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2008 Housing America Campaign Events! Below you will find a sampling of what Housing America participants are doing to highlight the need for affordable housing! If you would like to submit an event, click here to email us the details. Star City, AR
Clarksville, AR
Desha County and McGehee, AR
Jonesboro, AR
Lonoke County, ARLonoke County has an essay contest going titled, "What my home means to me." The winner will receive a $100.00 Wal Mart card. There is also a youth division; the winner there will receive a $50.00 card. A winner will be named no later than June 1st and we will have a big "to do" with pictures, their essays will be displayed about town, sent to the Field office, sent to Washington and put in all the local papers. Judging will be done by dignataries outside the Housing Authority.
Van Buren, ARFrom the Press-Argus Courier: April has been designated as Housing America Month in Crawford County. Signing the official proclamation on Thursday the 24th, were Van Buren Mayor Bob Freeman and County Judge, John Hall. Van Buren Housing Authority Director Patricia Free and Crawford County Public Facilities Board Director Manford Burris joined with affordable industry partners across the country in supporting the Housing America 2008 campaign, which aims to educate decision makers and the general public about the importance of affordable housing and community development programs, as well as the challenges facing these programs.
Safe, decent and affordable housing is pivotal in U.S. society,
Free said. "Beyond providing basic shelter, it positively impacts the economy
and improves the quality of our envoronment." Today, 15.6 million households
pay more than half of their income for housing. Oxnard, CAOn April 15, 2008, the Mayor of the City of Oxnard, California, proclaimed April, 2008, as Housing America Month in the City of Oxnard. Dr. Thomas Holden, Mayor of the City of Oxnard, announced the proclamation at the beginning of a regular meeting of the City Council. He then presented the proclamation to Steve Boggs, who accepted the proclamation on behalf of the Building Industry Association of Southern California.
Boggs is president of Standard Pacific Homes, a major developer in Southern California, which has built affordable and market rate units in the City of Oxnard. He thanked the City Council for the support it has given to Standard Pacific and to other developers of residential developments.
The Mayor commented on the importance of affordable housing and called upon all residents to support the goals and objectives of the Housing America Campaign.
A video of the presentation is available on the City’s website at www.ci.oxnard.ca.us under City Council for the City Council meeting of April 15, 2008.
On April 17, the housing directors for Southern California will also be meeting in Oxnard. Joining them will be Paula Blount, Assistant Secretary for Public and Indian Housing for the U. S. Department of Housing and Urban Development. After her remarks to the group, the Assistant Secretary will meet with City Officials at 1:00 pm. San Diego, CAThe Mayor of the City of San Diego, Jerry Sanders, has proclaimed April 2008 as “Housing America Month” in the City of San Diego “in recognition of the importance of providing affordable housing opportunities to low- and moderate-income households and educating the public about the critical importance of continued programs for such a purpose.”
In addition, San Diego City Council President Scott Peters and Councilmember Toni Atkins co-sponsored a Resolution of the City Council of the City of San Diego proclaiming April 2008 as Housing America Month and commending “the National Association of Housing and Redevelopment Officials and the various City housing agencies for their dedicated commitment to address affordable housing and community development needs.” Boulder, CO
Florida
Boise, ID
Princeton, KYGale Cherry, Mayor of the City of Princeton, Kentucky, signed
a proclamation stating, "the City of Princeton, Kentucky...hereby endorses
the Housing America Campaign, its goals, objectives and purposes and in so doing
recommits itself to meeting the affordable housing and community development
needs of the community." Farmerville, LA
Minnesota
New Mexico
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NOW, THEREFORE BE IT RESOLVED by the
New Mexico NAHRO State Chapter Executive Board that we support the Housing
America Campaign and will include information relating to the campaign
for our members during our conferences and events, seek support from our
members and advocate for the membership to hold local events that will
raise public awareness of the importance of affordable housing and community
development programs and resources.
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(L-R) Chris Herbert, VP of Professional
Development, NM NAHRO; Robbie R. Levey,President, NM NAHRO; Thomas G.
Hassell, VP of Housing, NM NAHRO; John Bohm, Congressional Relations and
Public Affairs, NAHRO; Dodi Salazar, Senior VP, NM NAHRO; Karen K Wilson,
Immediate Past President, NM NAHRO.
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NOW, THEREFORE, we, the Mayor and
City Council of the City of Las Cruces, hereby proclaim the "Housing
America Campaign" to be a successful program that, over a period
of many years, has endeavoured to address affordable housing and community
development needs and has been successful in doing so using a combination
of local, state and federal resources. We hereby endorse the Housing America
Campaign, its goals, objectives and purposes.
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Thomas Hassell, Executive Director,
Housing Authority of the City of Las Cruces and Dona Ana County; Win Jacobs,
Board Chair; and City Councilor Dolores Conner reading the proclamation
in support of the Housing America Campaign accepted and resolved by the
City of Las Cruces, NM City Council.
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"County commissioners and Lebanon Mayor Bob Anspach both issued proclamations this week to endorse Housing America's campaign, which is focused on the broad need for affordable housing." -Lebanon Daily News, April 26, 2008 |
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Remarks By Congressman Jim McDermott (D-WA) Recognizing 2008 Housing
America Campaign, July 8, 2008
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"I rise today to commend the National Association
of Housing and Redevelopment Officials (NAHRO) and their partners in the
non-profit, governmental, and private sectors for embarking on their 2008
Housing America Campaign...We have more work to do in Congress and it
will probably require an Administration with a greater commitment to addressing
the affordable housing crisis in the U.S. But we should all be grateful
to NAHRO and their partners for sounding the alarm and raising awareness
both in the Congress and around the country. They make our jobs much easier."
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Now THEREFORE, I, Christine O. Gregoire,
Governor of the state of Washington, do hereby proclaim April 2008 as
Affordable Housing Month in Washington State, and I urge all citizens
to join me in this special observance.
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2008 Housing America Campaign Chairman: Raymond Bender, Lebanon County HRA
NAHRO staff: Mary Barron, John Bohm, or Beth Cooper (202-289-3500).
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