Our collective advocacy is paying off! Several NPH-sponsored and supported bills are moving forward in the legislature after passing committee vote!

• 📜 SB 4 (Affordable Housing on Faith Lands) and SB 423 (Streamlined Housing Approval) passed out of the Assembly of Natural Resources Committee.
   
• 📜 AB 480 (Surplus Lands Act) and AB 529 (Adaptive Reuse) passed out of the Senate Housing Committee.

👉 What Now? These bills are still not yet final, so we need your continued support to help us make the case for more affordable homes now! Please send in your letters of support to help us move critical housing legislation forward. Submit an organizational support letter (already filled out!) to the California Legislature today!

(scroll to the bottom of the page for letter templates)

Recently, the 2023-24 state budget was finalized and NPH has responded with our analysis.

🗝️ Our Key Takeaway The budget demonstrates that state leadership recognizes the need for progress and are working with our communities to lead the nation in just housing and homelessness solutions. At the same time, we are disappointed that the budget allocations fall short of the deep investment we need to truly meet the annual affordable housing goals our agencies have set for the state.

🌄 Looking Ahead NPH will continue to work diligently with our partners and allies to make the case for affordable housing because all our neighbors deserve a decent place to live. In particular, the 2024 ballot will be a timely opportunity to support long-term housing investments.

🏫 Go Deeper: State Budget Training Now that the budget has been finalized, where do housing advocates go from here? Join us virtually on Thursday, August 10 from 11:00AM-12:30PM PT for State Budget Round-Up — Final State Budget Agreement and Assessment for Future Fiscal Years as we examine the statewide ramifications of the budget and how we expect it to impact Bay Area affordable housing and homelessness priorities.

Registration deadline: Monday, August 7 at 5PM PT

The  Emerging Leaders Peer Network (ELPN) needs you! 😃

The application to apply for the 2024 Steering Committee has been extended to Monday, July 24 @ 11:59PM PT.

📓 Where You Come In: We’re seeking early and mid-career housers to work together to set ELPN priorities, determine programming, and help bring accessible and diverse trainings and other offerings throughout the year. (The committee meets in-person every other month.)

🌟 Help shine a light on what you think up-and-coming housers need to be effective, go deeper, and set the foundation for a long, successful, and enjoyable career! Learn more & apply.

👉 Upcoming ELPN Training! Join ELPN virtually for The Challenges of Leasing Up Higher Income Units and How Projects Have Overcome Them, happening Wednesday, August 2 from 12-1PM PT. With the advent of income averaging for Low Income Housing Tax Credit projects and new funding sources like CalHFA’s Mixed Income Program, more affordable housing projects are including units with income restrictions set above the previous standard of 60% of Area Median Income. These higher-income units present unique challenges to leasing up properties and maintaining targeted occupancy rates. Join us as leasing, development, and marketing staff discuss how these challenges have manifested, how they’ve planned for them, and what they’ve done to get units leased.

Do you work on-site at an affordable housing development? If yes, then join our summer mixer, planned just for you!

We’re calling all on-site staff - including resident services and property workers, managers, directors, and all on-site affordable housing staff to join us this Friday, July 14 from 3PM-5PM PT at Oeste in Oakland for Connect & Learn: On-Site Staff Summer Mixer.

This event will be an opportunity to network, learn, and relax with fellow affordable housing onsite staff while enjoying drinks and small bites! 

Registration Deadline: TOMORROW, July 13th at 5PM PT

💼 We’re hiring! NPH is looking for someone who is passionate about affordable housing to join our team as the Deputy Director Of Internal Strategy & Operations. The Deputy Director’s primary objectives are to maintain and strengthen NPH’s organizational capacity towards fulfillment of its mission. This position will work in collaboration with the Executive Director and senior leadership team in preparing near-term and long-term strategies to achieve organizational goals.

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.