The evidence is clear: Expanding the supply of Permanent Supportive Housing (PSH) is a critical step toward addressing homelessness in California. The issue? PSH faces a severe lack of funding for operations and services.

Utilizing data from NPH members through the PSH Data Stewardship Working Group, the Terner Center for Housing Innovation has recently released a study that aims to quantify the costs of operating PSH.

The Takeaway: The study finds that “sustained investments in the day-to-day costs of operating PSH properties and providing high quality supportive services are critical to the long-term success of the PSH model.” The research concludes with policy recommendations and opportunities for future research.

Don’t miss these upcoming learning and sharing opportunities:

• Connect & Learn: On-Site Staff Summer Mixer, Friday, July 14 from 3:00PM-5:00PM PT We’re calling all on-site staff - including property workers, managers, directors, and all on-site affordable housing staff to join us for a fun summer mixer! Together we’ll enjoy drinks and small bites while also networking, learning, and relaxing.
• ELPN: The Challenges of Leasing Up Higher Income Units and How Projects Have Overcome Them, Wednesday, August 2 from 12:00PM - 1:00PM PT Higher-income units present unique challenges to leasing up properties and maintaining targeted occupancy rates. Join us with leasing, development, and marketing staff as they discuss how these challenges have manifested, how they’ve planned for them, and what they’ve done to get units leased. This discussion will provide solutions for project managers, leasing managers, and policymakers as they consider leasing and income targeting for future projects.

We’re hiring! NPH is looking for people who are passionate about affordable housing to join our team. We have two new positions to help support our vision of housing and racial justice in the Bay Area:

• Deputy Director Of Internal Strategy & Operations
• Fund Development & Membership Associate

Please share these open positions with your networks!

The Emerging Leaders Peer Network (ELPN) is actively recruiting for 2024 Steering Committee members!

With the help of dedicated and collaborative individuals serving on our Steering Committee, ELPN has brought accessible and diverse programming to early and mid-career affordable housing practitioners and advocates since 2014. Could you be one of their next Steering Committee members?

Deadline: 11:59pm PDT July 7, 2023

Open roles include: 

• Professional Development (1 Open Position)
• Social Events (1 Open Position)
• Member Engagement (1 Open Position)

Note: The ELPN Steering Committee is operating with a hybrid schedule, planning virtual programming and in person events. The committee meets in person every other month.

June/July, Chan Zuckerberg Initiative (CZI), Grant Partner Training Sessions CZI continues to support their grantee community with training, consulting and coaching to grow key capacities, and tools and organizational building blocks to unlock greater impact over the long-term.