EQUITY e-newsletter Summer 2007
Up one levelCreating Affordable, Accessible Housing Through Collaboration
EQUITY Feature Article
Utilizing Low Income Housing Tax Credits (LIHTC) to Create Affordable, Accessible Rental Housing for People with Disabilities. Ann O'Hara, Technical Assistance Collaborative Associate Director, explains Low Income Housing Tax Credits and provides examples of collaboratives working to make housing developments affordable for very low income people with disabilities.
EQUITY Special Section
SEVRA 2007- H.R. 1851 The Section Eight Voucher Reform Act of 2007, proposes sweeping changes to HUD's housing subsidy program. Here are a few changes which may effect people with disabilities.
EQUITY Program of the Month
The Montana Home Choice Coalition: It’s All About Relationships. Michael M. O’Neil, State Director of the Montana Home Choice Coalition, describes how building strong housing collaboratives can lead to homeownership for people with disabilities.
EQUITY Profile of the Month
Montana Pioneer: Willis Bonner. Willis Bonner serves as a powerful role model for people with disabilities across the country and proves with a lot of persistence and creativity- not to mention, help from organizations like A.W.A.R.E. and the Montana Home Choice Coalition- the American Dream of owning a home of your own can become a reality.
EQUITY Tip of the Month
National Housing Trust Fund: A Potential New Source of Affordable Housing Funds
EQUITY Responds: WID Answers Your Questions
After reading EQUITY’s Feature article about the Low Income Housing Tax credit, how do I find these housing projects?
New Report! Technical Assistance Collaborative- Priced Out in 2006
Priced Out in 2006 Published: April 2007 by Ann O'Hara, Emily Cooper, Andrew Zovistoski, and Jonathan Buttrick http://www.tacinc.org/Pubs/PricedOut.htm Foreword by Eunice Kennedy Shriver