National Housing Law Project
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Grants
12
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Total Awarded
$2,765,000
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Years
1991 - 2015
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Categories
Grants
2015 (1 year)
$75,000
The National Housing Law Project (the Law Project) applies its special expertise in federal housing law and policy to provide the nation's public interest attorneys, tenants, and other housing advocates with training, technical assistance, and litigation support. The Law Project is the legal backbone to the nation's many tenant-centered attempts to preserve and produce affordable rental housing. The grant ensures that the Law Project undertakes a robust planning process to prepare the organization for an upcoming transition in its top leadership and strategic priorities.
2013 (2 years)
$225,000
The National Housing Law Project provides legal assistance to affordable housing residents and their advocates and trains public agency staff about housing policies and regulations. In many parts of the country, low-income families face a shortage of safe, affordable rental housing. The problem is exacerbated by tenants’ inability to afford competent lawyers in disputes with landlords, and by local elected officials’ lack of understanding about their obligations to support affordable rental housing. With this grant, the National Housing Law Project will continue to provide legal advocacy and education to advance the goal of preserving affordable rental housing across the country.
2007 (1 year)
$500,000
To strengthen the institution for the future.
2002 (3 years)
$300,000
Technical assistance for the preservation of at-risk affordable housing (over three years).
2000 (2 years)
$225,000
To support policy and practical interventions to preserve Section 8 subsidized housing (over two years).
1999 (3 years)
$225,000
To support the Public Housing Initiative, which works with federal and local authorities on behalf of public housing tenants (over three years).
1997 (1 year 3 months)
$100,000
To support research on the effects of changes in federal public assistance and public housing policies.
1992 (1 year)
$35,000
To support the Housing Preservation Project.
1991 (1 year)
$15,000
To support the Midwest Conference to review the National Affordable Housing Act on preserving federally assisted housing at risk of mortgage prepayment.
