National Low Income Housing Coalition

“Since the prior year form 990 was filed, nlihc made revisions to its governing documents to ensure legal sufficiency and improve clarity and format. These changes were non-substantive and did not alter the organization's structure, purpose, or operations”

“Nlihc has individual members, organizational members and special members.”

“Nlihc's federal form 990 is prepared by an outside accounting firm based on input from nlihc staff. Upon its completion, the draft form 990 is reviewed by the nlihc board of directors prior to filing with the internal revenue service.”

“Nlihc has a conflict of interest/disclosure policy/statement that each board member and staff member reviews and signs annually. If a conflict of interest arises, the director or officer having the conflict does not participate in the final deliberation or decision regarding the matter under consideration, and will retire from the room during the deliberations. Any proposed activity or transaction in which a director or officer has a conflict of interest must be approved by a majority of the directors of the board of directors or of the applicable committee of the board of directors entitled to vote other than the interested director(s) at a meeting at which a quorum is present, even though the disinterested directors may constitute less than a quorum. Such interested director(s), if present, may be counted solely for purposes of determining whether a quorum is present. The minutes of the meeting of the board of directors or the committee of the board of directors reflect that the conflict of interest was disclosed and that the interested person did not vote or participate in the final discussions, and, if appropriate, was not present during such discussions and vote. Where there is a doubt as to whether a conflict of interest exists, the matter is resolved by a vote of the board of directors or the committee of the board of directors, excluding the person concerning whose situation the doubt has arisen.”

“Nlihc periodically conducts a survey of salaries and benefits of staff, including the president and ceo and other key staff, from comparable organizations located in or around the district of columbia. Such a survey was being undertaken for all staff in 2023, and one was undertaken for the president and ceo position in 2021. A ceo performance and compensation subcommittee of the board considers the survey of compensation from 990s of ceos of comparable organizations in the dc area and makes a recommendation to the full board of directors. The full board of directors votes on and approves the annual organizational budget each november, which includes proposed across-the-board salary adjustments. The board of directors considers the organization's budget, as well as prevailing salaries and benefits for nonprofit ceos in the dc metropolitan area and the input of the ceo performance and compensation subcommittee, when determining the salary of and any bonuses for its ceo.”

“Nlihc's bylaws, board minutes, conflict of interest statements, and other policy documents are maintained at nlihc's offices and are made available to anyone who requests to see them. Financial statements are published each year in nlihc's annual report, which is made available to all nlihc members, supporters, and other key stakeholders and to the general public on nlihc's website.”

“Tbor is a comprehensive policy agenda proposal that affirms the need for federally enforced tenant protections. The proposal was written with direct input from tenant leaders, people with lived experience of housing instability, legal aid experts, and advocates nationwide. Designed to shape action at the federal level and provide a foundation of needed protections for all tenants, the policy agenda's principles are also applicable at the state and local levels to strengthen and enforce tenants' rights. Tbor builds on the tremendous success of advocates nationwide who have helped enact or implement nearly 300 local and state renter protections over the past few years. In 2024, nlihc released a series of toolkits to oppose harmful actions to criminalize homelessness, oppose cuts to federal housing investments in the fy2025 budget, and to equip advocates for resources on connecting with their state and local representatives: oppose dramatic cuts to federal investments in affordable housing: this toolkit includes resources, talking points, advocacy ideas, and other helpful information on defending funding for affordable housing and homelessness resources in the fiscal year (fy) 2025 federal budget. Oppose the criminalization of homelessness: following the decision in grants pass v. Johnson, the supreme court ruled that local governments can arrest or fine people experiencing homelessness for sleeping outside, even when adequate shelter is not available. The toolkit supports advocates in their efforts to urge state and local policymakers to oppose the criminalization of homelessness and instead to support long-term solutions like investments in affordable, accessible housing and housing assistance. Capitol hill day advocacy toolkit: this toolkit includes tips for scheduling meetings, as well as talking points, a meeting request template, and tips for sharing your story with elected officials during august recess. Mobilization and reach a key to nlihc's campaign successes has been our ability to effectively mobilize members of the affordable housing community and beyond including multi-sector partners in the health care, education, faith-based, civil rights, local government, and other sectors and engage thousands of advocates in webinars and digital events, sign on letters, advocacy days, and other calls to action. A few of nlihc's additional priority efforts in 2024 included: producing and widely distributing ongoing research, like the gap 2024: a shortage of affordable homes and out of reach 2024, as well as 18 other research reports on tenant protections, rental housing preservation, disaster housing recovery, and more. Growing and expanding the influence of the nlihc's opportunity starts at home multi-sector affordable housing campaign, nlihc's state and tribal partner network, and nlihc's collective of national tenant leaders, for the advancement of the organization's priority housing solutions. Updating and maintaining nlihc's and the public and affordable housing research corporation's (pahrc) national affordable housing preservation database of all federally assisted housing in the country, which provides organizations and advocates engaged in affordable housing preservation with essential data. Continuing to expand nlihc's leadership in media and social media communications. The number of nationwide media stories (in print, online, tv, and radio media) featuring nlihc's research and expertise grew from approximately 2,000 in 2016 to nearly 16,000 in 2024.”

“The process has not changed from prior year.”