to Governor’s Desk to Address the Bay Area Housing Crisis"

The California State Legislature approved Assembly Bill 1487 (Chiu-San Francisco), which will allow ...

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Campaigns

September 17, 2019

Daily Journal: "Regional housing tax effort part of larger package"

Housing advocates lauded the success of a proposal to boost the fundraising capacity of regional org...

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Connecting The Issues

April 29, 2019

RELEASE: Bay Area Explores Housing Opportunities, Solutions during Affordable Housing Month

After November measures, advocates look to community to build on momentum For Immediate ReleaseApril...

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Campaigns

March 25, 2019

Mercury News: Bay Area voters poll results

“They’re the twin demons plaguing Bay Area residents: the never-ending grind of bumper-to-bu...

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News

March 22, 2019

Mountain View Voice on the CASA compact

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News

March 8, 2019

KQED: "Push to Create a Regional Housing Agency for the Bay Area"

“State lawmakers are proposing to create a housing agency for the San Francisco Bay Area, with...

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Campaigns

March 5, 2019

Mercury News: "Some cities push back against plan to overhaul Bay Area housing market"

“As the Bay Area grapples with a housing shortage that has driven the cost of buying and renti...

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News

February 12, 2019

Christian Science Monitor: ‘All hands on deck’

“The Bay Area comprises nine counties and 101 municipalities in a region with 7.6 million peop...

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News

January 22, 2019

Beyond Chron: Builders and Tenants are Allies

“After decades of  failing to build anywhere near enough housing, California is waking up.  ...

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News

January 22, 2019

San Mateo Daily Journal: "Regional housing proposal gathers approval"

“The Association of Bay Area Governments Executive Board voted 21-9 in favor of the CASA Compa...

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News

January 18, 2019

RELEASE: ABAG Passes First Comprehensive Housing Approach in Bay Area History

ABAG Passes First Comprehensive Housing Approach in Bay Area HistoryNPH Applauds Passage of Critical...

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News

October 30, 2018

New “HIP” solution created to drive progress for Bay Area region’s housing crisis

A new “HIP” program of incentives passed by the Metropolitan Transportation Commission (MTC) las...

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Campaigns

August 6, 2018

Santa Cruz Sentinel: It’s time to refocus on housing

“Many in our community are deeply concerned about the lack of affordable housing for local fam...

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News

August 6, 2018

Mercury News Op-Ed: More Housing, Less Traffic -- A Bill Badly Needed for the Bay Area

“As our state lawmakers return from summer recess and get back to unfinished business, there r...

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News

July 16, 2018

IN EQUAL TIMES: HOMELESS IN SILICON VALLEY: HOW THE HEARTLAND OF GLOBAL TECH BECAME THE EPICENTRE OF A HOUSING CRISIS

“We are facing the gravest crisis in housing unaffordability and inequity in recent history,” sa...

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News

June 26, 2018

New Tools for Local Government to Advance Affordable Housing: A Webinar with Pedro Galvao and Michael Lane

Affordable housing is everyone’s concern, but not everyone has access to the tools to advance ...

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News

February 15, 2018

AMIE FISHMAN OF NPH AND SAM MOSS OF MISSION HOUSING ON "YOUR CALL" KALW

On February 14, 2018,  NPH Executive Director Amie Fishman and Mission Housing Executive Director S...

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Campaigns

November 2, 2017

Chan Zuckerberg Institute: "We're all in this together and now is the time for bold solutions"

“We’re all in this together and now is the time for big bold solutions.” – Amie Fishman,...

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Campaigns

October 11, 2017

Mercury News: "On a roll: Affordable housing advocates pack a San Francisco hotel and say they’re winning the battle"

Friday conference was part rally, part double-down work session to mitigate the housing crisis  ...

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News

August 24, 2017

A Victory: For Fair Housing and Fair Development

In the Bay Area, gentrification and rents are rising.   But going forward, anti-displacement pr...

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News

August 22, 2017

Oakland Magazine: "A Better Housing Plan"

When Bay Area planners released a draft proposal earlier this year for guiding the region’s afford...

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News

June 28, 2017

East Bay Times: Solving the housing crisis takes bold action

“Bay Area counties have long been among the most expensive housing markets in the nation. A ne...

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Campaigns

November 6, 2016

Michael Lane in the SF Gate "The Crisis is Now"

“The crisis is now,” Lane said in an interview. “Voters are wanting the county to address it w...

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News

November 4, 2016

NPH ED Amie Fishman Speaks at SIEPR Policy Forum

NPH Executive Director Amie Fishman spoke this month at the Stanford Institute for Economic Policy R...

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Legislative Policy Reports

June 30, 2023

Final Budget Maintains Prior Housing Commitments with Additional Investments, Emphasizes Need for Deeper Strategy Ahead

The state’s housing shortage is exactly the critical environment that required us to remain steadf...

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Legislative Policy

January 12, 2023

NPH's 2023-2024 Budget Proposal Analysis

Governor Newsom’s budget proposal preserves existing affordable housing rental funds, but deeper i...

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Legislative Policy Reports

January 12, 2022

Governor’s 2022-2023 Budget Proposal Analysis

NPH will continue to work diligently with our partners and allies to make sure that our lawmakers pr...

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Electoral Policy Reports

May 6, 2021

RELEASE: New Reports on Bay Area Housing Costs Demonstrates Need for CA Legislature and State Budget to Prioritize Affordable Housing Now

May 6, 2021 (San Francisco Bay Area) – In anticipation of the release of Governor Gavin Newsom’s...

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News

December 22, 2020

Looking back at BAHFA in 2020

One of the great success stories of 2020 has been the creation and activation of the Bay Area Housin...

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Regional Policy Reports

October 1, 2020

The Road Ahead: A 21st Century Housing Strategy for the San Francisco Bay Area

In the midst of plenty, the San Francisco Bay Area region is failing to house the people who have ma...

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Regional Policy Reports

February 13, 2020

CASA Public Lands Recs GCC Dec 2017

Moving Silicon Valley Forward concludes that the mismatch in the supply of affordable housing and th...

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Regional Policy Reports

June 20, 2017

ON TRACK TOGETHER: HOUSING AND TRANSPORTATION- BUILDING THE BAY AREA’S VIBRANT, SUSTAINABLE, AND AFFORDABLE FUTURE TOGETHER

In the midst of plenty, the San Francisco Bay Area region is failing to house the people who have ma...

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Regional Policy Reports

December 1, 2016

HOUSING ELEMENT SNAPSHOTS ACROSS THE BAY AREA

As the only part of a local jurisdiction’s general plan that must be reviewed and certified by the...

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Regional Policy Reports

September 15, 2015

JOBS/HOUSING FIT AND THE EFFECTS ON BAY AREA HEALTH, EQUITY AND ENVIRONMENT

NPH’s latest Fact Sheet on the Jobs/Housing Fit (JHFit) is now available! Learn about the JHFit, a...

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Regional Policy Reports

July 28, 2015

BAY AREA IMPACT FEES

As people move into new market-rate homes and office buildings, they generate a need for services ty...

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Regional Policy Reports

April 14, 2015

UNTAPPED RESOURCES: NPH’S LATEST RESEARCH PUBLICATION

“Untapped Resources, Potential Bay Area Sites for Affordable Transit-Oriented Development”, NPH...

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Regional Policy Reports

January 27, 2014

MOVING SILICON VALLEY FORWARD

Moving Silicon Valley Forward concludes that the mismatch in the supply of affordable housing and th...

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