Non-Profit Housing Association of Northern California
For Engaging Affordable Housing Stakeholders In Bay Area Land Use Planning
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Amount$50,000
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Program
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Date Awarded11/30/2009
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Term12.0 Months
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Type of SupportProject
Strategies
Overview
A regional, grass-roots organization, NPH provides a voice for those who support, build, and finance affordable housing. As a core partner of the Great Communities Collaborative, NPH will work towards the goals of SB 375 by focusing on the need to create affordable housing around transit hubs. SB 375 directs counties to develop binding regional plans for meeting the greenhouse gas reduction targets from improving land-use. This is key since transportation produces 40 percent of greenhouse gas emissions in the Bay Area, and increasing sprawl cancels out positives of alternative cars and fuels. NPH will aid stakeholders in creating a regional housing agenda for the Bay Area's Sustainable Communities Strategies (SCS). By 2035, the goal is for 65 percent of new development to be in downtowns near transit, with 20 to 40 percent of that development affordable to lower-income households. This grant would further Hewlett's efforts address the environmental and sustainable transportation needs of underserved communities in the Bay Area.
(New, $50,000/1; 19 % of project budget)
About the Grantee
Grantee Website
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Grants to this Grantee
for the Sustainable Communities Strategies program
The Non-Profit Housing Association of Northern California is a grassroots membership association working toward affordable housing for low-income people in the Bay Area. The organization is part of the Great Communities Collaborative, a joint effort to implement low-carbon and equitable transit-oriented development in the area. During the grant period, the Association will work to ensure the successful implementation of Plan Bay Area, which seeks to reduce greenhouse gas emissions through transit-oriented development and affordable housing near transit and jobs.
for the Sustainable Communities Strategies program
The Non-Profit Housing Association of Northern California is a grassroots membership association working for affordable housing for low-income people in the Bay Area. The organization is part of the Great Communities Collaborative, a joint founders effort to implement low-carbon and equitable transit-oriented development in the Bay Area. During the grant period, the organization would work to implement the Bay Area’s sustainable communities strategy, which includes building new homes at affordable prices and near transit, for moderate and low-income people.
for the Sustainable Communities Strategies project
The Non-Profit Housing Association of Northern California is a grassroots membership association working for affordable housing for low-income people in the Bay Area. During the grant period, the organization would work with groups to shape the Bay Area’s Sustainable Communities Strategy and support implementation of Plan Bay Area, which ties land use and transportation planning to implementation of California's climate change law.
