Sonoma County Housing Coalition

Affordable Housing Week
May 11th to May 17th, 2008

SPONSORS
The North Bay Business Journal Press Democrat Celebrate Community
Exchange Bank
First Community Bank
Luther Burbank Savings
North Bay Association of Realtors NVB Business Bank
Sonoma Bank
Summit State Bank
Westamerica Bank

PARTNERS
Accountable Development Coalition
Buckelew Programs
Burbank Housing
Committee on The Shelterless
Community Housing Sonoma County
EAH Housing Inc.
Habitat for Humanity
Housing Land Trust
Northbay Family Homes
Oakmont Senior Living
Santa Rosa Memorial Hospital
Sonoma County Community Development Commission
Sonoma County Asthma Coalition
Sonoma County Taskforce for the Homeless

Welcome to the Sonoma County Housing Coalition

Sonoma County Housing Coalition is a broad based coalition of housing interests working to provide housing for low and moderate income people of Sonoma County and all nine cities and towns.

We realize that affordable housing is a key element of sustainable development, jobs and quality of life. Our initiative includes housing policy, advocacy, finance and land use.

Click here for:
Affordable Housing Terms and Articles

Public Policy and Financing Tools for Affordable Housing(.doc)
This document evaluates and recommends appropriate financing and public policy tools that will help jurisdictions meet their housing allocation requirements for all income categories.

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Join now as a partner for Affordable Housing Week
and receive all announcements, invitations and notices for Affordable Housing Week and join the list of early partners and sponsors to be acknowledged in all outreach, publicity, and web communications.

Please join us for
Affordable Housing Week
May 11th - 17th

Nominate a Housing Hero to be Awarded May 12 at the Leadership Breakfast
Nominations due April 30

RSVP Now to Annual Leadership Breakfast
Monday, May 12, 7:30 a.m. featuring Affordable Housing Progress Reports and
Two Key Guest Speakers:


Lynn Jacobs, Director of CA Department of Housing & Community Development, who is leading the statewide effort to establish a "Permanent Source" of revenue for California's housing trust fund.		Erik Sten, Portland City Commissioner and newly appointed Fellow for the national, non-profit affordable housing organization, Living Cities. Mr. Sten will share the innovative practices and programs for affordable housing that are working in Portland and what they learned along the way.

Don’t Miss Important Workshop on Community Acceptance
Monday, May 12, 10:15 a.m. (following Leadership Breakfast) led by

Debra Stein, President of GCA Strategies and author of several books on NIMBYism, who will provide practical strategies for building community support for controversial land use projects and how to translate public attitudes into political action.

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