Affordable Housing Network Newsletter: February 2024
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Submit Your Workshop Proposals for the 2024 Prosperity Summit!
The 2024 Prosperity Summit is quickly approaching! We are excited to announce that we are now accepting workshop proposals for the main event this September. We are excited for the opportunity to feature field-generated sessions highlighting research, promising practices, tested tools, stories of successful collaborations, lessons learned, and local initiatives tackling community-wide economic issues. We are hoping for a wide variety of submissions that align with Prosperity Now’s aim to broaden our tent for new voices and perspectives, leverage this moment at the Summit to mobilize for change, and promote inclusivity and belonging in the movement.
Click here to learn more about this year’s call for proposals, including how to apply, incentives for presenters, and important deadlines.
A Holistic Approach to Housing: An Interview with Financial Pathways of the Piedmont
Affordable Housing Network Steering Committee member Phyllis Caldwell-George is the President & CEO of Financial Pathways of the Piedmont (FPP), located in Winston-Salem, North Carolina. The organization provides services and resources to help individuals achieve financial well-being as well as credible, trustworthy assistance to clients to help them prosper and attain their goals, including housing and homeownership. Phyllis has been with the organization for over 25 years; she shared that she remembers making referrals to FPP as a recovery analyst years before she joined the organization as a financial counselor in 1998.
Resources and Publications
America’s Rental Housing 2024 | Joint Center for Housing Studies of Harvard University
This report examines the increase in cost-burdened renters, evictions, and homelessness as well as high demand for affordable rental housing to make the case for rental assistance.
Survey: Housing Affordability | NeighborWorks America
NeighborWorks America conducted a survey to understand what Americans have to say about their housing and found that homeownership feels out of reach for many renters.
Added Funding Needed to Prevent Harmful Cuts to Housing Vouchers and Other Rental Assistance Programs in 2024| Center on Budget and Policy Priorities
Many are advocating for Congress to renew and increase funding for the Housing Choice Voucher program, the country’s largest rental assistance program.
Events and Opportunities
2024 Housing Policy Forum, March 19-21, 2024, Washington, DC, National Low-Income Housing Coalition
2024 Prosperity Summit, September 4-6, 2024, Washington, DC, Prosperity Now
