Advocacy and Informational Tools

 

LOOK UP YOUR REPRESENTATIVE:

Congress.org Elected Officials (website)

 

CONGRESSIONAL CONTACTS LIST

CHPC's master list of contacts for the California Congressional Delegation (pdf)

 

KEY MEMBER BIOS

CHPC's collection of biographys of key members of the California Congressional Deligation (pdf)

 

UNDERSTANDING THE FEDERAL LEGISLATIVE PROCESS

CHPC's Legislative Basics handout (pdf)

 

UNDERSTANDING THE FEDERAL BUDGET PROCESS

CHPC's Federal Budget & Appropriations Process handout (pdf)

Congressional Research Service report on the Appropriations Process (pdf)

 

U.S. HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

• Representatives

• Committees

• Leadership

• House Organizations

http://www.house.gov/

 

U.S. SENATE

• Senators

• Committees

• Legislation

• References

http://www.senate.gov/

HOUSING AND RELATED COMMITTEES

CHPC's description of key housing related committees and California representation (pdf)

 

COMMITTEE WEBSITES

Senate Appropriations

http://appropriations.senate.gov/

Senate Banking, Housing, and Urban Affairs

http://banking.senate.gov/public/

Senate Finance

http://finance.senate.gov/

Senate Energy & Natural Resources

http://energy.senate.gov/public/index.cfm?FuseAction=Home.Home

Senate Commerce, Science, & Transportation

http://commerce.senate.gov/public/

House Appropriations

http://appropriations.house.gov/

House Financial Services

http://financialservices.house.gov/

House Ways and Means

http://waysandmeans.house.gov/

House Energy and Commerce

http://energycommerce.house.gov/

House Transportation and Infrastructure

http://transportation.house.gov/

 

FEDERAL LEGISLATIVE INFORMATION

• Research and download specific bills
• Follow the appropriations process
• Find out what happened in Congress today
• Look up the roll call votes for a specific bill
• Search the Congressional Record

http://thomas.loc.gov/

 
CALIFORNIA CONGRESSIONAL DISTRICT MAPS

http://www.calvoter.org/voter/maps/index.html

 

WHITE HOUSE

• Press Briefings

• Official Statements

• Presidential Actions

• Nominations & Appointments

• Policy

• President’s Agenda

• President’s Administration

 http://www.whitehouse.gov/

 

NEWS AND INFORMATION: CAPITOL HILL, WHITE HOUSE, & NATIONAL POLITICS

Live coverage of Congressional hearings, news conferences, and major speeches

http://www.c-span.org/

LINKS TO ADDITIONAL POLICY & DATA RESOURCES

Center on Budget and Policy Priorities
A research institute that conducts analyses on government policies and programs.

http://www.cbpp.org/research/?fa=topic&id=33

 

National Low Income Housing Coalition

The National Low Income Housing Coalition is dedicated solely to achieving socially just public policy that assures people with the lowest incomes in the United States have affordable and decent homes.

https://www2398.ssldomain.com/nlihc/template/index.cfm

 

National Housing Trust

The National Housing Trust is the only national nonprofit engaged in housing preservation through real estate development, lending, and public policy initiatives.
http://www.nhtinc.org/index.asp

National Housing Law Project

The National Housing Law Project is a law and advocacy center dedicated to advancing housing justice for the poor by using the power of the law to increase and preserve the supply of decent affordable housing, to improve existing housing conditions, including physical conditions and management practices, to expand and enforce low-income tenants' and homeowners' rights, and to increase opportunities for racial and ethnic minorities.

http://www.nhlp.org/

Joint Center for Housing Studies

Harvard University's center for information and research on housing in the United States.

http://www.jchs.harvard.edu/

 
KnowledgePlex

Online Resource Center for Affordable Housing and Community Development

http://www.knowledgeplex.org/

 

HUD Multifamily Data

http://www.hud.gov/offices/hsg/mfh/mfdata.cfm

 

HUD Summary of  Major Mortgage, Grant, Assistance and Regulatory Programs
http://portal.hud.gov/hudportal/documents/huddoc?id=ProgramsofHUD.pdf

 

U.S. Census Bureau Housing Topics

http://www.census.gov/hhes/www/housing.html

 

How Do I Get Involved?

• Sign up for the FPP email newsletter, Federal Policy Project Update.
• Attend the next Federal Housing Policy Summit.

To learn more, contact CHPC Housing Policy Manager, Marilyn Wacks, at mwacks@chpc.net or 415-433-6804 x13.

 

 

 

 

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