Bay Area leaders expect the shelter in place to extend until May 3. This public health crisis exposes even more clearly just how critical safe, stable, homes are to our communities' ability to get and stay healthy. 

We're committed to sharing resources, tools, and opportunities to advance our movement and create solutions for our communities. Read on for more resources on how to work together to advance our mission in this time.

Given the urgency to protect the most vulnerable members of our community, NPH is calling on our state leaders to address our public health emergency now as well as set a path for our health and economic stability ahead.

NPH believes that we must act at all levels -- from local to state to federal -- to make necessary regulatory and policy changes to maximize our ability to meet urgent community housing needs, including:

• Make sure residents can stay in their homes. 
• Implement rapid housing programs so that no one is homeless or forced to be on the streets, live in their cars, or couch surfing, especially those who are most vulnerable -- children, seniors, and people coping with physical and mental health issues.
• Invest significantly to build and operate affordable housing, a critical community priority that ensures we’re planning for both today and tomorrow.

Due to the COVID-19 pandemic, the state legislature will remained closed until April 13.

On March 27th, Phase 3 of the Federal Stimulus was signed into law and included the following housing provisions: 

• $5 billion for Community Development Block Grants (CDBG) 
• $4 billion for Homeless Emergency Solutions Grants  Nearly $3 billion for Section 8 rental assistance and public housing operations 
• Hundreds of millions of $ more for various other housing programs 

A fourth COVID-19 relief package is being developed and may include more affordable housing provisions. NPH, members and partners will continue to press for our priority solutions. The latest on State actions and updates can be found here. 

There will also be Legislative Issues Committee Meeting (via conference call) on Thursday, April 2 that we encourage members to sign up for in order to discuss and strategize opportunities to continue making progress for affordable housing in California.

FHL Bank is looking to fill an open seat on the Bank’s Affordable Housing Advisory Council. The Council is a 15-member volunteer advisory board that helps shape the Bank’s Affordable Housing Program (AHP) and the other homeownership and economic development grant and credit programs the Bank makes available to its member financial institutions.

For a nominee to be considered for appointment to the Council, both the nomination form and an application completed by the nominee must be received by the Bank by Friday, April 24, 2020, via email to Community Investment.