Since a major part of advocacy involves understanding what affordable housing is, how to advocate, what's the need, or even where to find more information, Joining Forces provides workshops, news, and other educational resources.

What is Affordable Housing?

Click to learn basic affordable housing facts:

• What is Affordable Housing?
• What is Housing Cost Burden?
• Area Median Income (AMI) & Affordability
• Occupations & Housing Prices

Workshops

Joining Forces does workshops on various affordable housing advocacy topics. Some workshops are regularly offered and others are offered based on current campaigns or an expressed need.

Click here to view what's currently being offered. 

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Common Concerns about Affordable Housing

When community members express concerns about affordable housing in their neighborhoods, most of these concerns center around whether affordable housing will increase crime or if it will lower surrounding property values. 

This page provides summaries and sources that discuss these matters.

Affordable Housing News

Since mid-2023, we have been curating affordable housing news articles and listing them on our News page. Some of these articles appear in our monthly newsletters, but those and more are archived here and organized by year and month.

Click here to view our News page. 

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