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April 12  ·  NHI News »

Reporting From The National Low Income Housing Coalition’s 2010 Annual Housing Policy Conference

Rooflines, the blog of the National Housing Institute will be reporting live from the National Low Income Housing Coalition’s 2010 Annual Housing Policy Conference. Highlights will include presentations from HUD Secretary Shaun Donovan, NLIHC’s Sheila Crowley, and Mercedes Marquez, HUD’s Assistant Secretary for Community Planning and Development. The conference will also include discussions of HUD’s new Transforming Rental Assistance program, sustainable communities, fair housing, low-income housing tax credits, poverty and housing affordability, and opportunities in green building and climate legislation. more

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    Shelterforce Interview: Shelley Poticha

    Shelterforce speaks with Shelley Poticha, director of HUD's Office of Sustainable Housing and Communities, about implementing sustainable policy at the federal level while encouraging local innovation, keeping down the cost of green housing, and effecting change while dealing with federal government bureaucracy.