In the lead-up to their 50th anniversary in 2021, Landmarks Illinois formed a task force to create a new set of guiding principles to help them move preservation forward. The goal: to share their work with others in the preservation movement nationwide. However, as Bonnie McDonald, president ...
By Katie Williams Anacostia is a predominantly Black neighborhood in Washington, D.C. endangered by decades-long disinvestment and the tensions between the need for economic investment and the risk of displacing long-time residents. It is a community that cares deeply about the heritage of...
According to the National Low Income Housing Coalition report T he Gap: A Shortage of Affordable Homes (March 2021) , “only 37 affordable and available rental homes exist for every 100 extremely low-income renter households." In the summer of 2021, as the affordable housing intern at the...
Developed in the Summer of 2021, this report by Sydney Andrea Landers is a case study on affordable housing provisions in state historic tax credits focusing on Delaware, Maine and Massachussetts. #historictaxcredit #AffordableHousing #Advocacy
NTHP_AffordableHousingandTaxCredits_Report_20211208 final.pdf
By Rebecca Harris and Jim Lindberg A group of preservation advocates from across the country have come together to develop a new series of publications on key issues facing the preservation movement. Released today and available online, the “Issue Briefs” address four significant, interrelated...
In this webinar, which took place June 30, 2021, listen to three perspectives on how state historic tax credits can help repurpose historic buildings to create new units of affordable housing. Leslie Reid serves as the CEO of Madison Park Development Corporation, one of the largest...
Final Slides_State HTC and Affordable Housing.pdf
Under the auspices of the African American Cultural Heritage Action Fund and funded by the Ford Foundation and The JPB Foundation, the National Trust for Historic Preservation presents Preserving African American Places: Growing Preservation's Potential as a Path for Equity . This report seeks...
AACHAF_EquityStudyReport_lo-res.pdf
In the fall of 2019, before the death of George Floyd and the global pandemic, the National Trust for Historic Preservation circulated the 30-question survey, Challenges and Innovations Occurring in the Preservation Field . A deep desire for relevance—and its positive consequences related to...
In response to a request for information (RFI), the National Trust offered comments to the Department of Housing and Urban Development (HUD) and the White House Council on Eliminating Regulatory Barriers to Affordable Housing, regarding Federal, State, local and Tribal laws, regulations, and...
NTHP Comment Letter to HUD Docket No. FR-6187-N-01.pdf
The Historic Tax Credit has been successfully used in conjunction with the Low Income Housing Tax Credit. Connecticut, Maine, and Massachusetts offer a "bump-up" or a slight increase in the amount of their historic tax credits for affordable housing creation. Learn how affordable housing goals...