10 Things Your Faith Community
Can Do to Encourage Homeownership:
Links

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Community Development

• ABA Consumer Connection - Predatory Lending (www.aba.com/Consumer+Connection/CNC_pred1.htm)
• Association for Enterprise Opportunity (www.microenterpriseworks.org)
• Center for Civic Networking (www.civicnet.org)
• Center of Excellence for Sustainable Development (CESD) (www.sustainable.doe.gov/)
• Coalition of Community Development Financial Institutions (www.cdfi.org)
• Community Career Center (www.nonprofitjobs.org)
• Community Connections (www.comcon.org/)
• Community Development Society (http://comm-dev.org/)
• Community Reinvestment Fund (www.crfusa.com)
• Consortium for Citizens with Disabilities (www.c-c-d.org)
• Empowerment Zones & Enterprise Community Program (www.ezec.gov/)
• Enterprise Foundation, The (www.enterprisefoundation.org)
• GEO: Global Environmental Options (www.greendesign.net)
• HUD User (www.huduser.org/)
• HandsNet (www.handsnet.org)
• International Economic Development Council (www.iedconline.org)
• National Assembly of National Voluntary Health & Human Service Organizations (www.nassembly.org)
• National Association of Development Organizations (NADO) (www.nado.org/index.html)
• National Association of Housing and Redevelopment Officials (www.nahro.org/)
• National Coalition for the Homeless (www.nationalhomeless.org)
• National Congress for Community Economic Development (www.ncced.org)
• National Council of State Housing Agencies (www.ncsha.org)
• National Housing Institute (www.nhi.org/)
• Planetizen (www.planetizen.com)
• PolicyLink (www.policylink.org)
• Pratt Institute Center for Community and Environmental Development (www.picced.org)
• Right to Know Net (www.rtk.net)
• Rocky Mountain Institute (www.rmi.org)
• Rural Policy Research Institute (www.rupri.org)
• USDA Rural Housing Service (www.rurdev.usda.gov/rhs/index.html)
• W. K. Kellogg Collection on Rural Community Development (www.unl.edu/kellogg/index.html)
• Woodstock Institute (www.woodstockinst.org)

Government - Portal: FirstGov (www.firstgov.gov)

• Bureau of Labor Statistics (http://stats.bls.gov/)
• Community Connections (www.comcon.org/)
• Department of Housing & Urban Development
• FedWorld (www.fedworld.gov/)
• Federal Housing Finance Board (www.fhfb.gov)
• Federal Register (www.gpoaccess.gov/fr/index.html)
• GPO Access (www.gpoaccess.gov/index.html)
• HUD User (www.huduser.org/)
• Internal Revenue Service (www.irs.gov)
• National Telecommunications and Information Administration (www.ntia.doc.gov/)
• NonProfit Gateway (www.nonprofit.gov)
• Office of Thrift Supervision (www.ots.treas.gov)
• Right to Know Net (www.rtk.net)
• U.S. Census Bureau (www.census.gov/)
• U.S. Department of Commerce (www.doc.gov)
• U.S. House of Representatives (www.house.gov/)
• U.S. Senate (www.senate.gov/)
• USDA Rural Housing Service (www.rurdev.usda.gov/rhs/index.html)

Housing

• Affordable Housing Finance (www.HousingFinance.com)
• Consortium for Housing and Asset Management, The (www.cham.org/)
• Department of Community Affairs Programs Book (www.state.nj.us/dca/programsbook/index.html)
• Department of Housing & Urban Development
• Enterprise Foundation (www.enterprisefoundation.org)
• Fair Lending Guide Page (www.ffhsj.com/fairlend/fair.htm)
• Freddie Mac (www.freddiemac.com/)
• HomePath (www.homepath.com)
• Housing Assistance Council (www.ruralhome.org)
• Institute of Real Estate Management (www.irem.org/)
• National Association of Affordable Housing Lenders (www.ffhsj.com/fairlend/naahl.htm)
• National Association of Home Builders (www.nahb.com)
• National Coalition for the Homeless (www.nationalhomeless.org)
• National Community Reinvestment Coalition (www.ncrc.org)
• National Council of State Housing Agencies (www.ncsha.org)
• Right to Know Net (www.rtk.net)
• US Code on Affordable Housing (http://fatty.law.cornell.edu/uscode/42/ch130.html)
• USDA Rural Housing Service (www.rurdev.usda.gov/rhs/index.html)

Leadership

• BoardSource (www.boardsource.org)
• Center for Civic Networking (www.civicnet.org)
• Citistates Group LLC (www.citistates.com)
• Civic Practices Network (www.cpn.org)
• HandsNet (www.handsnet.org)
• National Leadership Institute (www.umuc.edu/prog/nli/nli.html)
• Pratt Institute Center for Community and Environmental Development (www.picced.org)
• Alliance for Nonprofit Management (www.allianceonline.org)

Legislative

• Thomas (http://thomas.loc.gov)
• Current Members of Congress (www.vote-smart.org/ce/congresstrack/c_index/c_index.phtml?titlehead=Current+Members+of+Congress&checking=)
• Roll Call Votes and Member Voting Records (http://lcweb.loc.gov/global/legislative/voting.html)
• Congressional Votes Library (http://congress.nw.dc.us/c-span/subjvote.html)
• Government Printing Office (www.access.gpo.gov/)
• U.S. House of Representatives (www.house.gov/)
• Committee on Appropriations (www.house.gov/appropriations/)
• House Committee on Banking and Financial Services (www.house.gov/banking/)
• U.S. Senate (www.senate.gov)
• Senate Committee on Appropriations (www.senate.gov/~appropriations/)
• Senate Banking Committee (www.senate.gov/~banking/)
• The Federal Register (www.gpoaccess.gov/fr/index.html)
• General Accounting Office (www.gao.gov/)
• Fedworld (www.fedworld.gov/)
• Congressional Quarterly (www.cq.com/)
• All Politics (www.allpolitics.com/)
• C-Span (www.c-span.org/)
• CAPWEB (www.capweb.net/)
• Federal Times (www.federaltimes.com/)
• Roll Call (www.rollcall.com/)

Publications

• Affordable Housing Finance (www.HousingFinance.com)
• BoardSource (www.boardsource.org/)
• Chronicle of Philanthropy (http://philanthropy.com)
• Fair Lending Guide (www.ffhsj.com/fairlend/fair.htm)
• Grantsmanship Center, The (http://www.tgci.com/)
• Shelterforce Online (www.nhi.org/online/issues.html)
• W. K. Kellogg Collection on Rural Community Development (www.unl.edu/kellogg/index.html)

Philanthropy

• Chronicle of Philanthropy (http://philanthropy.com)
• Council on Foundations (http://www.cof.org)
• Foundation Center (http://fdncenter.org/)
• Foundations On-Line (www.foundations.org)
• Foundations and Foundation Information (www.library.wisc.edu/libraries/Memorial/grants/fdnsorg3.htm)
• Grants Information Center (www.library.wisc.edu/libraries/Memorial/grantshp.htm)
• Grantsmanship Center (www.tgci.com/)
• Philanthropy Journal Online (www.npxpress.com/front.asp)