Summit Paper released

The housing industry stakeholders who gathered for a pair of housing summits this summer released their final paper on The Future of Public Housing on October 31. The paper was signed by 37 industry groups and individuals, including CLPHA, NAHRO, and PHADA.

The paper and the list of signers has been sent to the Presidential Transition Teams. Now the real work begins.

Responding to a real need

As a result of the steady federal "disinvestment" in public housing in 2004, the Housing Authority Insurance Group Board of Directors decided to help improve the political and economic environment of its PHA policyholders and the industry as a whole.

Early in 2005, HAI approached the three major public housing interest groups - PHADA, CLPHA, and NAHRO - to see how it could be of assistance. Our advice was to focus on the need to raise the level of appropriations provided for the Operating and Capital Funds. Since then, HAI has acted independently to support of the efforts of PHA industry groups.

Its early efforts have not only focused on drawing attention to PHA funding needs, but also to assist the industry groups in their efforts to achieve a more workable implementation of asset management and simplification in the regulations PHAs must live with. Working with CLPHA and PHADA, HAI funded an economic impact study designed to help make clearer the positive economic benefits that PHAs bring to the communities where they reside. This has been used effectively on Capitol Hill.

At this site you will find a number of features that HAI hopes will be of value to its policyholders as you seek to influence the future of public housing.

The Legislative Action Center will allow you to write your federal or state representatives with ease, track the daily schedule and hearings for the U.S. House and Senate, follow the voting of your own representatives, learn about their background, track bills that are before Congress and your state legislatures, and a great deal more. Please explore this service. You will find it is very powerful. Use it freely.

To visit this site, visit our Member Home Page (login required) and select the link to the Legislative Action Center. If you do not have a login for our Member site, please click here to request login access.

In Reports and Information you will find research and other information that HAI has assisted in developing or providing.