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Community Acceptance Strategies
Non-profit affordable housing developers in Northern California have produced over 25,000 units of excellent affordable housing over the last decade, mostly targeted towards those in greatest need--seniors, working families and persons with special needs. However, a primary obstacle still prevents developers from meeting desperate housing needs: local community opposition.

NPH has developed the following tools to help advocates win the community acceptance necessary to provide much needed affordable housing.



Action Suggestions for Local Government
Summary of ideas for how local governments can support affordable housing. 2 pages (NPH, 1998)


Why Affordable Housing Doesn't Lower Property Values
Explanation of why and summary of property value studies. 2 pages (Homebase, 1995)


Dealing with Fearful Opponents of Housing and Service Development
Suggestions on overcoming fear as a basis for opposing affordable housing. 2 pages (NPH, 1996)


List of Education Campaign's materials and Outreach Strategies
List of actual materials and outreach strategies created and used for affordable housing education campaigns in the San Francisco Bay Area. 1 page (NPH, 1998)


How to Organize Successful Affordable Housing Tours
Concrete suggestions on goal-setting, motivation, program planing, evaluation and follow-up. 2 pages (NPH, 1997)


How to Deal with Property Value Conerns
Recommendation for evaluating and determining appropriate responses. 2 pages (NPH, 1998)


Six Steps to Getting Local Government Approvals
A highly informative overview of community acceptance strategies for your housing development proposals. 2 pages (NPH/CASC, 1998)


Speakers Bureau Do's and Don'ts
List of suggestions to train speakers for presentations about affordable housing. 2 pages (NPH, 1998)


What Works in Affordable Housing Education?
Summary of suggested goals, content, style and follow-up for effective education. 2 pages (NPH, 1998)


Who Needs Affordable Housing?
Summary of those who need affordable housing and their occupations. 2 page (NPH, 1998)


How to Create a Cable TV Show about Affordable Housing
Packet of materials enabling user to work with local cable access TV station to produce a show about affordable housing, including sample concept for broadcast, letters, script & more.


Siting of Homeless Housing and Services
25-page technical assistance tool for siting controversial projects, sharing the lessons learned by the regional Community Acceptance Strategies Consortium. 2000.


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