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Annual Conference - Save the Date – October 16-17, 2008

This year NC Housing Coalition will again be partnering with CICCAR (Community Investment Corporation of the Carolinas, formerly CICNC) as well as the NC Housing Finance Agency to host its annual conference at the Durham Marriott.

Stay tuned for more information!

NC Housing Search: Free Marketing Service for Owners / Managers

Property owners and managers can reach thousands of potential renters through NCHousingSearch.org, a statewide marketing service for affordable rental housing. NCHousingSearch.org is cosponsored by the N.C. Housing Finance Agency and powered by Socialserve, a nonprofit that has worked in the Asheville, Charlotte and Greensboro areas for several years.

This free service allows you to highlight the amenities and features of your property, provide photos and list eligibility requirements. Landlords can also take advantage of several built-in property management tools. The site is currently recruiting landlords to list properties. We strongly encourage property owners and managers in our programs to list with NCHousingSearch.org.

Through NCHousingSearch.org, renters can search your up-to-date property vacancies, get maps and directions, see pictures and contact information. Individuals without Internet access can request information to be mailed or faxed to them at by calling a toll-free number, 877-428-8844. This bilingual call center is available to assist both landlords and tenants with listing and locating properties.

For more information go to NCHousingSearch.org.

Hope Now Coalition – Foreclosure Resources

As part of the FY2008 Consolidated Appropriations Act, NeighborWorks® America has been designated as the administrator of a $180 million national mortgage foreclosure mitigation counseling program. Under the legislation, NeighborWorks America (formally the Neighborhood Reinvestment Corporation) will make grants to housing counseling intermediaries approved by the U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development (HUD) to qualifying state Housing Finance Agencies (HFAs) and will also provide foreclosure counseling training courses to those who qualify.

To learn more about the program and its requirements please click here.

Smart Investing:  Permanent supportive housing as a just and fiscally responsible solution

A North Carolina Coalition to End Homelessness Leadership Lunch

Featured Speakers:

U.S. Senator Richard Burr
State Representative Deborah Ross

Marbles Kids Museum
201 East Hargett St.
Raleigh, NC 27601

Register Now! Limited Seating is Available

$15/NCCEH Members
$20/non-NCCEH Members

For registration and more information, visit: www.ncceh.org/smartinvesting.html.

The cost of homelessness is high, particularly for those with chronic illnesses, mental health issues and addictions. With no regular place to stay, life on the streets and in shelters exacerbates illness and leads to an inefficient and costly use of a variety of public systems. Providing permanent supportive housing can result in significant cost savings and an improved quality of life.

New North Carolina data shows a 30% cost savings after placing individuals in permanent supportive housing.

Through this type of housing, we're saving money and saving lives.

Affordable Housing Coalition of Southeastern NC presents a Foreclosure Prevention Training

New Hanover Public Library
201 Chestnut St., New Hanover Room, 3rd Floor
(Downtown) Wilmington, NC
May 21, 2008, 2:00 PM - 5:00 PM

• Learn to recognize loan servicing abuses and predatory lending
• Learn about loan servicing programs that help avoid foreclosure
• Learn to analyze mortgage loans before bankruptcy referral
• Know when to refer your client to an attorney
• Learn about new NC laws providing protections and rights for homeowners

Presented by: Attorneys:  Mal Maynard & Maria McIntyre, Financial Protection Law Center, Wilmington, NC

Fax registration to  (910) 763-5141 or email amezionhousing@bellsouth.net

Free Training (3.0 CEU hrs available for housing counselors) 

Sponsored by the City of Wilmington, NC Housing Coalition, The Association of Housing Counselors

Upcoming Knowledgeplex Chats

"Helping Chronically Homeless Individuals Access and Stabilize in Housing"

Thursday, May 15 at 2:00 p.m. ET

Some people who experience homelessness remain in shelters or outdoors for years at a time or have recurrent episodes of homelessness. Typically, these individuals have mental health or substance use disorders and often are in poor health.  Sam Tsemberis, with Pathways to Housing, helps people with mental illness move straight from the streets to apartments. Once the individuals are in stable housing, services are offered to make progress toward recovery and self sufficiency. The panelists will describe how to implement a Housing First approach, including the types of funding that can be used, challenges in working with private sector landlords, and the remarkable impact Housing First is having on communities and the lives of individuals who have experienced chronic homelessness.

Panelists

Sam Tsemberis, Pathways to Housing, New York City, NY
Norm Suchar, National Alliance to End Homelessness, Washington, DC (Moderator)

For more information and to join this chat, click here.

"Rapidly Re-housing Families Who Experience Homelessness"

Thursday, May 22 at 2:00 p.m. ET

Rapid re-housing programs minimize the time families experience homelessness by providing short- and long-term rental assistance, housing search and placement assistance and home-based case management.  The focus is on help families return to housing and their communities more quickly, reducing the strain on the shelter system.  The panelists will describe the transformation of homeless shelter programs to ones that help families move into housing quickly. They will discuss the skills and staffing that a program needs to acquire, funding challenges, as well the broader impact on communities that adopt a Housing First approach.

Panelists

Britt Shawver, Housing Opportunities for Women, Chicago, IL
Marge Wherely, Hennepin County, Minneapolis, MN
Sharon McDonald, National Alliance to End Homelessness (moderator)

More information on this chat will soon be posted here.

Your Voice Counts

Want a chance to tell what you think about Greensboro Housing Coalition's work to promote homeownership!  Hear from Dr. Charles Daye, with UNC School of Law, and share your ideas and questions at a dinner discussion on May 28, 6:00 pm, in the Self-Help Center (122 N. Elm), 8th floor conference room.  Download the flyer from on our website, then call 336-691-9521 for reservations.

"Green Affordable/Workforce Housing and Green Neighborhoods"

Thursday, May 29 at 2:00 p.m. ET

The construction of new energy efficient green buildings is taking many communities by storm. Most of the certified green buildings, however, are commercial properties. Learn from experts in the field who have made affordable and work housing energy efficient--what strategies and tools can CDCs and affordable housing organization use to make their buildings more sustainable. Addressing the challenge of climate change will also require that neighborhood scale developments be designed and built to foster energy efficiency and sustainability. Learn how developers and planners can integrate green neighborhood designs through the recent LEED-ND initiative, a collaboration of the U.S. Green Building Council, Sierra Club, and Congress for the New Urbanism.

NC Disability Action Network 2008 Statewide Congress

May 30th, 2008: 1:00 - 5:30 PM
May 31st, 2008: 9:00 AM – 1:00 PM

Clarion Hotel Greensboro Airport
415 Swing Road; Greensboro, NC 27409

The 2008 state congress serves as an annual meeting of the North Carolina Disability Action Network (NC DAN). We invite people with disabilities and others to attend to this meeting to share information, discuss issues and set a plan of ACTION for NC DAN in the upcoming year.

The congress will feature a dynamic keynote speaker in Billy Altom, a longtime disability advocate, who is the Executive Director of the Association of Programs for Rural Independent Living (APRIL).  In addition, the Congress will offer four great educational workshops focusing on disability rights and culture. 

Come join us as we take ACTION.

Registration Fee:  $30 per person

(Personal Assistants are not required to pay the registration fee)

Fee includes all materials, workshops and coffee/snack breaks

Limited Financial Assistance is available

For More Information Contact: Kevin Williams at info@ncdan.org, or call Disability Rights & Resources at 704-537-0550 / 1-800-755-5749 (toll free)

Exhibitors: There will be room for exhibitors at a cost of $150 each.

Sponsors: NC Disability Action Network (NC DAN), Disability Rights and Resources, NC Council on Developmental Disabilities

Save the Date - N.C. Civil/Human Rights Conference:

Reviving The Civil/Human Rights Agenda In North Carolina
When: August 13-15, 2008
Where: The Radisson Hotel, High Point, N.C.

Sponsors: N.C. Human Relations Commission, High Point Human Relations Commission, Winston-Salem Human Relations Commission and Greensboro Human Relations Commission

Topics will include:

• U.S. Civil Rights Legislative Issues
• Disability Issues
• Diversity Issues
• Education Issues (i.e, State Supreme Court Decision on Leandro v. State of North Carolina and U.S. Supreme Court Decision on Meredith v. Jefferson County (KY) School Board)
• Title 6 Issues (organizations/cities/counties receiving federal funds)
• Fair Housing
• Hate Crimes/Bias Incidents (for law enforcement and general public)
• Immigration Issues
• Minority Health Gap
• Community Reinvestment
• Predatory Lending
• Racial Profiling
• Sub-Prime Mortgage Crisis
• Voter Rights
• Gangs

Continuing Legal Education credit is available for qualified participants.

For additional information, contact Sally Lind at 919-789-5930 or sally.lind@ncmail.net