Web Directory

» Affordable Housing Design Advisor
   Helps architects with tips on designing attractive and practical dwellings for low-income and disabled residents. Page includes examples of current residential buildings from around the US and motivations for doing such projects.
   http://www.designadvisor.org/

» California Housing Law Project
   Advocacy organization that provides news and action alerts related to affordable housing as well as statistics and pending legislation in California.
   http://www.housingadvocates.org

» Enterprise Community Partners
   Supports over 1200 community-based nonprofits creating homes affordable to low-income Americans. Offers funding applications and timelines, resource database, a forum and other developer support, all searchable.
   http://www.enterprisecommunity.org

» HUD Community Planning & Development Affordable Housing Page
   Programs, news, laws reports, library and links from the US Department of Housing and Urban Development.
   http://www.hud.gov/offices/cpd/affordablehousing/index.cfm

» Habitat International Coalition
   International links, articles, calendar and organizational information for HIC, a network of peoples' organizations and NGOs working on housing and habitat.
   http://www.hic-net.org/

» Housing California
   California's statewide nonprofit organization representing a coalition of advocates for affordable housing and homeless issues provides action alerts; organizing materials; information about their annual conference; and links to advocates, resources, nonp
   http://www.housingca.org

» Housing Research Resources
   A guide to the UC Berkeley library and Internet literature of housing. Included are basic research tools, historical sources, and strategies for finding needed materials with an extensive list of web links.
   http://www.lib.berkeley.edu/ENVI/housing2.html

» Knowledgeplex
   News feeds, discussion forums, listserve, publications and searchable index of publications related to low income housing. Site is sponsored by the Fannie Mae Foundation.
   http://www.knowledgeplex.org

» Local Initiatives Support Corporation - LISC
   Information about LISC, a nonprofit which provides grants, loans and equity investments to CDCs for neighborhood redevelopment. THe site also has best practice materials, tools and templates related to the development of affordable housing, web links and
   http://www.liscnet.org/

» McGill University School of Architecture
   Minimum Cost Housing Group offer research and support in poor urban neighborhoods in finding solutions for settlement problems. Page includes abstracts of theses, events, and publications.
   http://www.mcgill.ca/mchg/

» Mercy Housing
   Organizational information regarding Mercy Housing, a national not-for-profit organization developing affordable rentals, low income housing, health care, and senior services.
   http://www.mercyhousing.org/

» National Association of Housing and Redevelopment Officials
   Housing and community development advocate for the provision of adequate and affordable housing and strong, viable communities for all Americans - particularly those with low- and moderate-incomes. Our members administer HUD programs such as Public Housin
   http://www.nahro.org/

» National Equity Fund, Inc.
   created in 1987 by Local Initiatives Support Corporation (LISC) to help fuel affordable housing development through syndication of low-income housing tax credits (LIHTCs).
   http://www.nefinc.org

» National Housing Conference
   A professional membership organization that focuses on affordable housing and community development issues
   http://www.nhc.org/

» National Housing Federation
   Umbrella body that represents independent non-profit housing associations in the United Kingdom.
   http://www.housing.org.uk/

» National Housing Institute
   NHI is a nonprofit organization that examines the issues causing the crisis in housing and community in America. NHI publishes "Shelterforce" magazine.
   http://www.nhi.org/

» National Housing Law Project
   NHLP works to advance housing justice for the poor by providing legal assistance, advocacy advice and housing expertise to legal services, low-income housing advocacy groups, and others.
   http://www.nhlp.org/

» National Housing Trust Fund Campaign
   National trust fund campaign and legislative information.
   http://www.nhtf.org

» National Low Income Housing Coalition
   Dedicated to ending America's affordable housing crisis. Weekly news and alerts about affordable housing.
   http://www.nlihc.org

» Novogradac Affordable Housing Resource Center
   News and information about low-income housing tax credits.
   http://www.taxcredithousing.com

» Public Housing Agency Profiles (HUD)
   Searchable database with brief descriptions and contact information for Housing Authorities in the US
   http://www.hud.gov/offices/pih/systems/pic/haprofiles/index.cfm

» Public Housing Authorities Directors Association
   News articles, studies, resource library, calendar, member directory and other resources related to public housing operations and funding.
   http://www.phada.org/

» Research Institute for Housing America
   Publications related to mortgage and housing markets and Annual Conference on Housing Opportunity information from nonprofit sponsored by the Mortgage Bankers Association of America.
   http://www.housingamerica.org

» US Department of Housing and Urban Development
   Links to housing news; information about home owning, buying, renting and financing; community data; pages about how to work with HUD; a resource library; handbooks.
   http://portal.hud.gov/portal/page/portal/HUD

» Welfare Reform and Housing
   Large index of publications, issue papers, links, organizations and state specific initiatives
   http://www.financeprojectinfo.org/WIN/housing.asp