Document Actions

Example Documents

Revenue Sources

City:
For a list of city housing trust funds and the agencies that administer them, click here.

For more information on city revenue sources, click here

County:
For a list of county housing trust funds and the agencies that administer them, click here.

For more information on county revenue sources, click here.

State:
For a list of state housing trust funds and the agencies that administer them, click here.

For more information on state revenue sources, click here.

Sample revenue source studies from housing trust fund campaigns:

Colorado:  Colorado Housing Trust Fund Coalition: "Colorado Housing Trust Fund Revenue Source Study."

Indiana:  Indiana Advisory  Committee:  "The Indiana Affordable Housing and Community Development Fund."

Louisville, Kentucky:  "Mayor's Affordable Housing Trust Fund Task Force: "An Assessment and Recommendations for the Creation and Funding of an Affordable Housing Trust Fund."

Wisconsin: Milwaukee Housing Trust Fund Coalition: "A Discussion Paper:  Funding Strategy for a Milwaukee Housing Trust Fund."

 

State Enabling Legislation

The revenue options for local jurisdictions to create housing trust funds has been well-researched in Georgia. Click here to read the report.

 

Identifying the Need

California: Housing Long Beach: Extremely Low Income Housing Facts

Connecticut:  The Housing Affordability Problem in Connecticut

Indiana:  For Countless Hoosiers, An Indiana Home is Not What You Think

Michigan:  Living in Michigan Means Investing in Michigan

Montana:  The Housing Montana Fund:  An Investment in Montana’s Economic Future

Pennsylvania:  Philadelphia’s Housing Challenge:  Why We Need a Housing Trust Fund

Virginia: Fairfax County Housing Factoids

Wisconsin:  Status of Affordable Housing in Milwaukee

 

Building a Coalition

Coalition Member Lists:
Colorado:  Colorado Housing Investment Fund Coalition

Mississippi:  Housing Mississippi members

Long Beach, California:  Housing Long Beach members

Endorsement Forms:
Colorado:  1000 Friends of the Colorado Housing Investment Fund

New Mexico:  Affordable Housing Now Endorsement Form

Virginia:  Virginia Housing Coalition

Milwaukee, Wisconsin:  Housing Trust Fund Endorsement Form

Washington, D.C.: Housing Production Trust Fund Endorsement Form

Campaign Endorsement Lists:
Illinois:  It Takes a Home to Raise a Child:  Campaign Endorsers

Louisville, Kentucky:  Open the Door Campaign Endorsers

Pennsylvania:  Philadelphia Housing Trust Fund Organizations Endorsing

 

Making Your Case

Arizona:  Housing Trust Fund:  Addressing Arizona’s Most Critical Housing Needs

Colorado:  Colorado Housing Trust Fund Impacts Study

Colorado:  Colorado Voters Support the Concept of a Housing Investment Fund.

Connecticut: Housing Trust Fund for Economic Growth & Opportunity

Connecticut: Housing Affordability Problem

Connecticut: Housing Trust Fund for Economic Growth & Opportunity Graph

Indiana: Indiana Affordable Housing & Community Development Fund:  Report and Recommendations from the Advisory Committee

Iowa:  Housing’s Economic and Social Impacts:  Report to the Iowa  Finance Authority

Kentucky:  Why an Affordable Housing Trust Fund Makes Good Business Sense for Metro Louisville

Pennsylvania:  Potential Economic and Fiscal Impacts of the Philadelphia Housing Trust Fund

Vermont:  Economic Benefits of Investments by the Vermont Housing and Conservation Board
http://www.communitychange.org/our-projects/htf/other-media/Vermont%20economicbenefits03.pdf

Wisconsin:  Economic Impact of a $5 Million Milwaukee Housing Trust Fund
http://www.communitychange.org/our-projects/htf/other-media/Milwaukee%20Economic%20Impact%20of%20a%20-5%20Million%20HTF.pdf

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