The National Low Income Housing Coalition‘s 2014 Housing Policy Conference & Lobby Day will be taking place from April 27 – 30, 2014 in Washington, D.C. NLIHC has extended the early bird registration rates to folks in Vermont until Friday, February 28 at 5pm. Please do not register online, instead fill out the paper form, scan it and email it to conference@nlihc.org or mail the form with check to NLIHC, 727 15th Street NW, Washington DC, 20005. Please write “early bird rate—VT” on the form found here. More about the conference:
In honor of NLIHC’s 40th anniversary, we will spend part of our conference looking back at low income housing. We will take a deep look at the history of housing challenges that low income Americans face, and how we came to the present day national shortage of affordable housing. Our plenaries and workshops will provide insight into the origin and significance of critical housing programs, policies, and legislation, enabling attendees to be stronger advocates today. We will also spend time moving forward with solving the housing challenges of the lowest income Americans. We are cautiously optimistic that 2014 will be a watershed year for federal housing policy with the potential that the National Housing Trust Fund will finally receive funding. Attendees will find out how they can prepare for the implementation of the NHTF. Plenaries and workshops will also cover the future of other critical low income housing policies and issues, and will provide attendees with the tools and skill sets to advocate on a national level as well as to solve housing challenges in their own communities.
Programming at this year’s conference will include:
4 Plenary Sessions with breakfast or lunch
8 workshop sessions with a selection of 40 workshops
40th Anniversary Evening Reception
Presentation of the Annual Media, State and Local Organizing, and Resident Organizing Awards
Annual Member meeting
Exhibits and Information tables: NLIHC Legislative Action Center, NLIHC Resources Center, NLIHC Membership Table, Sponsor and Partner Exhibits
Keynote Speakers and other special conference events
Pre-conference Institute
Lobby Day
The following workshops will also be offered:
Funding for the National Housing Trust Fund Now and In the Future: Housing Finance Reform
Getting Ready for the Release of National Housing Trust Fund Dollars
United for Homes Campaign: Building Support for Mortgage Interest Reform to Fund the NHTF
Affordable Care Act Protections: Implications for Housing Plus Services
Aligning Existing Resources with Greatest Needs
Beyond the Spreadsheet: Using Data Visualization for Successful Advocacy
Building Local Partnerships: Collaborations to Address Housing Needs
Capital Magnet Fund: What Low Income Housing Advocates Need to Know
Dealing with Disaster: Working with HUD and FEMA in the Aftermath of Natural Disaster
Ending Veteran Homelessness: Meeting the 2015 Goal
Engaging the Tenant Voter: Voterization and Emerging Trends in Voter Suppression
Expanding Your Organization’s Advocacy Work: Establishing a 501(c)(4)
Facing Budget Limitations: Strategies for Restoring and Increasing HUD Funding
Getting Ready for Affirmatively Furthering Fair Housing Final Rule
Housing Choice Vouchers: Restoring Sequester’s Loss and Expanding Assistance
Housing Models that Extremely Low Income Households Can Afford Without Section 8
How to Have a Successful Lobby Meeting
Let’s Talk Housing: Working with the Media
Low Income Housing Tax Credit Issues and Innovations
Maintaining Rights for Tenants After Foreclosure: The Campaign to Make the PTFA Permanent
Manufactured Housing: National Profile and Local Efforts
Olmstead Implementation and the Section 811 Program
Organizing a Tenant Association
Policy, Progress, and Obstacles for the Project-Based Section 8 Program
Private Sector Solutions to Affordable Housing
Reclaiming Neighborhoods through State and Local Land Use Tools
Securing Rural Housing Funding: Recent Challenges and Future Funding Potential
Still Out of Reach? Housing and the Minimum Wage Debate
Strategies for Local Tenant Victories
The Nation’s Public Housing: What Policies Will Shapes its Future
The Public Housing Rental Assistance Demonstration, What Now?
Tools for Multifamily Preservation
Unique Challenges of Providing Affordable Housing on Indian Lands
Using TANF Dollars for Housing
What’s New in the Final HOME Regulations?
Learn more about the conference here.