OUT OF REACH 2014
Twenty-Five Years Later, The Affordable Housing Crisis Continues
This year marks the 40th anniversary of the National Low Income Housing Coalition and the 25th anniversary of Out of Reach. In 1974, Cushing Dolbeare convened the “Ad Hoc Low Income Housing Coalition” in response to major changes in federal housing policy. Eventually the ad hoc coalition was organized and incorporated into two partner organizations: the Low Income Housing Information Service (LIHIS) and the National Low Income Housing Coalition (NLIHC). Barry Zigas was hired as the new President of NLIHC and Executive Secretary of LIHIS in 1984 and Cushing stayed on to chair the NLIHC board and serve as a consultant to LIHIS. The two organizations merged in 1996.
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