Stewards of Affordable Housing for the Future

Stewards of Affordable Housing for the Future (SAHF) is a collaborative of eleven highhperforming, multi-state affordable housing nonprofits committed to providing families and individuals with quality, affordable rental homes that expand opportunity and preserve dignity. SAHF is galvanizing efforts among its members to address the challenges and opportunities presented by the escalating need for affordable senior housing, the limitations of existing resident services, and increasing interest in this issue from the health care sector. Specifically, SAHF is convening a community of practice to generate a more effective and efficient system of resident service coordination that is tied to standards and outcome measurement. It aims to explore and identify how that system can effectively link to the health care industry and to work with local, state, and federal policymakers to identify and promote replication of successful resident service coordination. This approach will maximize the knowledge and experience of SAHF members, leverage the expanding literature and emerging expertise around aging and housing, and promote the cross-sector dialogue necessary between housing and health policymakers and payers. Such a practically focused effort that integrates research and learning-and that elevates the challenges and realities ofresident services-v-is critical to the alignment of health and housing programs toward which many other policy-level efforts are aiming.

The Stewards of Affordable Housing for the Future is a collaborative of eleven high-performing, regional and national nonprofit, affordable housing developers and owners. Mission-driven nonprofits have proven to be effective advocates for policy reforms at the local, state, and federal levels. They also have been adept at sharpening their own business acumen and becoming stronger players within the broader real estate community. The grant assists the organization in maintaining its influence within housing policy circles and bolsters its members' effectiveness in preserving affordable rental housing.

The Stewards of Affordable Housing for the Future is a network of the country’s largest and most successful non-profit housing organizations. The organization seeks to use its members’ expertise and entrepreneurial approach to identify obstacles to preserving affordable rental housing and develop promising strategies to overcome them, including policy and regulatory reform, practical business collaboration, and applied research. Stewards of Affordable Housing for the Future will use this grant to continue to provide practitioner-informed leadership on a wide range of federal policies, regulations, and guidelines that affect affordable rental housing preservation.

To facilitate energy conservation among leading operators of affordable multifamily housing (over 18 months).

In support of general operations (over three years).