| | | Special note from Alina Harway, NPH's Communications Director Hi there, John! After curating the Round Up (formerly known as the Bulletin) for nearly five years, I'm excited that my colleague Londre Holmes will be taking over starting in April. For those of you who haven't met Londre, he's been helping strengthen and grow our digital communications since January 2020. Now, he'll be bringing his own perspective and style to NPH's bi-weekly round up of the most important affordable housing news in our region. Stay tuned for more from Londre ahead... |
| Wednesday, March 17 Round Up: The federal COVID relief bill & Bay Area housing, Newsom's State of the State, the Bay Area Housing Financial Authority, Leadership Awards, trainings, & more! |
| | President Biden Signs American Rescue Plan Act |
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| | On March 11 President Biden signed the American Rescue Plan Act (H.R. 1319), a $1.9 trillion Covid-19 stimulus package that will provide relief to those struggling with the health and economic toll of the pandemic. There are several critical affordable housing and community development provisions in the legislation, including emergency rental assistance, homeowner assistance, emergency housing vouchers, the HOME program, and more. See more analysis on this package from our partners at Enterprise. | | |
| | More good news on the national housing front, as Marcia Fudge was recently confirmed as HUD secretary. Secretary Fudge will be a strong leader and a critical ally in rebuilding HUD to create strong, thriving, inclusive communities for all of our Black, White, and Brown neighbors. Click here to read our national partner NLIHC's press release on Secretary Fudge's confirmation. |
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| | NPH Responds to the State of the State |
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| Governor Gavin Newsom delivered his State of the State address last week, highlighting the state’s recent progress in addressing the ongoing needs of state residents as we continue to contend with the COVID-19 pandemic. NPH is grateful for the significant investments that California has made to keep people housed. As California continues its journey towards COVID recovery, we must prioritize housing as essential infrastructure. We continue to need long term fixes to ensure that tenants stay housed when evictions protections expire. And to invest in big, bold solutions for affordable housing and homelessness prevention. Learn more about our policy priorities and how we plan to continue address housing issues in the Bay Area and California here. |
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| | Help Support the Bay Area Housing Finance Authority |
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| | The Bay Area faces an exciting opportunity in its innovative approach to bring and scale a regional strategy towards housing. MTC and ABAG have identified five Bay Area Housing Finance Authority (BAHFA) pilot programs that will enable the region to address urgent housing challenges facing Bay Area residents, such as the risks of displacement due to rent increases. A seed investment of $18.5 million is needed to launch the five pilot programs and will work to sustain the momentum of grassroots support and philanthropic interest in BAHFA. The Bay Area Housing for All (BAHA) coalition supports the request by MTC and ABAG for $18.5 million in this year’s FY 2021-22 State Budget. You can add your support to the letter by following this link | | |
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| | BAHIP: Now Accepting Intern Applications | | |
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| NPH is now accepting applications for our fourth round of the Bay Area Housing Internship Program (BAHIP)! The full application can be found here, and we encourage you to review the program description before completing the application. Info Session: Join our webinar to ask any questions about the internship and application process on Friday, March 19th (10am). Please RSVP for the webinar with Monica at [email protected]. |
| | The deadline to apply is Friday, April 16 at 11:59pm. |
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| | Register for the 25th Leadership Awards! |
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| | | Don't Miss These Upcoming NPH Trainings |
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| Join NPH for three key opportunities in the coming weeks! - The Emerging Leaders Peer Network (ELPN) is hosting a happy hour on March 25! Enjoy special acts and performances by musicians and a magician all while networking with fellow housers virtually and in small breakout rooms. Plus there will be a chance to win awesome prizes!
- On April 1, join us for a Brown Bag training on Get Out The Vote (GOTV) and resident voter engagement strategies used by advocates leading up to the 2020 election. NPH's very own Advocacy & Community Engagement Manager, Azul Cortez, will be moderating the discussion!
- The Community Advocacy and Voter Engagement 2021 cohort kicks off April 8! The CAVE Certification program is a professional development opportunity catered to resident services staff to train, support, and prepare them to become affordable housing advocates and engage in resident voter engagement efforts.
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| | MEMBER EVENTS AND OPPORTUNITIES Member Perk! Have an event you'd like featured on the website? Please complete this form. |
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| 3/16-3/18: Housing CA - RUN Lobby Days. Please join Residents United Network (RUN)’s for their virtual Lobby Days 2021 that will stretch across three days in March. Register today, then pass the link to friends and family who want to make sure our legislators know how many of us care about increasing affordable housing and ending homelessness. Register |
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3/18: HLC - Affordable Housing Informational Session. “Trade” your time for a lesson on affordable housing finance from Andrea Osgood of Eden Housing! Register |
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| 3/18: NHC - Solutions for Housing Communications. The National Housing Conference has put together an exciting lineup of sessions to discuss the latest best practices and strategies in marketing, housing advocacy and messaging to help move affordable housing policies forward. Look out for NPH Communications Director Alina Harway, who will be moderating a panel at this session! Register |
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3/30-3/31: NLIHC - Virtual Housing Policy Forum 2021. Please join the National Low Income Housing Coalition for their Virtual Housing Policy Forum 2021: A New Day. Participants will have opportunities to engage with and learn from thought-leaders, policy experts, researchers, affordable housing practitioners, low-income residents, and leaders from Capitol Hill about the state of the affordable housing crisis in America and its solutions. Register |
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| 5/1- 5/31: Affordable Housing Month. Please save the date for Affordable Housing Month as we work to make sure that all our neighbors -- Black and White, Latinx and Asian, Native and newcomer -- have a safe, stable place to live. Learn more |
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