Legislative Advocacy: Federal Advocacy
Recognizes agencies demonstrating the most efficient, effective, and creative use of resources to achieve federal legislative objectives.
Judging Criteria
Legislative Advocacy entries will be judged on the degree to which they:
- Advance the overall mission of the agency
- Are innovative
- Are replicable
- Demonstrate coalition building
- Forge effective relationships with state and/or federal legislators
- Achieve strategic objectives
- Anticipate, identify, and prioritize legislative issues
- Reach target audiences
- Employ analytical skills to anticipate and identify the potential ramifications of issues
- Provide benefits that outweigh costs
- Demonstrate effective use of resources
If you have questions, please email awards@ncsha.org or call 202-624-7710.
2018 Winner
North Carolina Housing Finance Agency
Washington State Housing Finance Commission
2018 Entries
Kentucky Housing Corporation:
Federal Legislative Advocacy: Building Partnerships and Making Impacts
KHC’s aggressive approach to legislative advocacy at the federal level over the past 12 months.
Michigan State Housing Development Authority:
MSHDA’s Expanded Federal Housing Impact Campaign
MSDHA’s Federal Housing Impact Campaign was updated and expanded to include multi-faceted customized tools.
North Carolina Housing Finance Agency:
Leveraging Partnerships for Effective Federal Advocacy
A focused federal advocacy campaign to make the case for HR 1661.
Washington State Housing Finance Commission:
Defending Housing in Tax Reform
The Commission fought back to help save affordable-housing financing during the 2017 tax-reform debate.
