Click on the Working Group below to view the description, meeting times, and the group’s recent materials:

Legislative Issues Committee

Property Stewardship Working Group

Local Government Working Group

Resident Services Roundtable

Ad Hoc Working Groups

Housing Advocacy Network

Legislative Issues Committee

The NPH Legislative Issues Committee was formed in 1983 to focus on statewide and national housing legislation and public policy. The Legislative Issues Committee closely follows changes in legislation and creates Action Alerts. The group distributes timely information to members via email announcements and monthly newsletter articles. The group is open to all NPH members. The group is convened on a monthly basis on the first Thursday of the month typically from 9:30am to 11:30am. At times, the committee meets for a longer period of time to accommodate longer agenda items such as reviewing bills and establishing legislative priorities.

Click here to download the 2010 Bill List (current as of June 3, 2010)

Click here to download the 2009 Final State Bill List

Click here to download the June 8th California Primary Election Results on Bay Area Local Tax Increases

Property Stewardship Working Group

The group meets the fourth Thursday of every month from 2:00-4:00pm.

The group is intended for Property or Asset Managers, as well as others who may be interested in these issues. We encourage both Property and Asset Managers to bring ideas for group topics, as well as ideas for how NPH can be most helpful. Ryan Chao of Satellite Housing is chair and Cathy Craig of LISC assists with planning.

June 24, 2010 Notes

Property Stewardship Resources:

Below are the results of a survey report of property management in supportive housing commissioned by Enterprise, Corporation for Supportive Housing, and REDF (formerly The Roberts Enterprise Development Fund):
Powerpoint
Executive Summary
Full Report
Summary of Best Practices

ARRA Information
Overview of American Recovery and Reinvestment Act
Letter Advocating Ways to Maximize Use of Weatherization for Multifamily Housing
CA Energy Commission Powerpoint on Energy Efficiency and Conservation Block Grants and State Energy Program
Allocation of EECBG in California Communities
HUD Green Retrofit Program Outline

Local Government Working Group

The Local Government Working Group was initiated in 2004 to provide NPH’s local government members with a forum for sharing ideas and best practices in local government housing policy. The Local Government Working Group provides a unique networking and professional development opportunity for housing staff in planning departments, redevelopment agencies, community development departments, housing authorities and other agencies that manage housing programs. The group is open to all NPH members with a particular emphasis on local government agency staff. The group meets quarterly.

May 27, 2009 Agenda and Materials from Subordination Agreements Working Group

NSP II HUD Webinar

Neighborhood Stabilization Program links:

HCD Stakeholder Presentation on the Neighborhood Stabilization Program

HCD NSP Action Plan

Useful links to foreclosure data:

Realtytrac: application to see foreclosure filings in CA

Dataplace: can get data and map a wide range of datapoints, including the percent of high interest loans

HUDs Neighborhood Stabilization Plan Data

 

Resident Services Roundtable

The Resident Services Roundtable is a peer network and policy group focused on issues of resident services.

Roundtable Library
Listed here are reports and studies that might be helpful to resident service coordinators to encourage support for their programs or to gather program best practices.

"Research Shows the Cost Benefits of Resident Services on the Performance of Property Operations", Community Housing Partners-2009
Shows lower vacancy loss, bad debt, and legal fees with inclusion of resident services in this Pennslyvania example.

"Research Demonstrates Positive Impact of Family Resident Services On Property Financial Performance In Selected Mercy Housing Family Properties Over Two Years", Enterprise Community Partners-2007
As in the study above shows lower vacancy loss, bad debt, and legal fees in properties with resident services in the Mercy Housing Portfolio.

"The Benefits of Supportive Housing: Changes in Residents’ Use of Public Services", Corporation for Supportive Housing-2004
Demonstrates the reduction in Public Service costs through permanent supportive housing, specifically the study covers the Bay Area.

"The Importance of State Investment in Permanent Supportive Housing", Corporation for Supportive Housing-2004
Demonstrates that state funding of supportive housing can result in cost savings for the state, and makes the case that state invest in this because this level of support is typically unavailable from local and foundation sources.

Information Specific to Out of School Programs:

Harvard Family Research Project Database on Out of School Time Program Research and Evaluation

American Youth Policy Forum Briefs on Afterschool/Out-of-School Time Policy

San Francisco Department of Children, Youth and Their Families Out of School Time Standards

Afterschool Alliance: Information on Out of School Time Programming

Boston After School and Beyond: Boston based After School Program Research

The Annie E. Casey Foundation: Publications relted to Family and Community Involvement

National Institue on Out-of-School Time: A wealth of resources on this topic

WINGS: Developing social and emotional intelligence through fresh and fun after school programs

Ad Hoc Working Groups

In cases where certain legislative, regulatory or policy issues require more in-depth attention than the legislative issues committee can provide, ad hoc committees are formed to work with staff in a more focused manner.

Current Committees include:

· TCAC Working Group

Draft Regulations and other informative materials are available from the TCAC Website.

Housing Advocacy Network

The Housing Advocacy Network (formerly The Nine-County Advocacy Network) started in 1996 when NPH received a multi-year grant from the federal Housing and Urban Development Agency (HUD) to work on community acceptance strategies for affordable housing. In order to build and increase local capacity for community advocacy and education, NPH redistributed the grant to county-level housing advocacy coalitions. Representatives from these local housing advocacy organizations formed the Community Acceptance Strategies Consortium (CASC). At the end of the grant period, CASC decided to continue as a regionally entity and became the Nine-County Advocacy Network. The Housing Advocacy Network works on local, regional and state housing campaigns and issues. The Network provides an opportunity for local groups to work together to meet regional housing goals. Campaigns and projects of the Housing Advocacy Network include:

· Siting of Homeless Housing and Services: Best Practices for Community Acceptance (1999)

· Fair Share Housing Element Campaign (2000)

· Inclusionary Housing Initiative (2004)

· Proposition 46 (2002), Proposition 1C (2006) and Permanent Source Campaigns (present)

· Affordable Housing Week (annual)

· Zone for Homes (current)

Current Housing Advocacy Network members:

Joel Tena & Amie Fishman East Bay Housing Organizations Marti Buxton Contra Costa for Every Generation Dave Coury & Mike Daley Housing Leadership Alliance for Marin Kathleen Dreessen Napa Valley Community Housing

Chris Mohr Housing Leadership Council of San Mateo County Rene Cazenave San Francisco Council of Community Housing Organizations Cheryl Serna Santa Clara County Collaborative on Affordable Homeless Issues Jessica Diaz & Margo Merck Housing Advocacy Group

For more information contact Evelyn Stivers at evelyn at nonprofithousing.org