The Collaborative addresses affordable housing needs in a holistic way, including preserving quality homes, building new, and improving access to a home. We track the concepts, data, and plans that impact Houston’s short and long-term housing strategies. These are among the areas the Collaborative considers as we work together to promote the need for better policies and a coherent vision for affordable housing for all:

• Community Viability • Economic Stability and Opportunity

• Financing Tools • Equitable Transportation

• Education • Health

Knowledge Sharing

• Monthly presentations to members from subject matter experts and local organizations.

• Regular meetings of the Board Of Directors, the governing body that helps to set strategic direction for the Collaborative, informed by members.

• Committee or work group convening as needed.

• Email blasts for members, in between general meetings (List Serv).

• Website to host written meeting summaries, meeting recordings & HHC library of documents materials.

• Educational workshops and symposiums.

Community Engagement

• HHC members consists of individuals and organizations who focus on community development issues (i.e. health, transportation, education, and safety).

• HHC is committed to developing an educational and awareness campaign to increase the understanding about the role and importance of affordable housing.

• We engage organizations and individuals that address issues across the housing spectrum (i.e., from homelessness to homeownership), and with those who focus on related community development issues (i.e. health, transportation, education, and safety).

Advocacy

• Members actively weigh in on key issues.

• Members operate/make decisions based on consensus as well as some key rules of engagement and communications procedures.

• Members form work groups based on public policy issues and concerns in order to draft positions and statements for membership approval.