Housing

Sub-headings:

Homelessness

Resources in this category:

Community Associations Institute
http://www.caionline.org/

"Community Associations Institute (CAI) is a national, nonprofit...association created in 1973 to provide education and resources to America's...residential condominium, cooperative and homeowner associations and related professionals and service providers. The Institute is dedicated to fostering vibrant, responsive, competent community associations that promote harmony, community, and responsible leadership." The site includes information about CAI chapters and about community ssociations. An e-mail newsletter and headlines on government and public affairs are also available.

The Emergency Committee to Defend Constitutional Welfare
http://www.welfarerights.org/

"The Emergency Committee to Defend Constitutional Welfare Rights, is a political-judicial action committee which opposes legislation, programs and practices depriving the involuntarily unemployed and their families of relief adequate to a dignified life; and opposes any workfare imposition legally constituting involuntary servitude or forced or compulsory labor." Visitors to the web site can learn more about this organization's efforts to defend welfare; check out related resources; or by become a member of the organization.

The Enterprise Foundation
http://www.enterprisecommunity.org/

The Enterprise Foundation is a national, nonprofit housing and community development organization, dedicated to bringing lasting improvements to distressed communities. Its mission is to see that all low-income people in the United States have the opportunity for fit and affordable housing and to move up and out of poverty into the mainstream of American life. Enterprise cultivates, collects, and disseminates expertise and resources to help communities successfully improve the quality of life for low-income people." The Web site includes vast information: current housing policy news, Enterprise publications catalog, and message boards.

National Alliance to End Homelessness
http://www.endhomelessness.org/

Nationwide federation of public, private, and nonprofit organizations that advances practical, community-based solutions to homelessness. This Web site provides a vast array of information about homelessness for service providers and for the general public. Available resources include Background and Statistics, Policy and Legislation, Best Practices and Profiles, and Publications/Resources.

National Coalition for the Homeless
http://www.nationalhomeless.org/

"The National Coalition for the Homeless is a national advocacy network of homeless persons, activists, service providers and others committed to ending homelessness through public education, policy advocacy, grassroots organizing, and technical assistance." Their Web site provides facts about homelessness, an online library with references to a variety of research materials, an online directory to local, state, and national homeless/housing organizations, the NCH newsletter and calendar, and information about legislation and policy as it applies to homelessness.

National Housing Trust
http://www.nhtinc.org/

A "national nonprofit organization formed to preserve and improve federally assisted housing for low and moderate income use. The Trust's emphasis is on preserving federally assisted and insured properties at risk of conversion to market rate housing and resolving the problems of "troubled" projects that suffer from physical deterioration and financial and social distress." It provides technical assistance to acquire and rehabilitate deteriorating federally-subsidized housing. The site includes public policy updates and information about the organizations and its accomplishments.

Public Housing Authorities Directors Association
http://www.phada.org/house/

"PHADA is a trade association representing the interests of public and Indian housing authorities from across America. The House, PHADA's home page, is a resource for public and assisted housing issues. It includes in-depth articles on public housing, Section 8 housing and other housing programs. In, addition the web edition of our newsletter covers legislative activity on Capitol Hill and at HUD as it relates to low-income housing. Also, avialable at the House are: Free job listings for the housing industry; news alerts; conference information; welfare reform as it relates to housing; and updates on relevant HUD rules and notices."