National Housing Trust

“Some of the officers for national housing trust are also the officers for the institute for community economics, national housing trust community development fund, and nht communities. The directors for national housing trust also provide governance to ice , nhtcdf, and nhtc.”

“The form 990 is reviewed by the chief financial officer.”

“Each board member must sign a conflict of interest declaration upon joining the board and signs a new declaration annually. Copies of the signed declarations are saved with other documents related to corporate policies and procedures.”

“Compensation for the executive director/ceo is determined by the nht board of directors and is reviewed every year by the board's executive committee as per the executive compensation policy. They obtain research and compensation information that assists in determining the salary, such as independent salary and benefit compensation studies, written job offers for positions at similar organizations, documented phone calls about similar positions in other non-profit and for-profit organizations, and/or information obtained from the form 990 filings of similar organizations. To approve the compensation, the board must document how it reached its decision and the data in which it relied in the meeting minutes the executive committee of the nht board also evaluates the performance of the ceo annually. All other officers and staff's salaries are determined by the ceo. Each staff member receives an annual review to assess performance and sets goals.”

“The organization's governing documents and policies are available for public inspection at the organization's office during regular business hours upon request.”

“The national housing trust protects, improves, and maintains existing affordable housing so that low-income families can live in quality neighborhoods with access to opportunities.”

“Federal & state policy work: the national housing trust advances federal, state, and local policies that create equitable and sustainable communities by safeguarding our nation's affordable homes. We work with our partners to preserve and improve affordable multifamily rental housing by: providing research and analysis on our nation's at-risk affordable homes; shaping legislation and policy implementation to protect existing housing resources; documenting successful, cost effective and replicable affordable housing preservation state and local policy solutions; expanding and improving utility energy efficiency programs to drive large-scale efficiency investments in affordable multifamily buildings; leading a coalition of affordable housing preservation advocates and practitioners known as the preservation working group; providing research and analysis on our nation's at-risk affordable homes; and jointly leading a powerful collaboration to introduce private and public energy efficiency investment into affordable housing.”

“This 990 is being prepared with the best available information at the time. Upon completion of the audit, if there are any significant changes, appropriate action will be taken.”