Making Progress
on housing for all
National Low Income Housing Coalition
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National Low Income Housing Coalition
2007 Annual Report
National Low Income Housing Coalition 2007 Annual Report
Letter from NLIHC President Sheila Crowley
National Low Income Housing Coalition 2007 Annual Report
Mission and Goals
Dear NLIHC Members and Friends,
Nineteenth century abolitionist Theodore Parker said, “I do not pretend to understand the moral
universe; the arc is a long one…from what I see I am sure it bends towards justice.”
In the housing universe, we have a long way to go to the day when every family has a safe and affordable
place to call home. But 2007 saw our arc bend a bit in the right direction, with progress on several
important policy goals.
•.We made significant strides towards enacting National Housing Trust Fund legislation, with more
progress made towards passage of NHTF legislation in 2007 than any time since the NHTF campaign
was launched in 2001. A National Housing Trust Fund bill passed the House of Representatives
in October, under the leadership of Financial Services Committee Chair Barney Frank (D-MA). In
December, Senators John Kerry (D-MA) and Olympia Snowe (R-ME) introduced a National Housing
Trust Fund bill that ended the year with 8 bipartisan cosponsors.
•.We continued our advocacy for sufficient funding for HUD programs. The fiscal year 2007 funding
resolution provided funding for vouchers, Project-based Section 8, public housing operating subsidies
and homeless assistance grants above FY06 levels, and also provided a fix for the voucher funding
distribution problem that was created by Congress and the White House in 2004.
•.Though the inordinately slow pace of recovery continues to haunt Gulf Coast residents, we did take
small and important steps forward. NLIHC actively saw the Gulf Coast Housing Recovery Act of
2007 voted out of the House and introduced in the Senate, we successfully advocated for extended
temporary housing benefits, and we were able to draw national attention to rebuilding issues in each
of the Gulf Coast states.
2007 was a year of growth for NLIHC as well. Two years after the death of founder Cushing Dolbeare,
we initiated the Cushing Niles Dolbeare Media Awards with a gift from Andre Shashaty. The media
awards recognize print journalists who have done an exemplary job of illuminating the affordable
housing crisis in the United States. The first awards, given for articles written in 2006, were presented
to the very deserving winners in conjunction with our 2007 annual conference.
2007 was also the year of our 25th annual housing leadership awards reception, and we were pleased to
honor Senator Bernie Sanders (I-VT), Houston Mayor Bill White and the National Student Campaign
Against Hunger and Homelessness (NSCAHH).
The National Low Income
Housing Coalition is dedicated
solely to ending America’s
affordable housing crisis.
Goal 1 INFORM PUBLIC OPINION: The American people
will have improved understanding of low income housing needs and
solutions, how current federal policy impacts these needs, and how these
needs directly affect them and their communities, and will increase their
support for progressive low income housing policy and programs.
Goal 2 INCREASE CAPACITY OF LOW INCOME
HOUSING ADVOCATES: Low income housing advocates,
including state housing and homeless coalitions, direct service providers,
residents, and other low income people, will be better prepared to
educate, will be more actively engaged in educating, and will be more
skillful in holding accountable their Members of Congress and state and
local officials about low income housing problems and solutions and the
effect of federal policy in general on the well-being of low income people.
Goal 3 INCREASE FEDERAL POLICY MAKERS’
KNOWLEDGE: Federal policy makers will consider social justice
issues, especially low income housing, to be a high priority on the federal
policy agenda.
While there is more to be done, our achievements in 2007 put us on track to bend our arc even further
in 2008, and under a new administration and Congress in 2009. As in the past, our victories come
because of the support of our members, donors, and friends across the country, and for that we offer
you our sincerest thanks.
Goal 4 PRESERVE EXISTING FEDERALLY
ASSISTED HOUSING AND RESOURCES: There
Sincerely,
Goal 5 EXPAND FEDERAL INVESTMENT IN LOW
INCOME HOUSING: The federal government will increase its
will be no further loss of affordable housing units (public, assisted, or
private) or federal resources for affordable housing or access to housing
by low income people.
investment in housing in order to produce, rehabilitate, preserve, and/or
subsidize at least 1,500,000 units of housing that are affordable and
accessible to the lowest income households in the next 10 years and move
forward on assuring decent and affordable housing for all people in the
United States.
National Low Income Housing Coalition 2007 Annual Report
National Housing Trust Fund Campaign
NLIHC’s legislative, outreach, research and communications teams
each contributed to the pursuit of a National Housing Trust Fund.
In 2007, NLIHC undertook the following activities:
2007 was a year of major strides towards NLIHC’s top policy goal: Enactment of a National
Housing Trust Fund that will provide communities with funds to build, rehabilitate, and preserve
1.5 million units of housing for people with the lowest incomes.
Significant progress toward the creation of a National Housing Trust
Fund was made in both the House, where an NHTF bill passed in
October, and the Senate, where an affordable housing provision was
included in GSE reform legislation in November and an NHTF bill
was introduced in December.
This was the first time housing trust fund legislation had passed either
the House or Senate since the National Housing Trust Fund Campaign
began in 2001.
The Senate. The Senate followed with its own action on National
Housing Trust Fund legislation.
The House of Representatives. H.R. 2895, the National
Affordable Housing Trust Fund Act of 2007, passed the House
of Representatives on October 10. The House effort was led by
Representative Barney Frank (D-MA) and had strong bipartisan
support, passing the House by a vote of 264-148, with 41 Republicans
voting for the measure.
On November 16, Senator Jack Reed (D-RI) introduced the
Government Sponsored Enterprise Mission Improvement Act, which
included an Affordable Housing Fund to serve as a dedicated source of
revenue for a future National Housing Trust Fund.
Passage in the House was a major victory for NLIHC, the 5,600
supporters of the National Housing Trust Fund campaign, and
people with low incomes. Supporters wrote letters and made calls to
their Representatives in an effort to ensure the bill’s passage.
The next month, on December 19, The National Affordable Housing
Trust Fund Act of 2007, S. 2523, was introduced by Senator John
Kerry (D-MA) with seven tripartisan co-sponsors: Senators Olympia
Snow (R-ME), Bernie Sanders (I-VT), Pete Domenici (R-NM), Charles
Schumer (D-NY), Susan Collins (R-ME), Edward Kennedy (D-MA),
and Senator Reed.
“Congratulations and thanks to Representative Barney Frank and
other leaders in the House who supported this important bipartisan
bill,” NLIHC President Sheila Crowley said after the vote. “This is
a great moment for the millions of American families and elderly
or disabled people whose well-being is compromised every
day because they cannot afford even modest safe and healthy
homes.”
Earlier in 2007, the House had passed H.R. 1427, regulatory reform
of Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac that contained a dedicated source of
revenue for the National Housing Trust Fund.
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Senator Kerry introduced bills to establish a National Housing Trust
Fund in the 106th, the 107th and the 108th Congresses. In addition,
Senator Sanders championed similar legislation when he was a
member of the House in the 107th and 108th Congresses.
“The NHTF Campaign has reached this milestone today because of
the hard work of thousands of low income housing advocates who are
educating their elected officials about the critical shortage of affordable
housing for the lowest income people in our country,” Sheila Crowley
said upon the bill’s introduction in the Senate.
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Convened the weekly NHTF Policy Group, comprised of 37
national organizations.
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Testified at a hearing before the House Financial Services
Committee on H.R. 2895, the National Affordable Housing Trust
Fund Act of 2007. Mobilized member organizations and other
supporters to educate their members of Congress on H.R. 2895.
Secured editorial endorsements of the housing trust fund from
The Washington Post and The New York Times, and issued press
releases on the passage of H.R. 2895 that generated multiple
articles and additional editorials.
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Testified before the House Financial Services Committee on
H.R 1427, the Federal Housing Finance Reform Act of 2007,
which contained the dedicated source of funding for the National
Affordable Housing Trust Fund.
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Worked to have funding for the National Housing Trust Fund
included in the 2008 Congressional budget resolution.
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Supported introduction of a Senate version of a housing trust fund bill
and worked with state partners to educate their Senators on S. 2523.
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Created a new campaign logo
and slogan in consultation
with our national partners.
Revised and enhanced www.
nhtf.org, and updated or
created new fact sheets to
make the case for a housing
trust fund covering topics
including
child
health,
NLIHC President Sheila
senior citizens, community
Crowley speaks at a press
development, rental vacancy
conference announcing the
rates, and state and local
introduction of H.R. 2895.
trust funds. Other materials
included an NLIHC-generated chart of all existing federal
housing production programs showing income targeting and
annual funding levels.
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Produced research showing the need for rental housing for
extremely low income families nationally and state by state.
Editorials Support a National Housing Trust Fund
Following are excerpts from two of several editorials that ran in support of the housing trust fund, plus a piece by national columnist David Broder.
Raise the Roofs: A Bill to Construct More
Affordable Housing Units
The Washington Post, July 30, 2007
The current version of the bill [H.R. 2895], introduced by House
Financial Services Committee Chairman Barney Frank (D-Mass.),
aims to ‘construct, rehabilitate, and preserve’ 1.5 million housing
units over the next 10 years. This target may be a little optimistic, but
it is a worthy goal.
The trust itself appears to be well designed, with requirements for
matching funds from states and localities receiving grants and for
construction of mixed-income housing developments to prevent
the further ghettoization of America’s poor. The bill has bipartisan
support; we urge its passage.
A New Approach to Housing
The New York Times, October 15, 2007
The House took an important step toward easing the affordable
housing crisis when it passed a bill that establishes a National Housing
Trust Fund. A companion bill, which is expected to be introduced in
the Senate soon, deserves to pass speedily into law.
The trust fund comes at a time when nearly half of the country’s
lowest-income families are at risk of homelessness. These families
often live doubled up with friends or relatives and must spend more
than half of their pretax incomes on rent. They house themselves
only by cutting back on food, clothing and medical care. ...
The trust fund bill passed with broad, bipartisan support in the
House and deserves the same kind of support in the Senate.
David Broder: Help That Hits Home
The Washington Post, October 18, 2007
The House of Representatives, which has a penchant for spending
time on issues such as the Armenian genocide of 1915, actually did
something useful last week. It passed a bill to create an Affordable
Housing Trust Fund, a measure that, if it becomes law, will add 1.5
million badly needed units in the next decade. ...
Housing is not a sexy issue for presidents or presidential candidates
...But housing is as important to people as food and drink -- and
life itself. Will the Senate act? Will the president recant? I will keep
reporting this story.
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Preservation Initiative
Katrina Housing Project
Many thanks to the firm of Morrison & Foerster, LLP,
which generously provided pro bono services as NLIHC
filed suit against FEMA for access to critical records
regarding housing assistance to people displaced by
hurricanes Katrina and Rita.
Two years after hurricanes Katrina and Rita hit the Gulf Coast region, tens of thousands of people remained
displaced. The repair of damaged homes continued at a snail’s pace, and the replacement of housing that was
lost proceeded even more slowly. Throughout 2007, NLIHC continued to advocate for affordable housing on
behalf of and with low income people in the affected areas. While many other organizations work on specific
parts of the recovery response or in specific parts of the affected area, NLIHC is the only organization to cover
the full range of low income housing issues in all four affected states.
NLIHC is immersed in all aspects of the temporary housing programs of FEMA and HUD, and in the repair and rebuilding of low income housing in
Louisiana, Mississippi, Texas, and Alabama. The Katrina Housing Group, which NLIHC coordinates, grew to over 100 participating organizations, and
continued to attract new organizational members. Though many problems with the recovery continue, advocates coud claim some victories, including
actively seeing the Gulf Coast Housing Recovery Act of 2007 voted out of the House and introduced in the Senate, successfully advocating for extended
temporary housing benefits, and drawing national attention to rebuilding issues in each of the Gulf Coast states.
In 2007, NLIHC led on the following hurricane-related activities:
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Convened the Katrina Housing Group, a group of more than
100 national and local nonprofit, faith-based, and legal service
groups and organizations. Maintained the federal response to
Katrina on NLIHC website, and the Katrina Rehousing listserv.
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Testified in support of H.R. 1227 before the House Financial
Services Committee. Issued two calls to action on the bill,
collected organizational endorsers to H.R. 1227, and otherwise
organized advocacy that helped to move H.R 1227 out of
committee and through the House.
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Supported the introduction of S. 1668, the Senate companion
bill. Sent a letter to all Senators in support of S. 1668, and
sponsored two Hill briefings on S. 1668. Louisiana Housing
Alliance President and incoming NLIHC board member James
Perry testified on behalf of NLIHC in support of S. 1668 before
the Senate Banking Committee.
new Disaster Housing Assistance Program (DHAP) at HUD for
evacuees transferred from FEMA to HUD.
•
Sued FEMA for its failure to respond to NLIHC’s Freedom of
Information Act request for housing assistance data. Recruited
the pro bono firm Morrison & Foerster, LLP, to represent NLIHC,
resulting in FEMA compliance.
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Convened state-specific meetings on rebuilding, and issue-specific
meetings on topics including FEMA trailers and Stafford Act
revisions.
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Co-convened the DC Gulf Coast Housing Summit on February 28
with Oxfam America.
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Continued to support the development of state affiliate Louisiana
Housing Alliance.
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Coordinated a “State of the Gulf Coast” Day of Action on January
22, in which advocates spotlighted the long-term housing needs
of the region in anticipation of the President’s State of the Union
address, and a Week of Action that began September 24 and
included visits to Congress by people from Gulf Coast.
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Worked on securing funding for Gulf Coast recovery in two
supplemental spending bills.
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Raised alarm about the state of Mississippi’s request for an
income targeting waiver on its CDBG funds.
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Initiated three editorials in The New York Times on hurricanerecovery issues, and issued 14 press releases.
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Worked on solving multiple problems with FEMA rent
assistance, including the design and implementation of the
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Conducted data analysis on the impact of hurricanes Katrina and
Rita to housing in the Gulf Coast.
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NLIHC Research Director Danilo Pelletiere
presents at a meeting of Washington, DCbased preservation advocates.
The preservation of public and assisted housing was addressed on multiple fronts
in NLIHC’s Preservation Initiative, which took several forms in 2007.
Public Housing. NLIHC fought to increase funding for public
housing for FY08. We played an active role in the development of
HOPE VI reauthorization legislation, supporting provisions that would
require one-for-one replacement and give displaced residents the right
to return to redeveloped units. NLIHC board chair George Moses and
board member Charles Elsesser each testified before Congress on
HOPE VI legislation. We also worked to curb the loss of public housing
units through public housing demolition and disposition.
Project-based Section 8 Housing. In 2007, NLIHC continued
to co-convene, with the National Housing Trust, the Preservation
Working Group (PWG), a coalition of more than 20 organizations that
promote the preservation of affordable rental housing. PWG in 2007
compiled a detailed document titled ‘Legislative Provisions to Support
the Preservation of Affordable Housing’, a series of recommendations
that would be used by members of Congress to guide the drafting of
comprehensive preservation legislation.
NLIHC concentrated on the immediate issue of full funding for the
Project-based Section 8 Housing program in the FY08 appropriations
bill. When HUD stopped making payments to the owners of projectbased units in July, NLIHC raised the alarm with legislators. NLIHC
drew attention to appropriations’ language critical of HUD’s failure
to fully fund the program, and continued to work to find a permanent
solution to the funding problems plaguing the program.
Preservation Manuals. NLIHC published four guides in 2007 to
help local advocates use federally required local planning processes to
preserve federally assisted affordable housing. Each guide describes
the required content of a federally mandated housing plan, the
statutory and regulatory obligations for public participation in drafting
the plan, and suggestions regarding where in the plan affordable
housing preservation language could be inserted. The guides encourage
advocates to work to get language added to these plans that describes
the nature and extent of need to preserve affordable housing, makes
preservation a high priority, and directs federal and other resources
toward preservation.
The four guides are: the Consolidated Plan; the Public Housing
Agency Plan (PHA Plan); the Qualified Allocation Plan (QAP); and
the Continuum of Care Plan and The Ten Year Plan to End Chronic
Homelessness.
Preservation Catalog. In 2007, NLIHC continued to develop a
plan for the development of a National Preservation Catalog, intended
to be a comprehensive database of all subsidized rental projects
affordable to low income households across the entire country. The
Preservation Catalog would help advocates identify - and preserve
- projects most at-risk. NLIHC built on its existing case studies in
Florida and the District of Columbia, and began two new case studies
in Washington state and North Carolina. We published Laying the
Groundwork for a National Preservation Catalog: Findings on
Subsidized Housing Data Collection Efforts at the National Level, and
took the lead in advocating for first-of-its-kind legislation mandating
the creation of a national preservation catalog.
Preservation Data Infrastructure Group. NLIHC participated
in the Preservation Data Infrastructure Group in 2007, convened
by the Shimberg Center for Affordable Housing at the University of
Florida and the Florida Housing Finance Corporation, to establish
standards for the collection of data important to preserving subsidized
rental properties. Once developed, these data standards will greatly
simplify the collection and integration of preservation-related data at
the federal, state, and local levels.
Preservation Monitors. In 2007, NLIHC’s research team
collaborated with Florida advocates to recruit and organize a network
of Project Monitors to help identify and preserve at-risk subsidized
housing in Florida. More than 70 housing advocates at two statewide
conferences expressed interest in enrolling as a Project Monitor.
In Washington, DC, NLIHC began convening technical assistance
providers and city staff to discuss the NLIHC-developed DC
Preservation Catalog and identify threatened projects.
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Research
Policy
NLIHC produces research that presents new analysis of the housing conditions of people with the lowest
incomes. In 2007, NLIHC’s research staff:
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Conducted research for Out of Reach 2007-2008, to be released in
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Produced Research Note 07-01: American Community Survey
Estimate Shows Larger National, State Affordable Rental
Housing Shortages, examining the gap between the number of
people who need affordable housing and the number of homes
affordable to them.
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Updated NLIHC’s Congressional District Profiles, which provide
advocates with information on the affordable housing crisis in
every congressional district in the country.
April 2008, and produced a special research note that examined
the housing wage, a key measure from Out of Reach. Putting the
Housing Wage to the Test analyzed the employment characteristics
of renter households and demonstrated that even though large
households typically work more than a 40-hour work week, their
Board member Charles Elsesser, Jr., testifies before
Congress on behalf of NLIHC.
income from employment is often not sufficient to afford the local
Fair Market Rent.
In addition to the National Housing Trust Fund, hurricane recovery issues, and affordable housing
preservation, NLIHC policy priorities in 2007 included:
Housing Choice Vouchers. Legislation to protect and enhance
the current voucher program has been an NLIHC priority since 2004,
and adding new incremental vouchers is always on the top of NLIHC’s
legislative agenda. Advocates saw wins in both areas in 2007.
In 2007, NLIHC worked with advocates and Congressional staff to craft
a fix to the voucher funding formula, which allowed for full funding of all
current vouchers.
NLIHC supported HR 1851, the Section 8
Voucher Reform Act (SEVRA), which provides
important improvements to the voucher
program and authorizes new vouchers.
The bill largely reflected the work done at
the 2005 NLIHC Housing Voucher Summit,
which brought stakeholders including
voucher holders, advocates, and public
housing authorities, together to discuss
needed reforms. NLIHC President Sheila
Crowley testified in support of SEVRA before
the House Committee on Financial Services.
H.R. 1851 passed the House in July 2007 by
a strong bipartisan vote, 333-83.
HUD Appropriations. NLIHC works each year to achieve the best
possible HUD appropriations bill. Unique among national housing
advocacy organizations, NLIHC does not favor one HUD program
over another, but rather focuses on those programs that serve the
lowest income people. In 2007, NLIHC hosted two briefings for
Congressional staff, and submitted written testimony to House and
Senate Appropriations Committees on FY08 HUD appropriations.
“As we are about to begin floor
debate on this bill [H.R.1851], I want
to point out again that this bill was
largely crafted through the process
you established several years ago
of bringing stakeholders together to
Public Housing. In addition to
work on HOPE VI legislation, NLIHC
challenged the expansion of the public
housing Moving to Work deregulation
demonstration program, and worked to
oppose the weakening of opportunities
for residents and other housing advocates
to participate in public housing agency
annual plans.
debate and try to reach consensus on
these issues. That was a brilliant idea,
and tonight it is bearing fruit.”
~Congressional Staffer to NLIHC,
regarding NLIHC’s 2005
Other policy agenda items for NLIHC in
2007 were: Low Income Housing Tax
Credits, McKinney Homeless Assistance,
Community Development Block Grants,
and issues relating to taxes and the 2010
Census.
Housing Voucher Summit
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Communications
Outreach
NLIHC’s Outreach Program provides services to NLIHC
members, including our state partners; coordinates NLIHC’s
grassroots advocacy; and works to expand our base.
Outreach by the Numbers
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105 speeches and presentations by NLIHC staff
Communications by the Numbers
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23 states visited by NLIHC staff
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397 known media placements
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25 calls to action to NLIHC members
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5 favorable editorials by the editorial board of
The New York Times
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2 favorable editorials by the editorial board of
The Washington Post
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4 articles published in magazines and newsletters
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31 press releases
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9 press events
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1,426,274 visits to NLIHC’s website, an increase of
500,000 over 2006
In 2007, NLIHC kept members informed of housing activity on Capitol Hill through
calls to action and direct correspondence. NLIHC’s Voterization efforts, which seek
increased voter registration, education and mobilization among affordable housing
residents and other people with low incomes, continued in 2007, with NLIHC offering six trainings to nonprofit organizations and making
updated materials available on our website. New membership materials were introduced in 2007.
A complete list of members as of December 2007 begins on page 17.
NLIHC State Partners
NLIHC has partnerships with statewide housing and homeless coalitions in 37 states and the District of Columbia. NLIHC state partners have a
broad membership, are considered by others in the state to be a respected and effective partner, agree with NLIHC’s priorities, and are willing
to serve as a primary advocate in the state on behalf of those priorities by contacting federal officials directly and by urging its networks in the
state to do the same.
NLIHC convenes our state partners twice yearly in Washington and monthly by conference phone to share information and develop strategies on
current federal policy, on emerging state policy, and on organizational issues. In 2007, NLIHC provided additional support to our state partners,
including compiling research on foundations that work in specific states and surveying state partners on their sources of income. NLIHC also
continued to support emerging state coalitions in the Gulf Coast states, including in Louisiana and Alabama.
NLIHC State Partners, 2007
Alaska Coalition on Housing and Homelessness
Alabama Arise
California Coalition for Rural Housing
Housing California
Non-Profit Housing Association of Northern California
Southern California Association of Non-Profit Housing
Colorado Coalition for the Homeless
Connecticut Housing Coalition
Advocates for Building Assets and Affordable Housing (District of Columbia)
Delaware Housing Coalition
Florida Coalition for the Homeless
Florida Housing Coalition, Inc.
Georgia State Trade Association of Nonprofit Developers
Affordable Housing and Homeless Alliance (Hawaii)
Housing Action Illinois
Indiana Association for Community Economic Development
Indiana Coalition on Housing and Homeless Issues
Kansas Statewide Homeless Coalition
Homeless and Housing Coalition of Kentucky
Louisiana Housing Alliance
Citizens’ Housing and Planning Association (Massachusetts)
Maine Affordable Rental Housing Coalition
Minnesota Housing Partnership
Minnesota Coalition for the Homeless
Missouri Association for Social Welfare
North Carolina Coalition to End Homelessness
North Carolina Housing Coalition
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Nebraska Housing Developers Association
American Friends Service Committee—New Hampshire Housing Forum
Housing and Community Development Network of New Jersey
New Mexico Coalition to End Homelessness
Supportive Housing Coalition of New Mexico
Neighborhood Preservation Coalition of New York State
New York State Coalition for the Homeless
New York State Rural Housing Coalition
Supportive Housing Network of New York
Tenants and Neighbors (New York)
Coalition on Homelessness and Housing in Ohio
Housing Alliance (Oregon)
Housing Alliance of Pennsylvania
Housing Network of Rhode Island
Rhode Island Coalition for the Homeless
Statewide Housing Action Coalition of Rhode Island
Affordable Housing Coalition of South Carolina
Texas Association of Community Development Corporations
Texas Homeless Network
Texas Low Income Housing Information Service
Utah Housing Coalition
Central Virginia Housing Coalition
Virginia Housing Coalition
Vermont Affordable Housing Coalition
Washington Low Income Housing Alliance
Washington State Coalition For The Homeless
Housing for All (c/o Independence First) (Wisconsin)
Wisconsin Partnership for Housing Development, Inc.
Wyoming Coalition for the Homeless
Media outreach, as well as the publication of two keystone
publications, are core communications strategies.
Memo to Members is NLIHC’s weekly newsletter and a must-read for advocates
and policymakers alike, with each issue compiling the latest federal housing news
from Congress, HUD, and the field. Memo was published 49 times in 2007.
The 2008 Advocates’ Guide to Housing and Community Development Policy
provides readers with more than 60 articles on current federal housing policy and issues,
plus appendices that describe the workings of Congress and the Administration.
Cushing Niles Dolbeare Media Awards
NLIHC awarded its first Cushing Niles Dolbeare Media Awards at a reception in February 2007. The awards recognize print journalists who
have done an exemplary job of illuminating the affordable housing crisis in the United States. The media awards are named in honor of the late
Cushing N. Dolbeare, NLIHC’s founder. Awards presented at the event were given for articles published in 2006.
The awards are made possible by a personal donation from Andre Shashaty, who serves as editor in chief of Affordable Housing Finance magazine,
a publication of Hanley Wood, LLC. The awards promote a new level of educating the public about the affordable housing crisis by recognizing
journalists who had taken a closer look at the housing stories in their communities. Each 1st place winner receives $2,500, and honorable mentions
are recognized. Debbie Cenziper, one of the Dolbeare Media Award winners, went on to win a Pulitzer Prize for the same work.
Judges for the 2006 competition were Sheila Crowley, Andre Shashaty, Linda Leaks of the District of Columbia Grassroots Empowerment
Project, Karen Naungayan of Housing California, and Dr. William J. Ruehlmann of Virginia Wesleyan College. Winners of the first annual
Cushing N. Dolbeare Media Awards were:
Single Story: Daily Newspaper (circulation less than 100,000)
1ST PLACE: Greg Mellen. “High prices for dismal housing” PressTelegram (Long Beach, CA)
Single Story: Daily Newspaper (circulation above 100,001)
1st PLACE: Jocelyn Wiener. “Priced out of paradise” Sacramento Bee
HONORABLE MENTION: Michele Derus. “Houses affordable for
everyone” Milwaukee Journal Sentinel
Single Story: Non-Daily Newspaper or Magazine
1st PLACE: Brendan Smith. “Lost Among the Ruins” Legal Times
(Washington, DC)
HONORABLE MENTION: Violet Law. “A Tale of Two Center Cities”
Pittsburgh City Paper
Series of articles: Daily Newspaper (circulation less than 100,000)
1st PLACE: Greg Kane. “The Other Side of the Housing Boom” The
Record (Stockton, CA)
HONORABLE MENTION: Michael Daigle. Untitled series. The Daily
Record (Parsippany, NJ)
Series of articles: Daily Newspaper (circulation above 100,001)
1st PLACE: Debbie Cenziper. “House of lies” Miami Herald
HONORABLE MENTION: Sharon Coolidge. “Lead’s dangerous
legacy” The Cincinnati Enquirer. Will Hoover and Rob Perez.
“Homeless on the Wai’anae Coast” The Honolulu Advertiser
Winners of the first annual Cushing N. Dolbeare Media
Awards pose with NLIHC staff and board members.
Series of articles: Non-Daily Newspaper or Magazine
1st PLACE: Joe Piasecki. “Throwaway Kids” Pasadena Weekly (CA)
HONORABLE MENTION: William Selway, Martin Z. Braun and David
Dietz. “Broken Promises” Bloomberg News (New York)
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Annual Housing Policy Conference
25th Annual National Housing Leadership Awards
More than 450 people from across the country attended NLIHC’s
2007 Policy Conference and Lobby Day in Washington, DC.
Attendees participated in more than 30 conference workshops
and plenary discussions on topics including the outlook for
housing issues in the new Congress, creating a National Disaster
Housing Strategy, establishing the National Housing Trust Fund,
preserving affordable housing and public housing, and more.
Congressional Staff Outline Housing Agenda. At the
opening plenary session of NLIHC’s conference, congressional
staff spoke about the prospects for housing legislation in the 110th
Congress.
The panel included Morna Miller of the House Budget Committee;
Jonathan Miller of the Senate Banking, Housing and Urban Affairs
Committee; Scott Olson of the House Financial Services Committee;
and Bill Simpson of the Senate Appropriations Subcommittee on
Transportation, Housing and Urban Development, and Related
Agencies. The panelists described their committees’ legislative
agendas, and reminded attendees of the need to reach out to all
Members of Congress to convince them of the need for affordable
housing in their districts and states. Mr. Simpson, who is on
the staff of the subcommittee chaired by Senator Patty Murray
(D-WA), reminded advocates that budgets are about priorities.
All of the speakers urged advocates to fight for more money for
housing.
Dr. Mindy Thompson Fullilove Discusses Displacement.
Feeling secure in their homes and their neighborhoods is essential
for the mental health of human beings. Repeated dislocation and
extended and recurring stays in unstable or temporary housing
contribute to the occurrence of mental illness among people subjected
to forced relocation and housing instability. This was the fundamental
message of Mindy Thompson Fullilove, MD, a research psychiatrist at
New York State Psychiatric Institute, professor of clinical psychiatry
and public health at Columbia University, and author of Root Shock:
How Tearing Up City Neighborhoods Hurts America and What We
Can Do About It.
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Dr. Mindy Thompson Fullilove speaks at
NLIHC’s Annual Housing Policy Conference.
As the keynote speaker at on February 26, Dr. Fullilove discussed the
history and current instances of dislocation of poor, racial minority, and
native peoples in the United States. Dr. Fullilove called for a rejection
of programs and policies that cause dislocation and housing insecurity,
including HOPE VI without one-for-one replacement and the right to
return, and urged low income people and advocates to stand together
to demand a more humane approach to neighborhood and community
revitalization.
Representative Frank Urges Support For Rental Housing.
Representative Barney Frank (D-MA), Chair of the House Financial
Services Committee, called on advocates to urge Congress to have the
political will to deal with the affordable housing crisis in America when
he spoke at NLIHC’s Lobby Day Breakfast on February 27.
Mr. Frank outlined a full agenda for housing issues in the 110th Congress,
including legislation to help families displaced by Katrina, reform the
Government Sponsored Enterprises (GSEs), and create a National
Housing Trust Fund (NHTF). Mr. Frank cautioned that requests for
increased funds will meet some resistance because of the cost of the Iraq
war and the huge deficit created by the tax cuts for the rich.
Mr. Frank said that in the continuing drum beat for homeownership
there has been a devaluing of rental housing. “This must be stopped,”
he said, “and we must remind people that rental units are home.” He
also spoke out against the demolition of public housing that occurs
as part of HOPE VI developments and argued that there must be
“replacement before displacement.” He urged attendees to educate
their Representatives and Senators on the importance of rental housing
and the need to move forward in expanding this housing stock.
Senator Bernie Sanders with NLIHC President Sheila Crowley at
NLIHC’s 25th Annual Housing Leadership Awards Reception.
For its 25th Annual Housing Leadership Awards Reception on February 27 at the Washington Court
Hotel in Washington, DC, NLIHC honored Senator Bernie Sanders (I-VT), Houston Mayor Bill White
and the National Student Campaign Against Hunger and Homelessness (NSCAHH).
Senator Sanders received NLIHC’s top award for his role as a stalwart
champion of housing for low income people. As his state’s sole
congressman from 1991-2006, Senator Sanders led the fight in the
House to establish a National Housing Trust Fund, including garnering 214
cosponsors for his bill in the 108th Congress. At the event, NLIHC President
Sheila Crowley thanked Senator Sanders for his “genuine leadership to
make good housing a reality for everyone” as she presented his award.
Senator Sanders said that it has been gratifying to work toward the
establishment of National Housing Trust Fund with NLIHC’s strong
grassroots coalition of support around the country. “There is nothing
that we can’t accomplish when we stand together,” he said.
Mayor Bill White of Houston was honored for his generous and
professional response to the need of tens of thousands of people
displaced by Hurricane Katrina who arrived in his city with nothing
but the clothes on their backs. He raised millions of dollars from the
private sector, leased thousands of homes for evacuees and made the
full services of his city available to help them resettle. He not only
braved opposition from some of his own constituents, but he took on
the Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA) when it cut of aid
to displaced families.
John Henneberger of the Texas Low Income Housing Information
Service said of Mayor White: “He rallied the city of Houston to show
that degree of compassion, that degree of organization and that
degree of courage needed to step up and help our fellow citizens.”
Mayor White’s Chief of Staff Terrance Fontaine accepted the award
on behalf of the mayor.
NLIHC also honored NSCAHH, a student-run and -led organization
that engages college students in providing direct services to people
who are hungry or homeless in their communities and in advocating
for social change that will end hunger and homelessness in the United
States. NLIHC Board Chair George Moses presented the award to
Stacey Hafner, NSCAHH National Coordinator.
The evening was sponsored by Wachovia. NLIHC is deeply grateful to
the many companies and individuals who made donations to the 25th
Annual Housing Leadership Awards Reception, which was NLIHC’s
most successful fundraiser event ever. Awards Committee members
were Bill Apgar, Michael Bodaken, Sheila Crowley, Chuck Edson, Bill
Kelly, Kathleen Rotondaro, and Barry Zigas.
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National Low Income Housing Coalition 2006 Annual Report
Statement of Financial Position
Year Ending December 31, 2007
NATIONAL LOW INCOME HOUSING COALITION
STATEMENTS OF FINANCIAL POSITION
NATIONAL LOW INCOME HOUSING COALITION
December 31,
STATEMENTS OF ACTIVITIES AND CHANGES IN NET ASSETS
2007
Year ended December 31, 2007
Temporarily
Restricted
Unrestricted
Year ended December 31, 2006
Temporarily
Unrestricted
Restricted
Total
ASSETS
Total
Support and Revenue
Contributions
$
355,128
$
-
$
355,128
$
179,057
$
-
$
179,057
Grants
461,350
35,000
496,350
1,000
1,466,000
1,467,000
Membership dues
381,402
-
381,402
349,014
-
349,014
Special events
323,766
-
323,766
250,770
-
250,770
Other revenue
7,916
-
7,916
10,554
-
10,554
Interest, dividends, gains & (losses)
118,405
-
118,405
221,384
-
221,384
Net assets released from restrictions
368,890
(368,890)
-
1,083,840
(1,083,840)
-
2,016,857
(333,890)
1,682,967
2,095,619
382,160
2,477,779
Total support and revenue
Expenses
Program services
Education
(1,618,678)
-
(1,618,678)
(1,615,902)
-
(239,122)
(123,658)
-
(248,325)
(104,799)
-
-
(239,122)
(123,658)
-
(104,799)
(1,981,458)
-
(1,981,458)
(1,969,026)
-
(1,969,026)
(333,890)
(298,491)
Support services
(1,615,902)
-
General and administrative services
Fundraising
Total expenses
Change in net assets before extraordinary items
35,399
126,593
(248,325)
382,160
508,753
Lease termination expenses
Change in net assets
Net assets, January 1, 2007
Net assets, December 31, 2007
Current assets
Cash and cash equivalents
$
Investments in marketable securities
-
-
-
-
35,399
(333,890)
2,069,022
$
2,104,421
(298,491)
581,391
$
247,501
2,650,413
$
2,351,922
$
512,708
$
469,551
1,610,660
1,558,485
Promises to give
25,000
25,500
Grants receivable
6,833
350,000
220,000
206,000
Receivable from remainder trust
Other receivables
48,214
72,778
Prepaid expenses
-
36,538
Total current assets
2,423,415
2,718,852
21,676
28,960
Furniture and equipment, net of accumulated
depreciation of $52,218 and $36,974
TOTAL ASSETS
$
2,445,091
$
2,747,812
$
-
$
2,673
LIABILITIES AND NET ASSETS
Liabilities
Accounts payable
Extraordinary Items
Total extraordinary Items
2006
(84,234)
-
(84,234)
Accrued expenses
93,169
93,421
(84,234)
-
(84,234)
Deferred revenue
-
1,305
93,169
97,399
1,920,122
1,924,631
184,299
144,391
2,104,421
2,069,022
247,501
581,391
2,351,922
2,650,413
42,359
382,160
424,519
2,026,663
199,231
2,225,894
2,069,022
$
581,391
$
2,650,413
Total liabilities
Net assets
Unrestricted
Board designated for Endowment Fund
Undesignated
The accompanying notes are an integral part of these financial statements.
-3-
Total unrestricted
Temporarily restricted
Total net assets
$
TOTAL LIABILITIES AND NET ASSETS
2,445,091
$
2,747,812
The accompanying notes are an integral part of these financial statements.
-2-
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Donors
Goulston & Storrs, PC
Hawkins, Delafield, & Wood, LLP
HBSC North America
NLIHC thanks our donors who provide the financial resources required to do our work.
All who made a specific donation to the 2007 operating budget are listed below.
Many thanks to the following individuals and organizations who
donated in 2007 to NLIHC’s Cushing N. Dolbeare Endowment Fund:
J. Roderick Heller, III
The Honorable Carla A. Hills and
Roderick Hills
Holland & Knight
William C. Kelly, Jr.
Lois Athey* w Sheila Crowley and Kent Willis w Helen Dunlap
w John Wesley Edwards w Ann Norton* w Thistle Community Housing*
w Greg Watson w Marian Wiseman
Kemp Partners
Donors of more than $250,000
KleinHornig LLP
The Senville Foundation
• Melville Charitable Trust
The Honorable Eugene Ludwig and Dr.
Carol Ludwig
Donors of $100,000 to $249,999
Beth McKee-Huger* and Raymond
Huger
David Stanley
• Wachovia
MMA Financial
Lydia Tom*
• John D. and Catherine T. MacArthur Foundation
Mortgage Bankers Association
U.S. Conference of Catholic Bishops
• Freddie Mac
Mortgage Insurance Companies of
America
U.S. Conference of Mayors
• Evelyn and Walter Haas, Jr. Fund
National Affordable Housing
Management Association
• Fannie Mae Foundation
National Affordable Housing Trust
National Association of Housing and
Redevelopment Officials
National Cooperative Bank
$50,000 to $99,999
The Rockefeller Foundation
Bank of America
$25,000 to $49,999
Andre Shashaty and Family
Oxfam America
$10,000 to $24,999
American Friends Service Committee
National Council of La Raza
The Honorable Edward W. and Mrs.
Anne Brooke
William C. Apgar, Jr.*
National Council of State Housing
Agencies
Century Housing, Inc
The Bozzuto Group
$5,000 to $9,999
National Equity Fund
Presbyterian Church (USA)
Kathleen and Fred Rotondaro*
Security Industry Financial Markets
Association
CHAC, Inc.
United Way/Combined Federal
Campaign
Fannie Mae
Barry Zigas* and Jodi Levin-Epstein
JP Morgan Chase
Louisiana Disaster Recovery Fund
National Association of Realtors
Ohio Capital Corporation for Housing
Quadel Consulting, Inc.
$1,000 to $4,999
American Association of Homes and
Services for the Aging
American Federation of State, County,
and Municipal Employees
Janet Becker*
Catholic Healthcare Partners*
Center on Budget and Policy Priorities*
National Housing Conference
National Housing Partnership
National Leased Housing Association
The Honorable Henry G. Cisneros
National Multi Housing Council
Coalition on Housing and Homelessness
in Ohio*
Nehemiah Corporation of California
Kathryn Nelson*
Kent W. Colton
Wayne and Marti Nelson
Corporation for Supportive Housing
Network for Good
Council of Federal Home Loan Banks
Nixon Peabody LLP
Sheila Crowley and Kent Willis
Opportunity Finance Network
Helen Dunlap
Pepper Hamilton LLP
Edgewood Management Corporation
The PMI Group, Inc.
Samuel and Nancy Gary
Preservation of Affordable Housing
Genworth Financial
Reno & Cavanaugh PLLC
Reznick Group
Jaimie Ross
Patricia T. Rouse*
Tal and Irene Basloe Saraf
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Paula Shaul
John and Gussie Stewart
Virginia Housing Development
Authority
Washington Council Ernst & Young
Charles S. Wilkins, Jr.*
$500 to $999
Ken Bacon
The Honorable James and Mrs. Susan
Baker
Benedictine Sisters
Jan Briedenbach*
Brophy Reilly LLC
Community Economics*
Larry and Marilyn Dale
Bill Faith*
Robert Greenstein*
Wes Heppler*
Barbara Lipke
McCormack Baron Salazar
Herbert E. Morse
NHP Foundation
Reymundo Ocañas
Carol Parry and John Fox *
Peoples’ Self-Help Housing
Corporation
Rebecca and Bill Senhauser
Telesis Corporation
Darren Walker
$100 to $499
Betty Barrett*
Roy Bateman
Beth Bergman*
John Brandenburg*
Lissy Bryan
Gordon Cavanaugh*
Andrew Cipes*
Coan & Lyons
Cobb County Community Services
Board
Community Economic Development
Assistance Corporation*
Jack and Sally Cooper*
Pat Costigan and Julie Beecher
Lawrence Couch*
Jeff Davidson
Frank DeStefano*
Charles Edson
Emily and Patrick Fagan*
Ellen Feingold
Ted Fillette*
Franciscan Ministries, Inc.
Jim Frasca
Doris Ganga*
Kathleen Gerardi*
Martin* and Donna Gleason
Laurie Goldman
Salvador Gonzalez*
Natalie Gubb*
Graysha Harris
Roger Herzog*
Kathie Hiers*
Karen Hiller*
Housing America Corporation*
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National Low Income Housing Coalition 2007 Annual Report
Donors
Members
Megan Hyla*
Hubert Von Tol
Eugene Kramer
Interfaith Housing Alliance*
Barbara Warren
Jack Krauskopf*
Carla Javits
Heather Way and William Christian
Anne Mackin Krieger
Charles Kamasaki
Joe Weisbord*
Donald Law*
George Latimer
Sidney Liben*
James Lee
up to $99
Fernando Lemos
Karen Lilleleht*
William and Carol Abbott
Jemma Lotzer
F. Lynn Luallen*
Larry Alexander
Nicola Mantzaris
Lutheran Office of Governmental
Ministry in NJ*
Margaret Anthon*
Ann Martinez
Jing and Richard Lyman*
Joe and Tamara Belden*
Demetria McCain*
Eric Belsky
Jeffrey Michael Meyer*
Joshua and Amy Berman
Jonathan Moseley*
Blue Eagle*
Evelyn Myers*
Janice Bockmeyer*
Joann Nathans
Clarine Boone
W. Roy Newsome*
Ryan Braber*
Jane O’Grady
Brian Braley
Brian Maney*
Maria Theresa de Z. Meyer *
Elizabeth Mulroy*
David Owen*
Gordon Packard*
Jonathan Paret
David and Laura Pels*
Kathryn Pettit
Mike and Sue Pitchford
Nora Quinn
Robert and Patricia Ralph
Nicolas Retsinas *
William Rohe*
Herbert Rubin*
Robert Sabel*
Peter Salsich*
Becky Sherblom*
Wayne Sherwood*
Mary Beth Shinn*
Marvin Siflinger*
Lawrence Simons*
Sisters of Saint Joseph of Carondelet,
St. Louis, MO
Sisters of St. Joseph of Peace, Bellevue,
WA
Sisters, Servants of the Immaculate
Heart of Mary
James Stockard*
NLIHC’s work would not be possible without our members, who support NLIHC’s priorities with
grassroots advocacy, and whose annual dues provide NLIHC with a stable source of operating revenue.
NLIHC Special Members
NLIHC Special Members are large organizations that provide extra support, through their
dues, to help underwrite NLIHC programs.
•
AFL-CIO Investment Program: AFL-CIO
Housing Investment Trust and AFL-CIO
Investment Trust Corporation
•
Local Initiatives Support Corporation
•
Low Income Investment Fund
•
Chicago Dwellings Association
•
Mercy Housing
Connie Pascale*
•
The Community Preservation Corporation
•
National Housing Trust
Michael Briese*
Susan Peck
•
Enterprise Community Partners
•
Neighborworks America
Harriet Bryan*
Sue Popkin
J. Timothy Caldwell*
Greg Provenzano*
•
Federal Home Loan Bank Presidents
•
Technical Assistance Collaborative
Booma Cheema*
Charleen Regan*
•
Housing Assistance Council
•
Volunteers of America
Constance Crowley*
Nancy Robinow
Margaret Crowley*
Nandor Sala*
Francois de La Bruere
Rina Saperstein
Aviva Ronit Dine
Mary Ellen Shay*
Alaska
Arizona
California
Julia Acuna
Leslie Ebert
Sisters of Notre Dame
Alaska Coalition on Housing and Homelessness
Affordable Housing Trust
Feed My People
Janet Smith
Greater Fairbanks Habitat for Humanity
Arizona Coalition to End Homelessness
Affordable Housing Coalition of San Diego
Yvonne Farrell*
Lois Snyder*
Arizona Department of Housing
Affordable Housing Foundation
Andre and Elaino* Feliciano
Society of Jesus (Jesuits) New York
Province
Alabama
Betsy Bolding
Aging Services of California
Alabama Arise
City of Phoenix
Alexander Tenants Association
Collaborative Solutions
Housing America Corporation
Beth Bergman
Keira Ellis
Housing Opportunity Center, Inc.
Beyond Shelter
Habitat for Humanity Tuscaloosa
Fred Karnas
Catherine Bishop
Kathie Hiers
Patricia Montoya
Paul Boden
Housing Enterprise of Central Alabama
Nogales Community Development Corporation
Julie Bornstein
Marty Fleetwood*
Lucinda Flowers*
Sarah Garrett*
St. Timothy’s Episcopal Church
Mary Stadel*
General Board of Church and Society of
the United Methodist Church*
Rochelle Stanfield*
Good Shepherd Housing Foundation
Kathleen Stierhoff*
Jan Breidenbach
Michael Stone*
Jefferson County Committee for Economic
Opportunity
Northern Arizona Council of Governments
Housing Network of Rhode Island*
Sandra O’Donnell
BRIDGE Housing Corporation
IL-IA Center for Independent Living*
Jaime Straub*
Jonathan Moseley
Gordon Packard
Mary Brooks
Daniel Immergluck*
Mary Von Euler*
Carol Parry
Susanne Browne
Herbert Warshavsky
Arkansas
Tamara Prime
Burbank Housing Development Corporation
Arnola Collins
Mary Stadel
Cabrillo Economic Development Corp
Lee County Community Development
Corporation
Stardust Center
California Affordable Housing Law Project
Roberta Wiebe
California Coalition for Rural Housing
Craig Stevens*
Byron Stookey*
Ann Kay*
Brian Sullivan
Ann Kenniston
Linda Wheaton*
Kathleen Vander Horst
Jill Khadduri
Evelyn Wolff*
Joseph Ventrone*
Henry Korman*
Jerry Webster
* Denotes donors who are also members
If you donated to NLIHC in 2007 but do not see your name listed, please contact
Angela Chen at angela@nlihc.org or 202.662.1530 x224.
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Members
California Department of Housing and
Community Development
Katherine Crecelius
Walter Heineken
PolicyLink
Western Center on Law and Poverty
Human Resources Agency of New Britain, HOPWA
Cathy Creswell
Edward Helfeld
Polis Consulting Group
Valerie Westreicher
Thomas Hyland
California Housing Finance Agency
Diane Davisson
Hollywood Community Housing Corporation
William Powers
Linda Wheaton
Legal Assistance Resource Center
California Housing Law Project
HomeBase
Pyatok Architechts, Inc.
Housing Authority of the City of Santa Barbara
Ralph Mechur Architects
Women Organizing Resources Knowledge and
Services (WORKS)
Lauren MacPhail
California Housing Partnership Corporation
Department of Social Services, County of Santa
Clara
Michael Carroll
Michael Dixon
Housing California
Religious Witness with Homeless People
James Yacenda
Helen Mehm
Craig Castellanet
Peter Dreier
Housing Rights Committee of San Francisco
Retirement Housing Foundation
James Yerdon
Mercy Housing and Shelter Corporation
Rene Cazenave
EAH Housing
Housing Rights, Inc.
Erin Riches
Your Market Partner/Paris Management Group
New Neighborhoods, Inc.
Center for Community Change
East Bay Housing Organizations
Housing Trust of Santa Clara County
Sacramento Housing Alliance, Inc.
Charities Housing Development Corporation
East Los Angeles Community Corporation
Fiona Hsu
Sacramento Housing and Redevelopment
Colorado
David and Laura Pels
Boona Cheema
Eden Housing, Inc.
Ideal Neighborhoods
Sacramento Mutual Housing Associaton
Ruth Brock
Robert Rosenthal
Szu-Ning Chen
Eskaton Properties
Ilene Jacobs
Juliet Saltman
Catholic Health Initiatives
Justina Uche-E
Christian Church Homes of Northern California
Lisa Feldstein
Jamboree Housing Corporation
Rich Samples
Colorado Coalition for the Homeless
Laurence Wagner
Andrew Cipes
Foundation For Affordable Housing, Inc.
Ronald Javor
San Luis Obispo County Housing Trust Fund
Blue Eagle
City of San Jose, Department of Housing
Foundation for Social Resources
Svetlana Kostel
Russell Schmunk
Britta Fisher
District of Columbia
City of Santa Monica
Gary Frazier
G. Jean Laurin Lawrence
Roy Schweyer
Housing Colorado
ACORN
Coachella Valley Housing Coalition
Patricia Gabel
Paul Leonard
Second Samoan Congregational Church
Housing Justice!
Alliance for Healthy Homes
Andrew Cohen
Dora Leong Gallo
David Levin
Self-Help Enterprises
Jody Kole
American Institute of Architects
Hannah Cohen
GCA Strategies
Jeffrey Levin
Andre Shashaty
Nan Morehead
American Planning Association
Community Economics, Inc.
Geoffrey Gilbert-Hamerling
Nancy Lewis
Paula Shaul
Janet Morris
Mary Andreolli
Community Housing Assistance Program, Inc.
Salvador Gonzalez
Kathleen Loewy
Mary Ellen Shay
Northeast Colorado Housing, Inc.
Margaret Anthon
Community Housing Improvement Program,
Inc.
Grassroots Housing Poverty Fighters
Long Beach Affordable Housing Coalition, Inc.
Shelter Partnership, Inc.
David Owen
Tim Aretsinger
Richard Green
Edward Sido
Sabrina Pierre-Louis
Community Housing Opportunities Corporation
Lois Athey
Michael Gregg
Los Angeles Coalition to End Hunger and
Homelessness
Andrew Reid
Community HousingWorks
Siejay Hoover Apartment Tenants Association
Darryl Belcher
James Grow
Jing and Richard Lyman
Jonathan Cooper
Sister Michelle Gorman
Merry Ricca
Nancy Bernstine
Gubb & Barshay, LLP
David Mann
Rocky Mountain HDC
Wilfred Cooper
Skid Row Housing Trust
Erin Brand
Marin County Community Development Agency
Sober Living Network, Inc.
Thistle Community Housing
John Cotton
Habitat for Humanity for San Luis Obispo
County
Jim Brown
MaryAnn Martorana
Urban Land Conservancy
Council of Community Housing Organizations
Habitat for Humanity, Stanislaus County
South Bay Community Services
Butler Family Fund
Jennifer McGovern
Mark Welch
Catherine Craig
Stephanie Haffner
South County Housing
Gordon Cavanaugh
Jozette McKie
Mercy Charities Housing California
Southern California Association of NonProfit
Housing
Connecticut
Jeff and Laura Chenoweth
Maxine Miller
Richard Speiglman
Barbara Brockhurst
Bonnie Milstein
Squier Properties
Columbus House, Inc.
Coalition for Nonprofit Housing and Economic
Development
National Housing Law Project
St. Julie’s Parish Charity
Connecticut Coalition to End Homelessness
Community Learning Project
W. H. Nichols
Michele Stillwell-Parvensky
Connecticut Housing Coalition
Compass Group, LLC
NID Housing Counseling Agency
Eric Straatsma
Connecticut Housing Investment Fund
Nonprofit Federation for Housing and
Community Development
Douglas Tapking
Andrew Daniels
Congressional Research Service, Library
Services
Mona Tawatao
John Davies
Council of Large Public Housing Authorities
Non-Profit Housing Association of Northern
California
Eugene Tchoe
Kathleen Dorgan
Kat Diaz
Victoria Tedder
Empowering Resources
District of Columbia Housing Authority
Billie Wachter
Daisy Franklin
Vyllorya Evans
Saul Wachter
Doris Ganga
Yvonne Farrell
Orenda Warren
Stephen Grathwohl
Jessica Franklin
WASET, Inc.
Greater New Haven Community Loan Fund
Bernard Fulton
Dan Pearlman
Deborah Werner
Stephanie Guess
Mary Funke
Plumas County Community Development
Commission and Housing Authority
West Hollywood Community Housing
Corporation
Richard Harrall
General Board of Church and Society of the
United Methodist Church
Novogradac & Company LLP
Alexei Ochola
David Oddo
Orange County Community Housing
Corporation
Attendees participate in a question-and-answer session at NLIHC’s annual
conference.
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Peter Marcuse
Partnership for Strong Communities
Center on Budget and Policy Priorities
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National Low Income Housing Coalition 2007 Annual Report
Members
Sharon Geno
Emily Price
Wanda Lanier
Illinois
Shorebank Advisory Services
Kansas
Jason Gerig
Susan Prokop
Mending Hearts Charities, Inc.
Access Living
Lois Snyder
Homestead Affordable Housing, Inc.
Miami Beach Community Development
Adorers of the Blood of Christ, Office of Peace
and Justice
Elisabeth Solomon
Housing and Credit Counseling
Karen Stunkel
Jani Hunter
Frances Baker
Kathy Szybist
Kansas Statewide Homeless Coalition
Bickerdike Redevelopment Corporation
Vincent Thomas
Don Miller
Daniel Burke
Mindy Turbov
Chicago Alliance to End Homelessness
University of Illinois, Voorhees Neighborhood
Center
Kentucky
Chicago Community Loan Fund
Chicago Continuum of Care
Cheryl Vanderford
Chicago Rehab Network
Mary Vasys
Beattyville Housing and Development
Corporation
Jennifer Fabbrini
Kathy York
BRASS Inc.
Martin Gleason
Rebuilding Together, Inc.
Ed Gramlich
John Relman
Miami Coalition for the Homeless
Chester Hartman
Joseph Rich
Miami Workers Center
Wes Heppler
Kathleen Rotondaro
Nancy Muller
Jonathan Hooks
Chad Ruppel
Non-profit Housing Roundtable of Central Florida
Alan Houseman
Jessica Schuler
Resident Council Rebecca South
Tom Howarth
Johanna Shreve
Ana Romillo
Jesuit Social and International Ministries
TENAC
Samuel’s House
Sharon Johnson
Bernard Tetreault
Shimberg Center for Affordable Housing
Rev. Thomas Knoll
Washington Legal Clinic for the Homeless, Inc.
Linda Van Natta-Linstrum
Law Offices of Eisen & Rome, P.C.
John Weicher
Rev. Clinton Walker
Hershel Lipow
Mark Weinheimer
Lutheran Office for Governmental Affairs
Barry Zigas
Lutheran Services in America
Georgia
Charles Alexander
Jane Luton
Delaware
Eugene Bowens
Edith Makenta
Delaware Housing Coalition
Lynn Brazen
Brian Maney
Clarence Elliott, Jr.
Debbie Brown
Manna, Inc.
First State Community Action Agency
Tod Citron
Virginia Mayer
NCALL Research, Inc.
Coastal Georgia Area Community Action Agency
David McIntire
Veronica Oliver
Community Design Center of Atlanta
Marcy-Ann Meyer
Ken Smith
Kelly Cooney
Mi Casa
Sandra Spence
Chizoba Ekemam
Andrew Mott
National AIDS Housing Coalition
Georgia Department of Community Affairs
Florida
Sam Finkelstein
Lee Alcott
Michael Clust
Paul Fischer
Indiana
Coalition for the Homeless
Herbert Fisher
Robert Baxter
Janet Dakan
Ronald Grzywinski
Gary Drehmel
Clara Harmon
Coalition for Homelessness Intervention and
Prevention
Anne Holcomb
James Colter
Federation of Appalachian Housing Enterprises
Housing Action Illinois
Community Action Program of Evansville
Frontier Housing, Inc.
Housing Choice Partners of Illinois
Housing Partnerships, Inc.
Homeless and Housing Coalition of Kentucky
Illinois Community Action Association
Indiana Association for Community Economic
Development
Housing Partnership, Inc.
Interfaith Open Communities
Indiana Coalition on Housing and Homeless
Issues
Metropolitan Housing Coalition
Jewish Federation of Metropolitan Chicago
Robert Kirkpatrick
Northkey Community Care
Frederica Johnson
Angela Miller McGraw
William Wharton
Jordan Dream
Rufus Myers
Aaron Wolfe-Bertling
Julia Koschinsky
Florence Roisman
Mark St. John
Illinois Iowa Center for Independent Living
William Embry
Kentucky Housing Corporation
National American Indian Housing Council
Mark Buchbinder
Georgia State Trade Association of Nonprofit
Developers
National Association of Affordable Housing
Lenders
Carrfour Supportive Housing
Theresa Gibson
April Lasker
Eva Cutler
Harold Hamilton
Daniel Lauber
National Association of Housing Cooperatives
Steve Dubb
Ben Howard
Lawyers’ Committee for Better Housing
Iowa
Lucinda Flowers
National Association of Local Housing and
Finance Agency
Charles Elsesser, Jr.
Young Hughley
Allan Lindrup
Anawim Housing
Mercy Housing Lakefront
Robert Burns
Greater New Orleans Fair Housing Action
Center
National Coalition for Asian Pacific American
Community Development
Florida Coalition for the Homeless
Daniel Immergluck
Florida Housing Coalition, Inc.
Larry Keating
Community Housing Initiatives
National Coalition for Homeless Veterans
Florida Non-profit Housing, Inc.
Lee Ann Lands
Metropolitan Housing Development
Corporation
National Housing and Rehabilitation
Association
Florida Supportive Housing Coalition
Kate Little
Sara Friedman
LM Anderson & Company
National Law Center on Homelessness and
Poverty
Stephen Golant
Andrew Peabody
Harry Gottlieb
Progressive Redevelopment
Greater Miami Neighborhoods, Inc.
Letitia Robinson
Danny Gross
Southwest Georgia Housing Development
Corporation
National Neighborworks Association
National Policy and Advocacy Council on
Homelessness
NETWORK: A National Catholic Social Justice
Lobby
Chris Hayes
Office of the Comptroller of the Currency
Herbert Hernandez
Eve O’Toole
Homeless Coalition of Hillsborough County
Laurence Pearl
Homes in Partnership, Inc.
Joni Podschun
Dorothy Inman-Johnson
Poverty and Race Research Action Council
Carl Kuehner
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Donald Hazelton
Lindsey Stillman
Metropolitan Tenants Organization
Moline Housing Authority
Regina Morgan
Jennifer O’Neil
Esther Patt
Bill Pluta
Alexander Polikoff
Lynn Rewerts
Michael Rohrbeck
Hawaii
Henry Rose
Stan Franco
Herbert Rubin
Betty Larson
Melaine Sanders
Nadine Nakamura
Sankofa Safe Child
Gregg Robertson
Louisiana
Bayou Towers Resident Council
Dallas County Local Housing Trust Fund, Inc.
David Harris
R. Allen Hays
Home Opportunities Made Easy, Inc.
Housing Trust Fund of Johnson County
Iowa Coalition for Housing and the Homeless
Iowa Finance Authority
Polk County Housing Trust Fund
Sarah Reilly
Kristin Saddoris
Michelle Schnier
Scott County Housing Council
Cathy Seddon
Sisters of the Presentation
Amy Ingram
Vela Kelly
Neshia Morris
New Orleans Legal Assistance Corporation
Senator Circle Resident Council
Southern Mutual Help Association
Jimmie Williams
William Winters
Maine
Cyndy Carney
Ed Democracy
Howard Dupee
Benjamin Gallaher
Anne Gass
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Members
Genesis Community Loan Fund
Robert Nasdor
Central Massachusetts Housing Alliance, Inc.
Cheryl-Ann Pizza-Zeoli
Michigan
Flo Castner
Maine Affordable Rental Housing Coalition
Edward Chase
Catholic Diocese of Crookston
Citizens’ Housing and Planning Association, Inc.
Planning Office for Urban Affairs, Archdiocese
of Boston
Allegan County Community Mental Health Services
Patricia Martine
National Foundation for Affordable Housing
Solutions, Inc.
Michael Appel
Central Minnesota Housing Partnership, Inc.
Alan Monier
National Health Care for the Homeless Council
Clarendon Hill Towers Tenants Association
Michael and Jane Potsaid
J. Timothy Caldwell
CommonBond Communities
National Association for Education of Homeless
Children and Youth
Kathryn Nelson
Coastal Homebuyer Programs, LLC
Yale and Barbara Rabin
RCAP Solutions
Northern New England Housing Investment
Fund
Tedi Osias
Community Economic Development Assistance
Corporation
Community Economic Development
Association of Michigan
Community Housing Development Corporation
Jeremiah O’Leary
Charleen Regan
Community Housing Network
Family Housing Fund
Yvonne Perret
Community Service Network, Inc.
Paul Ruchinskas
Community Rebuilders
James Pierce
Greater Metorpolitan Housing Corporation
Prince George’s County Justice and Advocacy
Council
Lou Ann David
Gregory Russ
Cooperative Services, Inc.
Chip Halbach
Lisa Davis
Barbara Sard
Jeff Delay
Maryland
Karen Safer
HOME Line
Louise Elving
Sadie Savage
Genesis Non-Profit Housing Corporation
Sharon Anderson
Becky Sherblom
Housing & Redevelopment Authority of Bemidji
Jonah Evans
Irma Schretter
Kirsten Gonzales
Baltimore City League of Women Voters
Wayne Sherwood
Housing Link
Judith Feins
Marvin Siflinger
Cynthia Kieliszewski
Baltimore Neighborhoods
Melanie Smith
Housing Preservation Project
Lisa Sloane
Lighthouse Community Development
Maria Barker
Southwest Visions, Inc.
Franklin County Housing and Redevelopment
Authority
Intercongregation Communities Association
SMOC Energy and Financial Assistance
Michigan Coalition Against Homelessness
Diana Bernhardt
Rochelle Stanfield
Peter Gagliardi
Laura Kadwell
Tess Sneesby
Michigan Interfaith Trust
Pamela Blumenthal
Thomas Stanton
Christina Gaguier
Markus Klimenko
Somerville Housing Authority
Open Door and Next Door Shelters
John Brandenburg
Corinne Stevens
Pamela Goodman
Gao Lao
James Stockard
Rural Michigan CDC
Michael Briese
Maribeth Stewart
Brad Gordon
Loren Lorenz
Michael Stone
Jim Schaafsma
Jim Campbell
Katharine Stierhoff
Laurie Gould
Lutheran Social Services of Minnesota
Diane Sullivan
Ernest Smith
Community Assistance Network
Stephen Strausbaugh
Philip Hamilton
Brian Marcum
Naomi Sweitzer
Rick Stravers
Christa Conant
Robert Strupp
Michael Johnston
TAG Associates, Inc.
Washtenaw Housing Alliance
Metropolitan Interfaith Council on Affordable
Housing
Lawrence Couch
Unitarian Universalist Affordable Housing
Ed Kaarela
Mary Tavullo
Linda Couch
Mary Von Euler
Henry Korman
Tenant Advocacy Project
Minnesota
Minnesota Coalition for the Homeless
Ruth Crystal
Johanna Kovitz
Ruth Villard
Amherst H. Wilder Foundation
Minnesota Housing Partnership
Frank DeStefano
Washington County Community Action Council,
Inc.
Kim Lampereur
Beth Bowman
Diakon Lutheran Social Ministries
Ruth White
Kathy Watkins
Roberta Leviton
Broen Housing Consultants
Minnesota Senior Federation Metropolitan
Region
Stephen Duncan
Kim Willis
Jeanne Yocum
Judith Liben
David Falk
Richard Willson
Sidney Liben
Mary Grace Folwell
Mark Wurzbacher
Joseph Guggenheim
Susan Yancy
Lynn Housing Authority and Neighborhood
Development
Minneapolis Highrise Representative Council
Louise Marks
Jane Harrison
Peter Henderson
Massachusetts
Massachusetts Housing Investment Corporation
Ferd Hoefner
Emily Achtenberg
Massachusetts Housing Partnership
Scott Hoekman
Affordable Housing Institute
Massachusetts Union of Public Housing Tenants
Home Partnerships
AIDS Housing Corporation
Massachustetts Nonprofit Housing Association
Homes for America, Inc.
Paul Antonellis
Joyce McAfee
Housing Association of Non-Profit Developers
William Apgar, Jr.
Josh Meehan
Interfaith Housing Alliance
Stefanie Balandis
Metropolitan Boston Housing Partnership, Inc.
Ann Jenkins
Jessica Beecher
Safia Mohamed
Harriett Kesler
Angelica Benzan
Sheila Mondshein
Nadim Khan
Rachel Bratt
Anne Mooney
Stephanie Killian
Joe Breiteneicher
Elizabeth Mulroy
Jennifer Lavorel
Cambridge Economic Opportunity Committee, Inc.
Peter Munkenbeck
Clarence Lee
Cambridge Eviction Free Zone
National Alliance of HUD Tenants
Jeannine Love
CAN-DO
Neighborhood Partners
Jodi-Beth McCain
Catholic Social Services of Fall River, Inc.
Mariano Parks
Maria Theresa de Z. Meyer
Center for Social Policy, University of
Massachusetts
Nancy Phillips
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Dayton’s Bluff Neighborhood Housing Services
Advocates take part in a plenary session at NLIHC’s 2007 annual housing policy conference.
Pine Street Inn
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Members
Northern Communities Land Trust
Public Housing Agency of the City of St. Paul
Residents for Affordable Housing
Rondo Community Land Trust
Doug Schelske
Sue Watlov Phillips
West Bank Community Development
Corporation
LAP Community Housing Development
Corporation
Katie Johnson
Anne Bradshaw
Lina Lopez
Juanita Thomas
David Kinsey
Elizabeth Brock
Jeanne Majors
Lydia Tom
Nebraska Department of Economic
Development
Martha Lamar
Jim Buckley
Joseph Mascia
Sam Tsemberis
Lutheran Office of Governmental Ministry in NJ
Buffalo Municipal Housing
Janet Meiselman
Two Plus Four Construction
Mercer Alliance to End Homelessness
CARES, Inc.
Metropolitan Council on Housing
UJA Federation
K. Tyler Miller
Elsie Carney
Marc Miller
United Tenants of Albany
Ed Murphy
Chemung County Housing Coalition
Eileen Murray
Eileen Wall
New Jersey Self-Advocacy Project
Chenango Housing Improvement Program, Inc.
Nassau-Suffolk Coaltion for the Homeless
Thomas Waters
Partnerships for People, Inc.
Coalition of the North East Association, Inc.
NCS Community Development Corporation
Russell Weaver
Connie Pascale
Carol Cohen
Judith Nelson
Joseph Weisbord
Ann Robinson
Theresa Coles-Ragin
New Destiny Housing Corporation
Karen Westmont
Jaime Anne Sharrock
Community Advocates, Inc.
Concern for Independent Living, Inc.
New York City Public Housing Residents
Alliance
Ed Williams
Harold Simon
Somerset County Coalition on Affordable
Housing
Declarations, Inc.
New York City Rent Guidelines Board
Evelyn Wolff
Henry Dubro
New York Housing Conference
Nebraska Housing Developers Association
Northeast Housing Initiatives
Syracuse Housing Authority
Western Community Action
Nevada
Dorinda Wider
Stacy Braverman
Nevada Fair Housing Center
Missouri
Eric Novak
Joan Botwinick
Eileen Piekarz
Citizens Coalition to Fight Eminent Domain
Abuse
Women’s Development Center
Lisa Hamilton-Hill
New Hampshire
Tenant Association
North Carolina
Gloria Timley
Anne Emerman
John Norvell
Julie Levin
American Friends Service Committee, New
Hampshire Housing Forum
W. Marc Ducker
New York State Rural Housing Coalition
Housing Authority of Saint Louis County
Empire State Coalition
NYS Rural Housing Advocates, Inc.
Affordable Housing Coalition of Asheville and
Buncombe County
Missouri Association for Social Welfare
Eileen Brady
Volunteers of America, Delaware Valley
Anne Marie Walker
Adam Enbar
Denise Oliveira
David Allred
Northside Community Housing
Leonard Jones
Family Resource Center
Arc of North Carolina
Saints Joachim and Ann Care Service
New Hampshire Community Loan Fund, Inc.
Fernando Ortiz
First Ward Action Council, Inc.
Thomas Osterman
Asheville Homeless Network
Avery County Habitat for Humanity
Steven Weinberg
John Westervelt
Peter Salsich
Sanctuary In The Ordinary
New Jersey
Sisters of Saint Joseph
Advance Housing, Inc.
St. Louis University Legal Clinic
Nicole Alston
Todd Swanstrom
Paul Alston
Urban Strategies
Jay Boxwell
Leonard Williams
Forsyth Street Advisors
JoAnne Page
New Mexico
Monte Franke
Laurence Pagnoni
Julia Bick
1000 Friends of New Mexico
Dana Garland
Martha Pofit
Susanna Birdsong
Kathleen Gerardi
Ben Potsaid
Cantera Consultants & Advisors, Inc.
John Goering
Martin Pressman
Brick Capital Community Development
Corporation
Lutheran Office of Govenmental Ministry New
Mexico
William and Margaret Goldsmith
Jillian Price
Anne Burke
David Browne
Harriet Bryan
New Mexico Coalition to End Homelessness
Rev. Mark Hallinan
Vera Prosper
Mississippi
Back Bay Mission
Arnold Cohen
Ann Norton
Jill Hamberg
Arthur Rashap
Cabarrus County Community Development
Corporation
Brodie Hefner
RECAP
Catholic Charities of Jackson
Community Investment Strategies
Doris Hirsch
Sr. Claire Regan
Sr. Donna Gunn
County of Middlesex NJ
Homeless Services United
Maria Rodriguez
Jason MacKenzie
Telissa Dowling
Housing Action Council
Marge Rogatz
Reilly Morse
East Brunswick Community Housing
Corporation
Housing First!
Denise Rosa
Sarah Hovde
Miguel Rosario
Hudson Planning Group
Rural Opportunities, Inc.
Human Development Services of Westchester
Nandor Sala
Interfaith Council for Action
Luz Sanchez
Joanan Jones
John Schank
Thomas Kappner
Alex Schwartz
Deborah Kenn
Agnes Scott
Habitat for Humanity of Orange County, North
Carolina
Jack Krauskopf
Frederick Shack
Eleanor Helms
Charles Laven
Sharon Sherman
Housing Opportunity Foundation
Sr. Barbara Lenniger
Mary Beth Shinn
Alanda Jackson
Frances Levenson
Mary Smith
Evan Lewis
Long Island Center for Independent Living
Supportive Housing Network of New York
Karen Montaperto
Long Island Housing Services
Tenants and Neighbors
Marie Moylan
Ocean Springs - Long Beach Interfaith
Hospitality Network
OxFam America
Fair Housing Council of Northern New Jersey
Family Promise
Sarah Garrett
Montana
Randall Gottesman
Tammy Agard
Rene Griggs
Kathryn Bartholomew
Harbor House, St. Joseph’s Hospital Harbor
View
Rev. Roxanne Klingensmith
Neal Beroz
Rural Housing
Supportive Housing Coalition of New Mexico, Inc.
New York
121-122 Streets Block Association
Accord Corporation
A-HOME
Albany Community Land Trust
Roberta Allen
Rev. George Anderson
Victor Bach
Margaret Heaney
Abdoulaye Balde
Home Front, Inc.
Albert Baldeo
Joseph and Evalyn Basloe
Lynda Woods
Housing and Community Development
Network of New Jersey
Bishop Sheen Ecumenical Housing Foundation, Inc.
Nebraska
Interfaith Council for Homeless Families of
Morris County
High Plains Community CDC
Irvington Housing
Sr. Mary Murry
Brent Wilson
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Paige Bellenbaum
Janice Bockmeyer
Christina Bottego
Dede Carney
Shirley Carraway
Betsy Cockman
Davidson Housing Coalition
Downtown Housing Improvement Corporation
Durham Affordable Housing Coalition
Ted Fillette
Victor Galloway
Patricia Garrett
Willard Gourley
Greensboro Housing Coalition
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Members
North Carolina Coalition to End Homelessness
Colleen Bain Gold
Wanda DeBruler
Emily MacDonald
North Carolina Low Income Housing Coalition,
Inc.
Greater Cincinnati Coalition for the Homeless
Housing Authority of the City of Tulsa
Scott Mazo
Greater Toledo Housing Coalition
Deborah Jenkins
Diana Myers
Northwestern Regional Housing Authority
Elaine Haines
Vintage Housing, Inc.
Nazareth Housing Services
Orange Community Housing and Land Trust
Linda Harper
River City Community Development
Corporation
Mary Herring
Oregon
W. Roy Newsome
Kathryn Hexter
Harry Bruton
North Hills Affordable Housing
Doris Hill
Central City Concern
Hocking Athens Perry Community Action
Rebecca Childs
Northwest Philadelphia Interfaith Hospitality
Network
Barbara Holman
Clackamas Community Land Trust
People’s Emergency Center
Hope House
Community Alliance of Tenants
Housing Research and Advocacy Center
Community Development Law Center
Philadelphia Association of Community
Development Corporations
Michael Howard
Community Development Network
Margaret Hulbert
Serena Cruz
Integrated Service Systems
Sheila Greenlaw-Fink
Peter Iskin
Housing Authority of Portland
Jefferson Behavioral Health System
Neighborhood Partnership Fund
Arthur Kashid
Northwest Pilot Project
Katheryn Kazol
Gary and Sonya Olsen-Hasek
W. Dennis Keating
Oregon Food Bank
Jung-Wook Kim
Andy Raubeson
Laurel Labadie
REACH Community Development, Inc.
Donald Law
Legal Aid Society of Greater Cincinnati
St. Vincent dePaul Socirty of Lane County, Inc
Housing
Michael Mayse
Linda Walker
William Merusi
Bobby Weinstock
Cleveland Tenants Organization
Miami Valley Fair Housing Center
Stephen Weiss
Patrick Clifford
Theresa Morelli
Coalition on Homelessness and Housing in
Ohio
Barbra Murphy
Pennsylvania
National Church Residences
Paul Brooks
Cogswell Hall
Neighborhood Properties, Inc.
James Bruno
Columbus Coalition for the Homeless
Ohio Multi County Development Corporation
Carla Campbell
Columbus Housing Partnership
Virginia O’Keeffe
Capital Access, Inc.
Columbus Metropolitan Housing Authority
Over-the-Rhine Housing Network
Coleman House Apartments
Community Action Committe of Fayette County
Quality Review Services, Inc.
Ruth DeJesus
Community Action Program Corporation of
Washington-Morgan Counties
Richland Place Path Center
Dignity Housing
Cynthia Robinson
Patrick Fenton
Lloyd Smith
William Gilmartin
John Stock
Carol Goertzel
Paul Tecpanecatl
Sr. Victoria Gribschaw
Alan Coupland
Toledo Community Development Corporation
William Henderson
Cuyahoga Community Land Trust
Laura Wade
Housing Alliance of Pennsylvania
Cuyahoga County Department of Development
Cuyahoga Metropolitan Housing Authority
William Rohe
Bill Rowe
Sandhills Interfaith Hospitality Network
Michael Stegman
Candace Stowell
United Way of Forsyth County
North Dakota
Eastern Dakota Housing Alliance
Region V Community Development Corporation
Ohio
Akron Metropolitan Housing Authority
American Association of Service Coordinators
Sidney Boyle
Delorise Calhoun
Catholic Healthcare Partners
Cleveland Housing Network, Inc.
Cleveland State University, Maxine Goodman
Levin College of Urban Affairs
Community Action Wayne, Medina
Community Shelter Board
Council for Economic Opportunities in Greater
Cleveland
Jeremey Newberg
Philadelphia Housing Authority
David Podell
Stuart Poppel
Project H.O.M.E.
Board member DeDe Carney prepares for a board meeting.
Robert Reaves
Jennifer Richards
David Ritter
Rhode Island Housing
South Dakota
SafeHome Philadelphia
Robert Sabel
Betty Jo White
Anne Sheehan
Statewide Housing Action Coalition of Rhode
Island
Tennessee
Rachel Van Cleve
William Barnes
Lynn Stricker
South Carolina
Community Development Council of Greater
Memphis
Marilyn Sullivan
Affordable Housing Coalition of South Carolina
Rozann Downing
United Neighborhood Centers
Allen Temple CEDC
Page Walker Buck
Allendale County ALIVE, Inc.
Eastern Eight Community Development
Corporation
Tay Waltenbaugh
Thomas Barnwell
Brian Sexton
Dawn Williams
Charleston Area CDC
John Zirker
David Wooledge
Charleston Housing Trust Inc.
York County Development Corporation
Connelly Builders, Inc.
Texas
Southwestern Pennsylvania Aids Planning
Coalition
Craig Stevens
David Douglas
Alamo Area Mutual Housing Association
Puerto Rico
Douglas Development, LLC
Bay Area Homeless Services
Miguel Grau
Murlene Ennis
Nicolas Santana
Anita Floyd
Blackland Community Development
Corporation
Grand Strand Housing, Inc.
Sr. Margaret Bulmer
Colonias Unidas
Rhode Island
Nehemiah Corporation
Andrew Aurand
Gail Olive
Carol Brotman
Lawrence Simons
Paul Dumouchel
Spartanburg Housing Authority Development Inc.
Wayne County Housing Coalition
Housing Development Corporation
House of Hope Community Development
Corporation
Sumter County Community Development
Corporation
Wings Enrichment Center
Indian Valley Housing Corporation
Housing Network of Rhode Island
Rev. Elizabeth Templeton
Foundation Communities
Vincent Kabacinski
Tanja Kubas-Meyer
TN Development Corporation
Foundation for Community Empowerment
Lisa Reels
Trident Urban League Inc.
Fred Fuchs
Nicolas Retsinas
Victory Plus Inc.
Housing and Community Services, Inc.
Brian Davis
Del-Mor Dwellings Corporation
Oklahoma
Lackawanna Neighbors, Inc.
Dana Gamblin
Broken Bow Housing Authority
Elnora Lee
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Philadelphia Committee to End Homelessness
Rhode Island Coalition for the Homeless
Sarah Davidson
Krista DelGallo
Joan Denkler
East Texas Fair Housing Service Center
Tiffany Foster
Housing Authority of the City of Houston
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Members
Inclusive Communities Project
Vermont
Lehn Benjamin
Essie Miller
James Hogan
Wisconsin
Bryan Kaminski
Eugene Betit
Phyllis Murphy
Housing Authority of Skagit County
Karen Avery
Leslie Lloyd
Brattleboro Area Affordable Housing
Corporation
Karl Bren
National Alliance for the Mentally Ill
Housing Authority of the City of Tacoma
Emergency Shelter of the Fox Valley, Inc.
Demetria McCain
Christopher Brown
Building Suffolk
National Congress of Vietnamese Americans
Elaina Feliciano
Gilbert Murillo
Burlington Community Land Trust
Patricia Burke
Tillman Neuner
Housing Consortium of Everett and Snohomish
County
New Hope Housing
Committee on Temporary Shelter
Dora Callahan
Nikki Nicholau
Grace Jones
Northside Plaza. Inc CDC
Kylie Edwards
Susanna Capers
Joyce Pankowicz
Housing Development Consortium of SeattleKing County
Nueces County Community Action Agency
Housing Vermont
Catholics for Housing, Inc.
Mary Payne
Row House Community Development
Corporation
Michelle Kniffin
Center for Community Development
Piedmont Housing Alliance
Devon Lapan
Central Virginia Housing Coalition
Sharon Prescott
John Suggs
Kaitlyn Lapan
Joe Collier
Texas Association of Community Development
Corporations
Adele Nicols
Sally and Jack Cooper
Prince William County Office of Housing and
Community Development
Texas Homeless Network
Rutland Mental Health Services
Texas Low Income Housing Information Service
Ashley Seymour
Northgate Residents’ Association
Housing Resources Group
Megan Hyla
Willie Johnson
Metropolitan Milwaukee Fair Housing Council
Brian Peters
Selena Kilmoyer
Southeastern Wisconsin Housing Corporation
of Racine County
Rev. Jean Kim
St. Norbert Abbey Justice & Peace Committee
King County Housing Authority
Judith Wilcox
Herb Cooper-Levy
Public Housing Association of Residents
Rachel Kleit
Gloria Cousar
Earl Reynolds
Low Income Housing Institute
Wisconsin Community Action Program
Association
Gerald Creedon
Roanoke Valley Interfaith Hospitality Network
Henry McGee
Wisconsin Partnership for Housing
Development, Inc.
Texas Tenants Union
Laura Shaw
Rick Sheets
TVP Nonprofit Corporation
Margaret Crowley
Mount Baker Housing Association
Vermont Affordable Housing Coalition
Constance Crowley
Kim Shick
Northwest Housing Development
Kathleen Tyler
Vermont Housing and Conservation Board
Office of Rural and Farmworker Housing
Westgate Housing
Alan Painter
Council of Community Services
Kathy Desmond
Southeast Rural Community Assistance Project,
Inc.
Wyoming
George Davies
Melody Stone
Gregory Provenzano
Lynn Cunningham
John Talbott
Harry Pryde
Paul Wright
Telamon Corporation
Cyndi Sculley
Sarah Folio
Trailview Development Corporation (Elderspirit
Community)
Ginger Segel
Vernetta Forbes
Virginia
Triad Housing
Robert Gibson
Spokane Neighborhood Action Programs
AHC, Inc.
United Way of America
Alex Gulotta
Catherine Stineback
Albemarle Housing Improvement Program
Joseph Ventrone
Habitat for Humanity Virginia
Jaime Straub
American Network of Community Options and
Resources
Virginia Community Development Corporation
Cora Hayes
Karen Sturnick
Virginia Housing Coalition
Howard Herman
Virginia Poverty Law Center
Tacoma Pierce County Affordable Housing
Consortium
Ruth Hill
Virginia Supportive Housing
Tenants Union of Washington State
Kathleen Hodge
Gregory Watson
Karin Van Vleet
Homeward
Sheila Weir
Washington Low Income Housing Alliance
John Horejsi
Wesley Housing Development Corporation
Washington State Coalition for the Homeless
Housing Opportunities Made Economical
Ahnivah Williams
Jay Howenstine
Kristin Yavorsky
Washington State Housing Finance
Commission
Joy Johnson
Andrew Zehe
YMCA Young Adult Services
Visitation House
Robert Voelker
Windham Housing Trust, Inc.
Tom Wilkinson
Emily and Patrick Fagan
Virgin Islands
Utah
Susan Mann
Kerry Bate
Crossroads Urban Center
Eileen Dwyer
Soren Simonsen
Barbara Toomer
Utah Community Action Partnership
Association
Utah Housing Coalition
ElderHomes Corporation
Stuart Armstrong
ASTRACOR
Keith Fleury
YWCA Seattle-King-Snohomish
Edith Jones
Outreach director Ed Gramlich greets conference attendees.
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Sound Families
George Knight
Washington
Karen Lilleleht
Cindy Algeo
West Virginia
Peter Loach
Beacon Development Group
Betty Barrett
Frances Lunney
Donald Chamberlain
Mary Cuda
Trish Manthey
City of Seattle, Office of Housing
HomeOwnership Center, Inc.
Maureen Markham
Common Ground, Washington
Housing Connections
Clarissa McAdoo
First Assembly of God Life Center
Southeastern Appalachian Rural Alliance, Inc.
Carolyn McPherson
Steve Fredrickson
Denis Woods
Cindy Mester
Habitat for Humanity of Washington State
If you were an NLIHC member in 2007 and do not see your name listed, or
if your name is listed incorrectly, please contact NLIHC’s outreach team at
outreach@nlihc.org or 202.662.1530.
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National Low Income Housing Coalition 2007 Annual Report
Staff and Interns
Board of Directors
Mark Allison
Supportive Housing Coalition of New
Mexico
Albuquerque, NM
Charles Elsesser, Jr.
Florida Legal Services
Miami, FL
Tim Moran
Northgate Residents Association
Burlington, VT
Nancy Andrews, Vice Chair
Low Income Investment Fund
San Francisco, CA
Bill Faith
Coalition on Housing and Homelessness
in Ohio
Columbus, OH
Regina Morgan
Peoria Housing Authority Tenants Association
Peoria, IL
William Apgar
Joint Center for Housing Studies
Harvard University
Cambridge, MA
Tim Funk
Crossroads Urban Center
Salt Lake City, UT
Nancy Bernstine
National AIDS Housing Coalition
Washington, DC
Charles Gardner
Affordable Housing Coalition
of South Carolina
Greenville, SC
Gail Burks
Nevada Fair Housing Center
Las Vegas, NV
Maria Cabildo
East LA Community Corporation
Los Angeles, CA
DeDe Carney
Carney & Company Team
Greenville, NC
Donald Chamberlain, Secretary
AIDS Housing of Washington
Seattle, WA
Telissa Dowling
Hudson County Housing Resource Center
Jersey City, NJ
Chip Halbach
Minnesota Housing Partnership
Saint Paul, MN
Joy Johnson
Public Housing Association of Residents
Charlottesville, VA
Moises Loza, Treasurer
Housing Assistance Council
Washington, DC
George Moses, Chair
Housing Alliance of Pennsylvania
Pittsburgh, PA
Reymundo Ocañas
Wachovia Bank
San Francisco, CA
Barbara Sard
Center on Budget and Policy Priorities
Brookline, MA
Lydia Tom
Enterprise Community Partners
New York, NY
John Zirker
Nashville Homeless Power Project
Nashville, TN
Organizations listed for identification
purposes only
NLIHC Staff (as of December 31, 2007)
Bonnie Caldwell, Senior Legislative Director
NLIHC would like to
thank its 2007 interns:
Michelle Canizio (research)
Angela Chen, Administrative Assistant
Sidra Carmen (communications)
Linda Couch, Deputy Director
Amanda Fischer (research)
Sheila Crowley, President
Morgan Hargrave (research)
Danna Fischer, Policy Analyst
Abby Hexter (legislative)
Ed Gramlich, Outreach Director
Elisha Harig-Blaine, Outreach Associate
Jake Kirsch, Outreach Associate
Nicole Letourneau, Communications Director
Erika Lewis, Website and Publications Manager
Jamel Jackson (administrative)
Michael Lennington (legislative)
Taylor Materio (communications)
Amanda Mays (outreach)
Taylor Materio, Communications Assistant
Colleen McHugh (research)
Danilo Pelletiere, Research Director
La’Teashia Sykes (legislative)
Christian Pulley, Outreach Associate
David Searle (outreach)
Kim Schaffer, Special Advisor to the President
Rachel Unger (outreach/research)
Michelle Goodwin Thompson, Director of Finance &
Rebecca Warden (research)
Information Technology
Carol Vance, Receptionist/Office Assistant
Keith Wardrip, Research Analyst
Diane Yentel, Housing Policy Analyst
NLIHC board members at the February
2007 conference and board meeting.
Top row (L-R): Moises Loza, George
Moses, Nancy Andrews, Tim Funk.
Bottom row (L-R): Joy Johnson, Lydia
Tom, Charles Elsesser, Jr.
NLIHC staff gather at the 2007 conference.
all photo credits Jamie Rose, www.jamierose.net
except pages 5, 6, 27 and 31, NLIHC staff and board
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NLIHC staff gather in front of the U.S. Capitol following a press conference announcing the introduction of National
Housing Trust Fund legislation in the U.S. House of Representatives. At the press conference, Representative Barney
Frank (D-MA), chair of the House Committee on Financial Services, acknowledged “the pioneering work of the
National Low Income Housing Coalition” in advocating for a National Housing Trust Fund.