The National Housing Insitute supports the individuals and organizations that work to create healthy and thriving communities. NHI is at the intersection of theory, practice and policy in commununity development. We support the field through our quarterly magazine, Shelterforce, as well as through research, convenings, and our community development blog, Rooflines.

January 20  ·  Industry News »

The Century Foundation Names Five New Fellows

Daniel Albert, the founding managing partner of the investment bank Westwood Capital, LLC, who has written extensively about the economic challenges in the United States, is one of five new fellows at The Century Foundation. more

January 20  ·  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

• January 5 Davies Takes the Helm at the Kirwan Institute
• December 22 Bipartisan Policy Center Appoints Housing Commissioners
• November 1 Furman Center Director Takes on New Role at HUD

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  New Jersey Citizen Action Train-the-Trainer Session

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Investing In Community Land Trusts

A Conversation With CLT Funders

Over the past four decades, the community land trust movement has grown steadily in the US. Today there are approximately 240 CLTs in 45 states and DC. Their growth has accelerated in the past few years as CLTs have become embraced by community builders, organizers, advocates of affordable housing, asset building, smart growth and transit oriented development, local governments and the philanthropic community. Especially important has been the philanthropic community whose initial and ongoing support has made much of this growth possible. Why have funders embraced CLTs? To answer that question, NHI interviewed 15 funders from 13 foundations whose scope ranges from local, to state, to regional and national. Their responses are detailed here

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The Road Less Traveled: Funding a Land Trust with NSP

In Delaware, a partnership with Diamond State CLT let Kent County leverage NSP money it wasn't originally sure it had the capacity to use at all into permanently affordable housing.