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» Affordable Housing Design Advisor 
Helps architects with tips on designing attractive and practical dwellings for low-income and disabled residents. Page includes examples of current residential buildings from around the US and motivations for doing such projects.
http://www.designadvisor.org/
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» California Housing Law Project
Advocacy organization that provides news and action alerts related to affordable housing as well as statistics and pending legislation in California.
http://www.housingadvocates.org
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» Enterprise Foundation
Supports over 1200 community-based nonprofits creating homes affordable to low-income Americans. Offers funding applications and timelines, resource database, a forum and other developer support, all searchable.
http://www.enterprisefoundation.org/
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» Habitat International Coalition
International links, articles, calendar and organizational information for HIC, a network of peoples' organizations and NGOs working on housing and habitat.
http://www.hic-net.org
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» Housing California
California's statewide nonprofit organization representing a coalition of advocates for affordable housing and homeless issues provides action alerts; organizing materials; information about their annual conference; and links to advocates, resources, nonp
http://www.housingca.org
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» Housing Research Resources
A guide to the UC Berkeley library and Internet literature of housing. Included are basic research tools, historical sources, and strategies for finding needed materials with an extensive list of web links.
http://www.lib.berkeley.edu/ENVI/housing2.html
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» Knowledgeplex
News feeds, discussion forums, listserve, publications and searchable index of publications related to low income housing. Site is sponsored by the Fannie Mae Foundation.
http://www.knowledgeplex.org
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» Local Initiatives Support Corporation - LISC
Information about LISC, a nonprofit which provides grants, loans and equity investments to CDCs for neighborhood redevelopment. THe site also has best practice materials, tools and templates related to the development of affordable housing, web links and
http://www.liscnet.org/
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» McGill University School of Architecture
Minimum Cost Housing Group offer research and support in poor urban neighborhoods in finding solutions for settlement problems. Page includes abstracts of theses, events, and publications.
http://www.mcgill.ca/mchg/
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» Mercy Housing
Organizational information regarding Mercy Housing, a national not-for-profit organization developing affordable rentals, low income housing, health care, and senior services.
http://www.mercyhousing.org/
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» National Association of Housing and Redevelopment Officials
Housing and community development advocate for the provision of adequate and affordable housing and strong, viable communities for all Americans - particularly those with low- and moderate-incomes. Our members administer HUD programs such as Public Housin
http://www.nahro.org
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» National Equity Fund, Inc.
created in 1987 by Local Initiatives Support Corporation (LISC) to help fuel affordable housing development through syndication of low-income housing tax credits (LIHTCs).
http://www.nefinc.org
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» National Housing Conference
A professional membership organization that focuses on affordable housing and community development issues
http://www.nhc.org/
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» National Housing Federation
Umbrella body that represents independent non-profit housing associations in the United Kingdom.
http://www.housing.org.uk/
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» National Housing Institute
NHI is a nonprofit organization that examines the issues causing the crisis in housing and community in America. NHI publishes "Shelterforce" magazine.
http://www.nhi.org/
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» National Housing Law Project
NHLP works to advance housing justice for the poor by providing legal assistance, advocacy advice and housing expertise to legal services, low-income housing advocacy groups, and others.
http://www.nhlp.org/
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» Public Housing Agency Profiles (HUD)
Searchable database with brief descriptions and contact information for Housing Authorities in the US
http://www.hud.gov/offices/pih/systems/pic/haprofiles/index.cfm
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» Research Institute for Housing America
Publications related to mortgage and housing markets and Annual Conference on Housing Opportunity information from nonprofit sponsored by the Mortgage Bankers Association of America.
http://www.housingamerica.org
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» US Department of Housing and Urban Development
Links to housing news; information about home owning, buying, renting and financing; community data; pages about how to work with HUD; a resource library; handbooks.
http://www.hud.gov/
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» Welfare Reform and Housing
Large index of publications, issue papers, links, organizations and state specific initiatives
http://www.financeprojectinfo.org/WIN/housing.asp
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