PROGRAMS & RESOURCE LINKS

Home Buying Resource for Teachers
Extra Credit Teacher Home Purchase Program: to find out more, call (916) 653-3255 or click here

Government Affordable Housing Links
www.hud.gov
www.hcd.ca.gov

California Association of REALTORS® Links
Housing Affordability Fund - www.carhaf.org

Northern California Housing Coalition
http://www.forhousing.com
 
Housing Advocates and Resource Information Sites
Affordable Housing Resource Center
(Tax credit information) - http://www.novoco.com/resource.shtml
Alameda Housing Resources & Programs - www.alamedahousing.com
California Demographics - http://www.dof.ca.gov/html/demograp/druhpar.htm
California Housing Finance Agency - http://www.calhfa.ca.gov/
California Housing Law Project - www.housingadvocates.org

California Housing Partnership Corporation - www.chpc.net
California Reinvestment Committee - www.calreinvest.org
Demographic Trends important to Housing - http://www.huduser.org
Fair Housing - www.lsnc.net/fairhousing.html
Home Loan Counseling Center - www.hlcc.net
Housing Assistance Council - www.ruralhome.org
Local Initiatives Support Corporations - www.liscnet.org

National Low Income Housing Coalition - http://www.nlihc.org
Sacramento Area Council of Governments www.sacog.org/rhnp/
San Francisco Bay Area Council Urban Land Institute
www.sfbayarea.uli.org/smartgrowth.html

Smart Growth On-Line - www.smartgrowth.org/default.asp?res=800

Solimar Research Group - http://www.solimar.org
Southern California Association of Governments - www.scag.ca.gov
Housing Southern Californians - http://api.ucla.edu/rhna/index.cfm
Creating livable spaces - http://www.scag.ca.gov/livable/

Housing Assistance Sites

Bridge Housing - www.bridgehousing.com
California Housing Finance Agency - http://www.calhfa.ca.gov/
Ecumenical Assoc. for Housing - www.eahhousing.org
Eden Housing - www.edenhousing.org
Fannie Mae - www.fanniemaefoundation.org
Housing & Community Development KnowledgePlex - www.knowledgeplex.org
Freddie Mac - www.freddiemac.com/homeownership

The Clearinghouse for Affordable Housing and Community Finance Resources
www.hcd.ca.gov/clearinghouse/

Habitat For Humanity - http://www.habitat.org/

For Property Developers:
REALTORS Commercial Alliance
www.REALTOR.org/RCA

Tax Credits
www.danter.com/taxcredit
www.ruralhome.org/pubs/guides/lihtc/taxcreditguide.htm#basics

New Market Tax Credit
www.liscnet.org/resources/new_markets/tools/nmtc.next.shtml
Affordable Housing Design
www.designadvisor.org
Housing for Disabled Persons
www.hud.gov/progdesc/811main.cfm
Federal Mortgage Programs for Rental/Coop Properties
www.hud.gov/offices/hsg/mfh/hsgrent.cfm
New Construction
www.enterprisefoundation.org/resources/dss/newconh/default.asp
EFFECTS OF LOW-INCOME HOUSING ON PROPERTY VALUES                    
http://www.realtor.org/libweb.nsf/pages/fg504  

For Renters:
Housing Financial Assistance
www.ruralhome.org
www.nlihc.org
Public Housing
www.hud.gov/renting/phprog.cfm

For Homebuyers/Homesellers:
Property Listings - www.REALTOR.com
Energy Efficient Mortgage Program - www.hud.gov/progdesc/energy-r.cfm
Rehabilitation Loans - www.hud.gov/progdesc/203k--df.cfm
Federal Mortgage Programs - www.hud.gov/buying/mortprog.cfm
Flexible Mortgage Insurance Programs - www.freddiemac.com/lp/products.html

For Individuals:
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Consumer Counseling Centers of America 

Community action agencies(search by state):
Community Action Partnership's links
ACORN Housing Corporation

Disability-related
The National Home of Your Own Alliance

Other helpful sites:
Clemson University, Department of Agricultural and Applied Economics listing of Community and Economic Development Resources
NAHRO's Resources for Affordable Housing