Affordable Housing

Recent Grants

Affordable Housing Preservation
Housing Policy
Public Housing

Affordable Housing Preservation

Number of Grants: 44

Business and Professional People for the Public Interest (Chicago, Illinois)
$175,000 in support of activities related to the Preservation Compact (over two years). (2007)

Center for Neighborhood Technology (Chicago, Illinois)
$300,000 in support of activities related to the Preservation Compact (over three years). (2007)

Chicago Rehab Network (Chicago, Illinois)
$375,000 in support of technical assistance, organizing, policy and advocacy related to the Preservation Compact (over three years). (2007)

City of New York, Department of Housing Preservation and Development (New York, New York)
$150,000 in support of a project to develop a comprehensive rental housing database, analyze the existing stock of government-assisted rental housing, and assess and improve the organizational capacity of key housing agencies. (2006)

City of New York, Department of Housing Preservation and Development (New York, New York)
$25,000 in support of a two-day preservation symposium on the preservation of government-assisted affordable housing in New York City. (2005)

Community Investment Corporation (Chicago, Illinois)
$150,000 in support of a project to preserve and improve more than 2,800 existing affordable rental homes in low-income areas of Chicago. (2006)

Community Preservation and Development Corporation (Washington, D.C.)
$500,000 in support of preservation of affordable rental housing for very low- to moderate-income families and seniors in the Mid-Atlantic region (over two years). (2005)

Cook County Assessor's Office (Chicago, Illinois)
$73,000 in support of affordable housing programs related to The Preservation Compact (over three years). (2008)

Corporation for Enterprise Development (Washington, D.C.)
$315,000 to support a national conference and a communications research and planning project to promote policy reforms that help preserve and improve affordable rental homes throughout the United States. (2007)

Corporation for Enterprise Development (Washington, D.C.)
$400,000 in support of a national conference and a communications research and planning project to promote policy reforms that help preserve and improve affordable rental homes throughout the United States. (2006)

DePaul University (Chicago, Illinois)
$3,500,000 in support of a data clearinghouse, research, and a council to coordinate public agencies that are key members of the Preservation Compact (over three years). (2007)

Florida Community Loan Fund (Orlando, Florida)
$200,000 in support of policy work related to the preservation of affordable rental housing in Florida (over two years). (2007)

Gulf Coast Housing Partnership (New Orleans, Louisiana)
$250,000 to strengthen the affordable housing developer's financial infrastructure through new staffing and information technology. (2008)

Housing Assistance Council (Washington, D.C.)
$300,000 in support of general operations (over three years). (2005)

Housing Development Corporation (Lancaster, Pennsylvania)
$250,000 to support preservation of affordable rental housing in central Pennsylvania (over two years). (2007)

Housing Partnership Network (Boston, Massachusetts)
$250,000 in support of ongoing staffing costs associated with the Housing Partnership Exchange (over two years). (2007)

Housing Partnership Network (Boston, Massachusetts)
$375,000 to provide general operating support for a national membership organization of nonprofits that produce, preserve and finance affordable housing in urban, rural and suburban communities throughout the United States (over three years). (2005)

Housing Preservation Project (St Paul, Minnesota)
$200,000 in support of general operations (over three years). (2005)

Hudson Institute (Washington, D.C.)
$600,000 in support of research on affordable rental housing (over two years). (2007)

National Housing Conference (Washington, D.C.)
$395,000 to conduct four regional conferences on policies to promote rental housing preservation (over two years). (2008)

National Housing Conference (Washington, D.C.)
$353,000 in support of conferences, policy papers, and communications related to affordable rental housing. (2007)

National Housing Law Project (Oakland, California)
$400,000 in support of general operations (over three years). (2005)

National Housing Trust (Washington, D.C.)
$700,000 in support of general operations (over three years). (2006)

National Low Income Housing Coalition (Washington, D.C.)
$450,000 in support of general operations (over three years). (2005)

Neighborhood Reinvestment (Washington, D.C.)
$250,000 to support a research project examining methods for assessing the organizational strength of nonprofit rental housing owners and strategies for improving financial reporting conventions and facilitating coordination among investors (over two years). (2007)

Neighborhood Reinvestment (Washington, D.C.)
$75,000 in support of a research project examining methods for assessing the organizational strength of nonprofit rental housing owners and strategies for improving financial reporting conventions and facilitating coordination among investors. (2005)

New York University School of Law, Furman Center for Real Estate and Urban Policy (New York, New York)
$125,000 in support of a three-part study investigating investments in rental housing in New York City. (2006)

NHP Foundation (Washington, D.C.)
$200,000 to develop a strategic business plan for large-scale preservation of affordable rental housing in multiple regions of the U.S. (2008)

NHP Foundation (Washington, D.C.)
$250,000 to support the rebuilding of rental housing and related activities in the Gulf Coast region of the United States after Hurricane Katrina (over two years). (2005)

Preservation of Affordable Housing (Boston, Massachusetts)
$250,000 in support of general operations (over two years). (2007)

Reinvestment Fund, Urban Growth Partners (Philadelphia, Pennsylvania)
$450,000 in support of PolicyMap, a national data warehouse and mapping tool. (2008)

Retirement Housing Foundation (Long Beach, California)
$250,000 to support a strategic planning initiative to build and preserve affordable rental housing. (2007)

Sargent Shriver National Center on Poverty Law (Chicago, Illinois)
$250,000 in support of legal assistance, policy and advocacy related to the Preservation Compact (over three years). (2007)

Stewards of Affordable Housing for the Future (Washington, D.C.)
$300,000 in support of data collection and analysis of energy consumption in affordable rental housing. (2007)

Stewards of Affordable Housing for the Future (Washington, D.C.)
$525,000 in support of general operations (over three years). (2005)

ULI Foundation (Washington, D.C.)
$240,000 in support of the Preservation Compact: A Rental Housing Strategy for Cook County. (2007)

ULI Foundation (Washington, D.C.)
$400,000 in support of the Preservation Compact: A Rental Housing Strategy for Cook County (over three years). (2007)

ULI Foundation (Washington, D.C.)
$250,000 in support of the Preservation Compact: A Rental Housing Strategy for Cook County (over six months). (2006)

ULI Foundation (Washington, D.C.)
$139,000 in support of the development of a process that will accelerate efforts to preserve affordable rental housing in the Chicago region (over 3 months). (2005)

ULI Foundation (Washington, D.C.)
$440,000 in support of the development of strategies and commitments to accelerate efforts to preserve affordable rental housing in the Chicago region. (2005)

University of Florida, Shimberg Center for Affordable Housing (Gainesville, Florida)
$172,000 to support data collection for local and state-wide preservation efforts in Florida and the development of a national data infrastructure for housing preservation (over eighteen months). (2006)

Urban Homesteading Assistance Board (New York, New York)
$150,000 in support of policy advocacy and coalition-building to preserve distressed affordable rental housing in New York City (over three years). (2007)

Urban Homesteading Assistance Board (New York, New York)
$150,000 in support of policy advocacy and communications to preserve distressed affordable rental housing in New York City (over two years). (2005)

Volunteers of America (Alexandria, Virginia)
$500,000 in support of efforts to preserve affordable rental housing nationwide (over two years). (2005)

Housing Policy

Number of Grants: 12

American Sunrise A Non-Profit Cisneros Communities Venture (San Antonio, Texas)
$50,000 in support of the HOPE VI Book Project. (2008)

Center For Housing Policy (Washington, D.C.)
$900,000 in support of research on housing strategies that benefit working families (over three years). (2006)

Harvard University, John F. Kennedy School of Government (Cambridge, Massachusetts)
$75,000 in support of three housing policy case studies. (2006)

Harvard University, Joint Center for Housing Studies (Cambridge, Massachusetts)
$1,000,000 in support of research on rental housing trends and issues (over three years). (2007)

Harvard University, Joint Center for Housing Studies (Cambridge, Massachusetts)
$100,000 in support of historical research on national housing policy between 1970 and 2005 (over two years). (2006)

Housing Illinois (Chicago, Illinois)
$150,000 in support of activities to increase and measure awareness about affordable housing's contribution to individuals and communities. (2005)

Johns Hopkins University Institute for Policy Studies (Baltimore, Maryland)
$350,000 in support of research on the effects of housing affordability on children's well-being (over two years). (2006)

National Housing Conference (Washington, D.C.)
$30,000 in support of a policy summit titled Fulfilling the Dream: Shaping Housing Policy for Future Generations. (2006)

Northwestern University Institute for Policy Research (Evanston, Illinois)
$752,000 in support of the first phase of activities for a research network on how housing matters for the American family (over two years). (2008)

Northwestern University, Institute for Policy Research (Evanston, Illinois)
$50,000 in support of the Moving-to-Opportunity program (over two years). (2008)

University of California, Berkeley, Institute of Business and Economic Research, Program on Housing and Urban Policy (Berkeley, California)
$70,000 in support of background research on the regulations governing housing development in four metropolitan regions. (2005)

University of Wisconsin - Madison, Institute for Research on Poverty (Madison, Wisconsin)
$405,000 in support of a benefit-cost analysis of rental subsidies and economic independence among low-income families (over thirty months). (2005)

Public Housing

Number of Grants: 41

Abraham Lincoln Centre (Chicago, Illinois)
$375,000 in support of efforts at Lake Park Crescent to help ensure a successful mixed-income development and broader community revitalization (over three years). (2006)

Business and Professional People for the Public Interest (Chicago, Illinois)
$400,000 in support of the monitoring, technical assistance, and advisory role to mixed-income developments under the Plan for Transformation (over three years). (2007)

Chapin Hall Center for Children (Chicago, Illinois)
$400,000 in support of a collaborative approach to analysis of administrative data to improve the delivery of social services to low-income families in Illinois (over two years). (2006)

Chicago Community Foundation (Chicago, Illinois)
$750,000 for the Partnership for New Communities' participation in the Workforce Development Initiative for public housing residents (over two years). (2006)

Chicago Housing Authority (Chicago, Illinois)
$100,000 to support improvements to workforce development and social service delivery systems. (2007)

Chicago Housing Authority (Chicago, Illinois)
$200,000 in support of expansion of the Family Self-Sufficiency program (over two years). (2007)

Chicago Housing Authority (Chicago, Illinois)
$200,000 in support of planning for redevelopment of Ickes and Dearborn public housing sites. (2006)

Chicago Housing Authority (Chicago, Illinois)
$50,000 in support of the Council of Large Public Housing Authorities at the annual conference in Chicago. (2006)

Chicago Housing Authority (Chicago, Illinois)
$100,000 in support of the Leadership Academy's professional development program. (2006)

Chicago Jobs Council (Chicago, Illinois)
$435,000 in support of employment related services to help low-income families succeed in new mixed-income housing. (2006)

Chicago Video Project (Chicago, Illinois)
$225,000 to support the creation of a visual record of The Plan for Transformation of public housing in Chicago (over three years). (2006)

Community Builders (Boston, Massachusetts)
$1,000,000 in support of efforts at Oakwood Shores to help ensure a successful mixed-income development and broader community revitalization (over three years). (2005)

Community Renewal Society, Chicago Reporter (Chicago, Illinois)
$150,000 in support of in-depth reporting on the resettlement of public housing families in Chicago neighborhoods (over two years). (2007)

Council of Large Public Housing Authorities (Washington, D.C.)
$625,000 in support of a six-city cost-benefit study of the economic impacts of mixed-income communities on surrounding neighborhoods and local public finances. (2006)

Field Museum (Chicago, Illinois)
$375,000 in support of efforts at Lake Park Crescent to help ensure a successful mixed-income development and broader community revitalization (over three years). (2006)

Georgia Tech Research Corporation (Atlanta, Georgia)
$500,000 in support of an analysis of the Chicago Housing Authority's Plan for Transformation (over two years). (2005)

Heartland Human Care Services (Chicago, Illinois)
$600,000 in support of Improving Outcomes for Hard-to-House public housing families (over four years). (2006)

Illinois Facilities Fund (Chicago, Illinois)
$100,000 in support of planning and technical support for the development of a community facility in Chicago's Mid-South and Near West Side areas. (2007)

Illinois Facilities Fund (Chicago, Illinois)
$400,000 in support of planning and technical support for the development of community facilities in Chicago's Mid-South area. (2006)

Metropolitan Planning Council (Chicago, Illinois)
$700,000 in support of public education and communications related to progress of the Plan for Transformation as it nears completion (over three years). (2005)

National Opinion Research Center University of Chicago (Chicago, Illinois)
$400,000 in support of a longitudinal study of public housing residents and their experiences of relocation, services, and resettlement. (2005)

National Opinion Research Center, University of Chicago (Chicago, Illinois)
$95,200 in support of the development and production of a scholarly compilation of research on the transformation of Chicago's public housing. (2005)

Near West Side Community Development Corporation (Chicago, Illinois)
$300,000 in support of the Home Visitors Program that helps place and sustain public housing residents in stable employment (over three years). (2005)

Northwestern University Institute for Policy Research (Evanston, Illinois)
$1,800,000 in support of the final evaluation of the Moving to Opportunity demonstration (over five years). (2006)

Northwestern University School of Law (Chicago, Illinois)
$16,675 in support of a conference and electronic journal commemorating the 40th anniversary of the filing of the Gautreaux case. (2005)

One Economy Corporation (Washington, D.C.)
$150,000 for a technology program related to the Chicago Housing Authority's Plan for Transformation of public housing. (2008)

One Economy Corporation (Washington, D.C.)
$625,000 in support of a training and assistance program to help residents of low-income neighborhoods improve their lives through the use of technology (over 18 months). (2005)

Project Match (Chicago, Illinois)
$1,000,000 for the Pathways to Rewards project at West Haven Park to help ensure a successful mixed-income development (over three years). (2005)

Richard H. Driehaus Foundation (Chicago, Illinois)
$15,000 in support of a charette to help create a concept for a Museum of Public Housing in Chicago. (2007)

Social Science Research Council (New York, New York)
$225,000 to develop a research framework and associated designs to evaluate the effects of mixed-income public housing and other assisted housing communities on resident opportunities and outcomes. (2007)

Stateway Community Partners (Chicago, Illinois)
$500,000 to sustain a successful case management and service coordination model at a mixed-income development under the Plan for Transformation of public housing in Chicago (over two years). (2007)

University of Chicago, School of Social Service Administration (Chicago, Illinois)
$600,000 in support of research to document the experiences and outcomes of public housing residents who move into mixed-income developments (over three years). (2005)

University of Chicago, University Research Administration (Chicago, Illinois)
$345,000 to demonstrate a collaborative approach to data analysis for use by the Chicago Housing Authority and other public agencies to better plan for and implement the Plan for Transformation. (2005)

Urban Institute (Washington, D.C.)
$30,000 in support of a U.S.-U.K. study exchange related to mixed-income communities. (2008)

Urban Institute (Washington, D.C.)
$70,000 in support of planning a study on the long-term sustainability of HOPE VI developments. (2007)

Urban Institute (Washington, D.C.)
$70,000 in support of a collaborative planning effort with the National Opinion Research Center to design longitudinal research on public housing residents in Chicago. (2007)

Urban Institute (Washington, D.C.)
$250,000 in support of Improving Outcomes for Hard-to-House public housing families. (2006)

Urban Institute (Washington, D.C.)
$30,000 in support of targeted research and program planning to establish a framework for a demonstration for "hard-to-house" Chicago Housing Authority residents. (2006)

Urban Institute (Washington, D.C.)
$10,000 support of dissemination of research results about the impact of the HOPE VI housing programs. (2005)

Urban Institute (Washington, D.C.)
$500,000 in support of an impact evaluation of the HOPE VI housing program (over two years). (2005)

We the People Media (Chicago, Illinois)
$300,000 in support of the Residents' Journal, a publication written by and for public housing residents (over three years). (2005)