Links: Affordable Housing Advocacy
- The Affordable Housing Tax Credit Coalition
A group of developers, syndicators, lenders, nonprofit groups, public agencies, and others concerned with the low-income housing tax credit.
- Association of Community Organizations for Reform Now (ACORN)
The nation's largest community organization of low- and moderate-income families, working together for social justice and stronger communities.
- California Reinvestment Coalition
Advocates for the right of low-income communities and communities of color to have fair and equal access to banking and other financial services.
- Coalition for Economic Survival
Grass-roots group organizing renters throughout the Los Angeles area to protect rent control, ensure tenants' rights, preserve affordable housing.
- Homes for LA Families
A diverse coalition committed to exploring ways to increase home options in the region.
- Housing LA
The broad coalition that fought for and won L.A.’s Housing Trust Fund, now working to increase the supply of safe, decent homes that people can afford.
- The Kennedy Commission
An organizational vehicle for advocacy and education related to affordable housing in Orange County.
- Legal Aid Foundation of Los Angeles
The Housing/Eviction Defense unit advocates for the creation and preservation of safe and affordable housing.
- Livable Places
Advances affordable vibrant healthy Southern California communities through advocacy, innovation, and building.
- Los Angeles Community Action Network (LA CAN)
Helps people dealing with poverty create and discover opportunities, while serving as a vehicle to ensure they have voice, power, and opinion.
- Los Angeles Homeless Services Coalition (LAHSC)
Campaigns to help eradicate homelessness by raising support for nonprofit homeless charities and building awareness in the community about the crisis of homelessness in Los Angeles
- National Housing Institute
An independent nonprofit organization that examines the issues causing the crisis in housing and community in America.
- National Low Income Housing Coalition
Dedicated solely to ending America's affordable housing crisis, focusing their advocacy on the lowest income households.
- The National Policy and Advocacy Council on Homelessness
A national grassroots organization working to ensure that national homelessness policy accurately reflects the needs of local communities.
- Neighborhood Housing Services of Orange County
Strives to renew pride, restore confidence, promote reinvestment, and revitalize communities.
- Orange County Housing Trust
Created to provide regional solutions to help meet the growing demand for affordable housing options in Orange County.
- Southern California Association of Non-Profit Housing (SCANPH)
Dedicated to the development, preservation and management of permanently affordable housing for low-income people.
- Strategic Actions for a Just Economy (SAJE)
An economic justice, community development, and popular education center, building economic power for working class people in Los Angeles since 1996.
photo: Paul Middlewick