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Welcome to the North Carolina Housing Coalition!
North Carolina Housing Coalition is a private, non-profit membership organization working for decent, safe, and affordable housing that promotes self-determination and stable communities for low-income North Carolinians.
Our mission is to lead a campaign for housing to ensure that working families, people in crisis, seniors, and persons with disabilities may live with dignity and opportunity. This mission is supported through four primary activities:
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We are an advocacy and resource organization, and do not have any housing or financial assistance to offer. Click here if you are looking for housing.
For the latest news on affordable housing from our Executive Director, Chris Estes, click here.
House Passes Bill That Includes Housing Trust Fund; Heads to Senate
The House of Representatives on July 23 overwhelmingly passed H.R. 3221, the Housing and Economic Recovery Act of 2008, which would establish a permanent affordable housing trust fund. By a vote of 272 to 152, the House agreed to a wide-sweeping reform of Government Sponsored Enterprises (GSEs) Freddie Mac and Fannie Mae, the creation of a new refinancing program within the Federal Housing Administration (FHA) to help homeowners facing foreclosure, and a White House plan to keep the GSEs afloat. The Administration earlier issued a Statement of Administration Policy advocating for expeditious passage of the legislation.
The Housing Trust Fund provisions in the bill would target at least 75% of the funds to be used for rental housing to people with income below 30% of area median. All of the funds would have to benefit people with incomes below 50% of area median. Furthermore, the bill places a cap on using housing trust fund resources for homeownership at 10%. This will help ensure that the housing trust fund focuses on the very lowest income households, which have the greatest housing affordability problems.
The initial source of dedicated funding is the GSEs, but in the future other sources may be developed and will be needed to meet the goal of providing 1.5 million new affordable housing units.
The bill now moves to the Senate for consideration as early as Thursday, July 24.
For more information, and to take action, please visit www.nlihc.org.
Fair Housing and Reasonable Accommodations Trainings
NC Housing Coalition will be hosting Fair Housing and Reasonable Accommodations trainings across the state during late August through September. These trainings will focus on the rights and responsibilities of tenants with disabilities under Fair Housing laws, including Reasonable Accommodations, and NC Landlord-Tenant Law.
This training is free and open to the public, targeted to self advocates and service providers.
No certificates will be offered at these trainings.
Additional trainings for landlords and property managers will be forthcoming.
For more information on dates and locations, please click here.
