2015 2 0 1 5 NLIHC A MESSAGE FROM CONTENTS NLIHC Annual Annual Report NLIHC’S FORMER A Message From NLIHC Leadership . 2 Report AND CURRENT LEADERSHIP The NLIHC 2015 Housing Legislative Forum . .4 . Dear NLIHC Members, Donors, and Friends, The NLIHC Leadership Awards Reception . 6 write this note to you for the NLIHC 2015 annual and supporters – were our report three months after retiring in 2016. Distance strength. You provide the and time truly offer perspective. As I review the validation that the work was NLIHC Presents Awards for Outstanding Organizing and Ievents of 2015 – release of National Housing Trust good and the cause was just. Media Coverage . 8 Fund and Affirmatively Furthering Fair Housing regs, Thank you. the Supreme Court upholding of the disparate impact Please enjoy this presentation standard, lifting of the sequester caps on the HUD and of the work of NLIHC in 2015. 2015 Out of Reach Report Goes other federal appropriations – I recognize that we are Although no annual report always moving forward even as we face barriers and can tell the full story of what took Sheila Crowley, Former Interactive and Viral . 10 . NLIHC President and CEO setbacks regularly. place in a year’s time, I know that Organizations like NLIHC are the force behind forward you will find within these pages enough to convince movement. Every day, NLIHC and our social justice you that your support and investment matters. A Rare Occurrence: The Geography And Race of Mortgages partners press progress forward, sometimes with I am delighted now to turn this page over to Diane over $500,000 . 12 significant achievements, but most often with almost Yentel, the new President and CEO, who will continue imperceptible steps to push our country to be better. to lead you on our path forward together. While the value of NLIHC is most obvious when we With great affection and gratitude, NLIHC Leads in Successful Efforts to win big, our true value comes into focus when I imagine what would happen without NLIHC’s presence and Lift Sequester Caps for FY16 and FY17 . 14. vigilance. That is why you are so important. During my 17 years Sheila Crowley at the NLIHC, I always knew that you – our members Statement of Financial Position . 32. t the National Low Income Housing Coalition, upwards of seventy five percent 2015 NLIHC Board of Directors . 33 we are committed to achieving socially just of their income for a home. As public policy that assures the lowest income a country, we must do better. peopleA have decent and affordable homes. We have the solutions to the 2015 NLIHC Staff . .34 . NLIHC’s work in 2015 demonstrates how we will crisis, we lack only the political succeed; through steady, incremental change combined will to fund them at scale. As with significant advancements. Backed by the strength you will see from our work 2015 NLIHC Interns . 34 . of our members and partners throughout the county, in 2015, NLIHC has proven success at both building the will Diane Yentel, we research, educate, organize and advocate, always NLIHC President and CEO keeping the housing needs of the lowest income people and advancing the solutions. With in the forefront. Thanks to the generous support of our your continued partnership and support, we’ll continue members and donors we are making real headway, as to do both. this annual report illustrates. Thank you for your support, and for all that you do Despite our hard work and success, there is much more every day to advance housing solutions for the lowest to do. The number of cost burdened renters has reached income people.Sincerely, historic levels; over 11 million renters are paying more than half their income on rent. The situation is especially dire for the lowest income people who face a shortage of 7.2 million affordable and available homes and often pay Diane Yentel 2 3 2015 2 0 1 5 NLIHC THE NLIHC NLIHC Annual Annual Report 2015 HOUSING Report LEGISLATIVE FORUM Features HUD Secretary Julián Castro, Ford Foundation President Darren Walker, and Others he NLIHC 2015 Housing HUD Secretary Julián Castro Legislative Forum was held delivered the keynote address at the in Washington, DC on March Forum, continuing the long line of T1-3. Over 250 NLIHC members HUD secretaries to speak at NLIHC and friends gathered to hear and conferences. After congratulating converse with affordable housing NLIHC on the HTF victory, he leaders, educate themselves on focused his remarks on the work of NLIHC’s policy priorities, and visit HUD to create equal opportunity Capitol Hill to for all Americans. Emphasizing tell lawmakers the Administration’s resolve in the about their upcoming budget battle, Secretary concerns. Castro said, “I promise you that Renowned we are going to fight for these researchers dollars so that folks can make that discussed the important move from struggle to links between security.” affordable Capping off NLIHC’s 2015 Housing housing and Legislative Forum was a dinner family well- conversation between Darren being. Leaders Walker, President of the Ford from national Foundation, and James Traub, advocacy contributing writer for the New York organizations discussed the housing Times Magazine. They discussed and homeless policy landscape. A the causes, consequences, and bipartisan panel of Congressional solutions to economic inequality staff discussed the budget, in the U.S. Mr. Walker warned appropriations, tax reform, and that “income inequality is a threat housing finance reform. And four to our democracy” and that “we senior HUD officials spoke about remain a society where particular the national Housing Trust Fund people remain marginalized . (HTF), Affirmatively Furthering Fair primarily people of African descent, Housing, RAD, Section 3 and other immigrants, and poor whites.” HUD priorities and initiatives. 4 5 2015 2 0 1 5 NLIHC NLIHC Annual Annual Report Report THE NLIHC LEADERSHIP AWARDS RECEPTION Honoring Bill Apgar and Shaun Donovan he National Low Income Studies. He served as assistant 2015 Awardees Shaun Donovan and William Apgar Housing Coalition held its secretary for Housing and FHA 33rd Annual Leadership commissioner during the Clinton TAwards Reception on March 3 Administration and as senior advisor in Washington, DC. Dr. William for Mortgage Finance during the C. Apgar of Harvard University Obama Administration. Dr. Apgar received the Cushing Niles Dolbeare is a member of the NLIHC Board of Lifetime Service Award, and Office Directors. of Management The Edward W. Brooke Housing and Budget Leadership Award honoree, OMB Director and Director Shaun Donovan served as former HUD the 15th HUD secretary, where he Secretary Shaun was a strong advocate for funding Donovan received for the national Housing Trust the Edward W. Fund and a trusted ally of NLIHC. Brooke Housing At HUD, Mr. Donovan managed Leadership the department’s $47 billion budget Award. The Reception was – helping families buy homes, hosted by BBVA Compass, who aiding households in fighting off was represented by Director of foreclosure, revitalizing distressed Corporate Responsibility and communities and combating Reputation and former NLIHC homelessness. Mr. Donovan Board member J. Reymundo Ocañas previously served as commissioner Dr. William C. Apgar was recognized of the New York City Department for is lifetime commitment to of Housing Preservation and affordable housing policy, advocacy Development (HPD) where he built and research. For many years, Dr. and preserved 165,000 affordable Apgar was a lecturer at the Harvard homes and as acting FHA University Kennedy School of commissioner during the Clinton/ Government and a senior scholar at Bush presidential transition. Harvard’s Joint Center for Housing 6 7 2015 2 0 1 5 NLIHC NLIHC Annual NLIHC PRESENTS Annual Report AWARDS FOR Report OUTSTANDING ORGANIZING AND MEDIA COVERAGE Bob Palmer from Housing Action Illinois with Mikel Livingston and Steven Porter from The Lafayette Journal & Courier he NLIHC State and Local Organizing CHP properties. CHP’s Community Organizing (SLO) Award recognizes outstanding and Resident Engagement (CORE) Program achievement in community organizing mobilizes the active, ongoing, and issues- Ton affordable housing at the state or local informed participation of more than 1,300 level. The 2015 SLO Award was presented low income residents in CHP’s organizational to the Campaign to Take Back Vacant Land governance and on policies that affect low- (TBVL) of Philadelphia, PA for their successful income residents city-wide. effort to create the nation’s largest municipal NLIHC’s Annual Housing Media Award land bank. Starting in 2010, TBVL united 47 recognizes journalists who make a dedicated Philadelphia community groups dedicated effort to inform the public about the disparities to addressing such issues as neighborhood between those in America who are well housed disinvestment, abandoned properties, and those who are poorly housed or homeless. blight, crime, and resident displacement The 2014 Award was presented to Mikel in gentrifying areas. Led by the Women’s Livingston and Steven Porter from the Lafayette Community Revitalization Project, TBVL Journal & Courier for their news series, “The trained grassroots advocates, planned and NLIHC President & CEO Sheila Crowley; Nancy Salandra, President of Disabled In Action; Great Chicago Migration Myth.” The series Nora Lichtash, Women’s Community Revitalization Project conducted media events, organized citizen analyzed a long-held belief in Lafayette, Indiana lobby days, and developed a clear legislative that thousands of low income black families, solution with city planners and staff. after receiving housing vouchers as a result of The NLIHC Resident Organizing (RO) Award the demolition of public housing in Chicago recognizes outstanding achievements in beginning in 1999, packed up their belongings community campaigns that are resident-driven. and migrated to Lafayette, bringing with them The 2015 RO Award went to Community increased crime, drug use, and burdens on Housing Partnership (CHP) of San Francisco, local social services.