About NAAHL

OUR MISSION

NAAHL’s mission is to expand economic opportunity through innovative financing and policymaking for affordable housing and community development.

Founded in 1990, NAAHL is the national alliance of the leading investors and lenders in affordable housing and community development – bringing together banks, CDFIs, and other public, private, and nonprofit lenders.

NAAHL’s member network uniquely represents the public-private partnership that makes possible affordable housing and community development financing in America.

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We Connect

We connect as a cross-sector network to share emerging challenges, opportunities, and ideas. NAAHL is where experienced practitioners with diverse perspectives find common ground and gather to shape future investments, practices, and policies.

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We Lead

We lead as a united voice for bipartisan public policies and best practices to support financing of affordable housing and community development. NAAHL serves as the “honest broker” in public policy debates and works closely with policymakers and industry leaders.

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We Inform

We inform as both a rapid response policy team and as an incubator of innovative, efficient, effective, and inclusive policy development. NAAHL is a one-stop resource for best practices, public policy developments, and the latest data and research.

OUR HISTORY

Founded in 1990, NAAHL is the national alliance of the leading investors and lenders in affordable housing and community development – bringing together banks, CDFIs, and other public, private, and nonprofit lenders.

As we celebrate 35 years of impact, NAAHL continues to serve as a leading voice in housing policy and an honest broker helping policymakers advance solutions to address our housing shortage and grow local economies.

Adequate, affordable housing supply is a cornerstone of a healthy economy. NAAHL’s goal is to unlock economic opportunity through investments in affordable housing supply for renters and homeowners nationwide.

NAAHL has successfully advocated for:

  • Restoration and indefinite extension of Federal Financing Bank long-term, fixed-rate funding for FHA-insured multifamily risk sharing mortgages

  • Inclusion of NAAHL recommendations in the Treasury Department’s report on Community Reinvestment Act (CRA) modernization

  • Improved CRA guidance on community development

  • Defense of CRA against critics blaming it for the housing meltdown and Great Recession

  • Protection of Low-Income Housing Tax Credits, Private Activity Bonds, and New Markets Tax Credits in 2017 tax reform

  • Introduction of legislation to expand and improve Low-Income Housing Tax Credits

  • Favorable treatment of public welfare investments under Federal Reserve CCAR stress tests, the Volcker Rule, and Basel III Risk-Based Capital Rule

  • Introduction of the Neighborhood Homes Investment Act, which would create a new federal income tax credit for developing owner-occupied homes in distressed communities

  • NAAHL continues to lead policy advocacy independently and through the following partnerships:

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Meet NAAHL’s Board of Directors responsible for leading investments in affordable housing and community development.

NAAHL Staff

Located in Washington, D.C., NAAHL is a rapid response policy team and an incubator of innovative, efficient, effective, and inclusive policy development.

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Sarah Brundage

PRESIDENT & CEO

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Megan Cheney

POLICY RESEARCH DIRECTOR

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Kelly Crouch

POLICY MANAGER

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Christina Sin

OPERATIONS DIRECTOR

Our Members

NAAHL members are leading the response to our national affordable housing shortage. Through direct investments in communities and identifying and elevating innovative solutions, NAAHL members are making an impact on the ground today and helping scale solutions that work for the future.

Sustaining Members

General Members