The Advocates’ Guide to Housing and Community Development Policy is full of information on important programs that help meet the housing needs in our communities. These programs all play a role in bringing advocates closer to one day ending homelessness and ensuring decent, affordable housing for all.
The introductory section of this guide orients users to affordable housing and community development programs with articles that explain how affordable housing works, why it is needed, and what the National Low Income Housing Coalition believes are the highest housing priorities. The next section provides vital information to guide advocacy with the legislative and executive branches of government, as well as tips about how organizations and individuals can be effective advocates. The following few sections cover housing and income programs and tools: the core affordable housing programs advocates need to understand. The section on local tools introduces the programs and policies that make housing and community development programs work on the ground. The guide concludes with information about NLIHC itself, as well as a glossary of laws and terms and biographies of the authors.