Thank you to everyone who registered for the 45th Annual NPH Affordable Housing Conference, happening Friday, October 4th!

Reminder NEW Conference Venue The new conference venue will be the Moscone Center, Moscone Center South 747 Howard St San Francisco, CA 94103.

Earlier this month, UNITE HERE Local 2 union workers authorized a strike at several major San Francisco hotels, including Marriott Marquis, our planned conference venue. In solidarity with the workers, The new conference venue will be the Moscone Center, which is conveniently located just a couple blocks from the original location.

The Emerging Leaders Peer Network (ELPN) is actively recruiting for 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?

ELPN Steering Committee Positions for 2025-26:

• Professional Development Co-chair (2 open positions)
• Social Events Co-chair (1 open position)
• Policy & Advocacy Co-chair (1 open position; preferred candidate is someone in non-profit development)

Note: ELPN is committed to advancing racial equity and inclusion in our trainings and events within our community, as well as in the affordable housing industry at large. We request all Steering Committee members to integrate an equity lens when designing our program and outcomes.

It’s time to celebrate more affordable housing! Our members and partners continue to do incredible work advancing affordable housing efforts across the Bay Area and California, like the recent Depot Community Apartments Grand Opening hosted by Abode!

Depot Community Apartments provide 125 affordable homes in Hayward. The community also provides permanent supportive housing for formerly homeless individuals and other Alameda County residents who need affordable housing. Abode Services provides on-site services for residents.

Amplify YOUR Projects! Help us amplify your amazing work by sharing your upcoming grand openings, wall-raisings & groundbreakings. We'll use this information to uplift your specific events and project success, as well as show the bigger picture story of our industry's progress.

Go deeper in our collective work towards housing the Bay Area by joining one (or all) of our working groups! NPH convenes working groups to bring together members to take action, develop strategies, and advance solutions on critical affordable housing issues. Join a working group today to be notified about upcoming meetings for each respective working group.

(NPH working groups are for members only. Click here to learn more and become a member.)

9/26, EBHO: Virtual Lunch & Learn – Disability and Housing Justice: Join East Bay Housing Organizations for an upcoming session on how people with disabilities can, or cannot, live in affordable housing. They will touch on the solutions to physical, financial, and policy barriers to getting this population housed.