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May 2, 2016

Amie Fishman in The Mercury News: Bay Area school districts struggling to retain teachers amid housing crisis

NPH Executive Director Amie Fishman was featured in this Mercury News article,  discussing the links between ‪affordable housing‬ and education, as Bay Area schools struggle to retain teachers due to high housing costs.   “We’ve had an ongoing affordable housing crisis in the Bay Area, and now we’re at a critical level where we’re seeing that teachers and other core professionals are not going to be able to live in the community,” said Amie Fishman.   Valerie Lines, an elementary teacher, also discussed the importance of…
May 20, 2016

Amie Fishman in the Huffington Post

NPH Executive Director Amie Fishman was quoted in The Huffington Post, on the ongoing affordable housing crisis in the Bay Area.
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 with bold action.