Advocacy Toolkit

Advocacy Toolkit

Welcome to the Advocacy Toolkit. This Toolkit is a checklist of items to use to prepare for LegCon 2010. The Toolkit is continuously being updated and expanded, so keep checking back for new information. Many of these items can also be found on other pages of this website. See you in D.C.!

• HFA Resources
  
  • Conference Brochure
  • 2010 Congressional Handout (printable version)
  • 2010 Congressional Handout
  • Power of Housing at Work Art and Style Guide
• Communicating with Congress
  
  • Message to the Banking Committees
  • Message to the Appropriations Committees
  • Message to the Tax Committees
  • Key Congressional Committee Rosters
  • Tips for Meeting with Congress
• NCSHA Priorities
  • Board-adopted 2010 Priorities
  • Legislative Strategy Roundtable
• NCSHA Letters
  • NCSHA SAFE Act Comments (March 5, 2010)
  • Campaign for Housing & Community Development Funding Letter on FY 2011 Budget (Mar. 2, 2010)
  • NCSHA PBCA Letter to HUD Deputy Assist. Sec. Carol J. Galante (Feb. 23, 2010)
  • NSP Vacant Property Issue Letter (Nov. 18, 2009)
  • NCSHA PBCA Letter to HUD Secretary Shaun Donovan (Nov. 16, 2009)
  • NCSHA Letter to HUD on Financing ELI Housing (Nov. 4, 2009)
  • NCSHA Ending Hold Harmless Policy Comments (Nov. 4, 2009)
  • NCSHA Tax Priority Letter (Oct. 1, 2009) 
  • NCSHA Duty to Serve Comments (Sept. 18, 2009) 
  • NCSHA PBCA Letter to HUD Deputy Assist. Sec. Carol J. Galante (Aug. 27, 2009)
  • NCSHA Letter to House HUD Appropriations Subcommittee Members (July 10, 2009)
• NCSHA Press Releases
  • State HFAs to Finance More Than 200,000 Affordable Homes Under Administration’s HFA Initiative
  • State HFAs Praise Administration for Supporting Their Efforts to Make Homes Affordable
  • Administration Provides $1.5B to Five State HFAs for Foreclosure Prevention
• Program Information
  • HOME Program Fact Sheet
  • Housing Bonds Fact Sheet
  • Housing Choice Vouchers & Project-Based Sec. 8 Fact Sheet
  • Housing Credit Fact Sheet
  • Housing Trust Fund Fact Sheet
  • Preservation Reform
  • Rental Assistance Reform
  • NCSHA Advocacy and Issues Fact Pages
• Budget Information
  • FY 2011 Budget Analysis
  • FY 2011 Budget Chart
  • CBPP Analysis of HUD FY 2011 Budget
• Visiting Capitol Hill
  • House Member Directory
  • Senate Member Directory
  • Capitol Visitor's Center Website
  • Map of Capitol Hill
  • DC Metro (Subway) Map
  • Information on the Legislative Process
  • Capitol Hill Security Policy
  • House and Senate Gift Ban and Ethics Rules