Programs & Resource Links for Affordable Housing

Home Buying Resource for Teachers
Extra Credit Teacher Home Purchase Program: to find out more, call (916) 653-3255 or click here

Government Affordable Housing Links
www.hud.gov
www.hcd.ca.gov

California Association of REALTORS® Links
Housing Affordability Fund – www.carhaf.org

Northern California Housing Coalition
http://www.forhousing.com

Housing Advocates and Resource Information Sites
Affordable Housing Resource Center
(Tax credit information) – http://www.novoco.com/resource.shtml
Alameda Housing Resources & Programs – www.alamedahousing.com
California Demographics – http://www.dof.ca.gov/html/demograp/druhpar.htm
California Housing Finance Agency – http://www.calhfa.ca.gov/
California Housing Law Project – www.housingadvocates.org

California Housing Partnership Corporation – www.chpc.net
California Reinvestment Committee – www.calreinvest.org
Demographic Trends important to Housing – http://www.huduser.org
Fair Housing – www.lsnc.net/fairhousing.html
Home Loan Counseling Center – www.hlcc.net
Housing Assistance Council – www.ruralhome.org
Local Initiatives Support Corporations – www.liscnet.org

National Low Income Housing Coalition – http://www.nlihc.org
Sacramento Area Council of Governments www.sacog.org/rhnp/
San Francisco Bay Area Council Urban Land Institute
www.sfbayarea.uli.org/smartgrowth.html

Solimar Research Group – http://www.solimar.org
Southern California Association of Governments – www.scag.ca.gov
Housing Southern Californians – http://api.ucla.edu/rhna/index.cfm
Creating livable spaces – http://www.scag.ca.gov/livable/

Housing Assistance Sites
Bridge Housing – www.bridgehousing.com
California Housing Finance Agency – http://www.calhfa.ca.gov/
Ecumenical Assoc. for Housing – www.eahhousing.org
Eden Housing – www.edenhousing.org
Fannie Mae – www.fanniemaefoundation.org
Housing & Community Development KnowledgePlex – www.knowledgeplex.org
Freddie Mac – www.freddiemac.com/homeownership

The Clearinghouse for Affordable Housing and Community Finance Resources
www.hcd.ca.gov/clearinghouse/

Habitat For Humanity – http://www.habitat.org/

For Property Developers:
REALTORS Commercial Alliance
www.REALTOR.org/RCA

Tax Credits
www.danter.com/taxcredit
www.ruralhome.org/pubs/guides/lihtc/taxcreditguide.htm#basics

For Renters:
Housing Financial Assistance
www.ruralhome.org
www.nlihc.org
Public Housing
www.hud.gov/renting/phprog.cfm

For Homebuyers/Homesellers:
Property Listings – www.REALTOR.com
Energy Efficient Mortgage Program – www.hud.gov/progdesc/energy-r.cfm
Rehabilitation Loans – www.hud.gov/progdesc/203k–df.cfm
Federal Mortgage Programs – www.hud.gov/buying/mortprog.cfm
Flexible Mortgage Insurance Programs – www.freddiemac.com/lp/products.html

For Individuals:
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Consumer Counseling Centers of America

Community action agencies(search by state):
Community Action Partnership’s links
ACORN Housing Corporation

Disability-related
The National Home of Your Own Alliance

Other helpful sites:
Clemson University, Department of Agricultural and Applied Economics listing of Community and Economic Development Resources
NAHRO’s Resources for Affordable Housing

South Tahoe Association of REALTORS®