Subject: NHI News

• Can Lease Purchase Save Us?

  “Can Lease Purchase Save Us?,” a webinar sponsored by NHI/Shelterforce and NeighborWorks America, explored critical elements in implementing a successful lease purchase program at a time when developers struggle to find buyers for rehabbed affordable homes. more

• Looking Ahead: Shelterforce’s 36th Anniversary Issue

  

  In the latest issue of Shelterforce, we examine housing and community development not only by looking back, but also by offering critical analysis for the future in a way that can only be done by individuals with new, fresh perspectives. more

• The Spring Issue of Shelterforce Is Now Available

  

  Fair Housing: The Work Continues and the Vision Expands is the theme of our cover package in our Spring 2011 issue as we explore the continued fight for equity in the 21st century and recall that the civil rights movement, which birthed the community development movement, recognizes that separate is not equal. more

• The 112th Congress and Its Impact on Community Development

  Shelterforce has launched an online feature that looks at the current Congress and how a culture of slashed budgets could have an impact on community development. more

• Shelterforce Examines Affordable Housing and Transit-Oriented Development

  In the latest issue of Shelterforce, we look at the Atlanta BeltLine from several angles and how it’s spurred new thinking in bringing community land trusts to scale. more

• 6 x 6: Call For Nominations

  Help Shelterforce celebrate its 36th Anniversary! We’re looking for young community development leaders to profile, as well as important organizations and legislation also celebrating a 36th anniversary in 2011. And just for kicks, we need your help looking for extraordinary people with important stories along Route 66. more

• 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

• Coverage from NCRC’s 2010 National Convention

  Rooflines, the blog of the National Housing Institute conducted live blogging from the National Community Reinvestment Coalition’s 2010 National Conference. Continued conference coverage, featuring real-time reporting and guest blogs can be found at Rooflines and on Facebook. This important annual event that featured a host of panels on topics that included financial protection, financial investment in your neighborhoods, strategies to influence elected officials, understanding refinance and mortgage modification, green jobs, and much, much more

• NHI/Shelterforce Mourns the Passing of Senator Edward Kennedy

  

  NHI/Shelterforce remembers Senator Edward Kennedy as a true progressive voice in the United States Senate and a champion for everyone struggling for a better life. He was a friend of working people and the poor, and a tireless fighter for civil rights, health care reform, affordable and fair housing, and worker rights. more

• NHI/Shelterforce Is On Facebook

  We’ve been here a while, but this is a great venue for one-stop shopping for national and industry news from National Housing Institute’s home page, as well as the latest from Shelterforce and Rooflines—NHI’s blog that attracts practitioners, CEOs, executive directors, foundations, journalists, advocates, and more. more