In case you missed it: NPH has worked alongside our partners and members to finalize our sponsored bills for this year’s legislative session:

• AB 1911 (Gabriel) - Low Income Housing Preservation Tax Credit
• AB 2244 (Wicks) - Church Land Affordable Housing Bill
• AB 2357 (Ting) - Surplus Land Act Update Bill

We Need You! Show Your Support for AB 2244

AB 2244 needs your voice! Show your support for building supportive and affordable housing on church land by submitting a support letter to the California Legislature. Make the process fast and simple by using our support letter template to get started.

Engage & Learn with Us

• Go Deeper: Your input matters! Partner with us in our legislative advocacy and planning efforts by joining our Legislative Issues Working Group. (NPH working groups are for members only. Click here to become a member and click here to join our Legislative Issues Working Group.)
   
• WEBINAR: Affordable Homes At Risk: Preservation Challenges and Opportunities, 3/10 at 10:30-11:30AM Join us as nonprofit housing providers discuss obstacles to preserving at-risk homes while local policy leads discuss opportunities in Sacramento. Co-hosted by NPH and California Housing Partnership and moderated by NPH Policy Director Abram Diaz.

It’s time to celebrate the affordable housing movement and industry at the NPH Leadership Awards! Join us on April 28 (4:30-5:30pm) as we come together to recognize superb housers, enjoy live entertainment, and more!

Sponsor the Leadership Awards: Your sponsorship not only supports NPH’s timely events and programming, but it comes with a whole suite of perks. View sponsorship matrix for details.

Thank you to our early sponsors for your support!

There are just a few more weeks to apply for the Bay Area Housing Internship Program (BAHIP) 2022-23 cohort! BAHIP is a one-year, paid internship program designed to recruit and train students of color at Bay Area colleges and universities to become housing development professionals. Please forward to your networks!

Application closes Friday, March 25 at 11:59PM

Are you attending the Housing CA Conference April 4-6? Don’t miss Connecting Talent Recruitment and Retention to Organizational Management Mindset Shifts, a session led by NPH Senior Racial Equity & Inclusion Program Manager, Monica Joe!

Time’s almost out to join the fourth cohort of NPH’s Community Advocacy & Voter Engagement (CAVE) Professional Certification program, happening this April! (dates include 4/7, 4/28, and 5/19.)

Through CAVE, resident services staff gain strategies to create a culture and practice of advocacy within their affordable housing communities, empowering residents to participate in elections that directly impact their lives.

Are you resident services staff? Don’t miss out on the upcoming Resident Services Peer Sharing Call on Friday, March 25 (12:00-1:00PM PST)! We’ll take some time to hang out, check-in, vent about challenges, and share ideas/resources.

Join us for these upcoming learning opportunities through NPH’s Shift the Bay Initiative, designed to help you sharpen your messaging strategies and drive new narratives on affordable housing: 

• Shift the Narrative Playbook Deep Dive, Wednesday, March 23, 12-2PM

• TheCaseMade Workshop Series: Your Narratives in Action, Wednesday April 27, 12-2PM

NPH bid farewell to our Administrative Associate, Hilda Morones, on February 15th. Hilda was with us for 3.5 years and played a key role in supporting our operations as well as helping build a supportive organizational culture. We wish her the best as she embarks on a new career within the nonprofit sector.

We also will say goodbye to our Policy Manager Beilul Naizghi, on March 11th. In her 2 years at NPH, Beilul was instrumental in helping to coordinate our policy advocacy, strategy, and coalition building with members and partners at the federal, state, and regional level. We are grateful for her contributions to the NPH community!  

We’re Hiring! NPH is looking for people who are passionate about the affordable housing movement in the Bay Area to join our team! We're hiring for several positions, including THREE new full time positions, to help support our work toward housing and racial justice:

• Events & Fund Development Associate
• Administrative Associate
• Senior Operations & Finance Manager
• Senior Narrative Campaign Manager

3/22, SOMAH, Technical Assistance And Support Services Overview: This online webinar is tailored for property owners and managers interested in installing solar panels to lower operating costs and reduce utility bills through the Solar on Multifamily Affordable Housing (SOMAH) Program.

3/22-23, NLIHC Virtual Housing Policy Forum: Join the National Low Income Housing Coalition 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.

3/25, SV@Home, March 2022 HAC- Making Housing Elements Work: State Enforcement: The Housing Element process is complex, and a critical investment of time and resources for addressing the housing crisis. Join Silicon Valley at Home for a conversation about how the state will enforce housing element law, and what local advocates can do to help.