For generations, people have valued being a good neighbor, making sure others are safe, fed, and doing well.
Yet many of our neighbors don’t feel like they belong in the Bay, struggling to remain and prosper in our region due to rising housing costs and an insufficient supply of housing options.
This Affordable Housing Month, we’re inviting you to embrace the Bay Area as our neighborhood, because good neighboring impacts more than just you and me; it strengthens our entire community.
Join us in saying yes to proven, evidence-based solutions that can ensure that every person has a safe, stable, and affordable place to call home. Because every person in the Bay is our neighbor and they belong here with us. Our neighbors are the heart of our communities.
What Is Affordable Housing Month?
May is #AffordableHousingMonth! Each year, Affordable Housing Month brings the Bay together to grow public will and support for affordable housing and racial justice as well as educate our communities on affordable housing’s impact on us all.
This year, we’re inviting residents from across the region to embrace the Bay Area as our neighborhood. What would it look like to actively welcome all of our neighbors to live, work, play, and stay in our region? What would it take to create a space where everyone, no matter their background, is welcomed and valued? What would living in the Bay Area feel like if everyone saw you as their neighbor? Join the conversation this year! Attend an AHM regional event and/or weigh in online on Twitter with #AffordableHousingMonth:
Get Involved!
Events
Housing advocates and allies across the Bay Area are joining together through a series of in-person and virtual events including interactive discussions, trainings, art shows, and more!
Check out local events in your area to join us in embracing the Bay Area as our neighborhood! We’ll be learning about the ways we can advance a thriving, connected, and safe region for all our neighbors, one where every person has a safe, stable, and affordable home.
Featured Events
Engage
Join the conversation online! Use #AffordableHousingMonth during May on social media and share:
Join us by engaging online and sharing what you think it means to embrace the Bay Area as our neighborhood:
Affordable Housing Month Graphics: Want to share about Affordable Housing Month? Check out and download all of our graphics, GIFs, children’s coloring page, and more.
Social Media: Join the conversation online! Use our social media toolkit and the hashtag #AffordableHousingMonth during May on social media and share what you think the Bay Area could look like if everyone saw you as their neighbor.
Social Media: Submit our Twitter prompt: Why are you proud to call the Bay Area your neighborhood?
Participating Organizations
The Non-Profit Housing Association of Northern California (NPH) is proud to work with our regional partners and members around the Bay Area to celebrate Affordable Housing Month and lead conversations, events, and opportunities to engage.
Affordable Housing Month happens thanks to our partner United Way Bay Area, the county conveners who organize events all over the Bay Area, and the dozens of NPH members that, as part of the Strategic Communications Council, gather stories, share resources, and foster conversation.
County Conveners
Strategic Communications Council Members
Press
The media has a critical role to play in telling our region’s and state’s affordable housing story. We invite reporters to join us in deepening their understanding of how this issue impacts our communities as well as the solutions and opportunities ahead. Please see below for media releases and resources. Questions? Get in touch with NPH Communications Director Alina Harway (alina@nonprofithousing.org)
Shift the Bay Reporter Resources
There’s been such a leap during the COVID-19 crisis in public understanding of the connections between health and racial justice in the Bay Area. It’s important to do the same for housing and racial justice in the Bay Area as our communities move forward with new housing solutions and recover from the many side effects of the pandemic. The purpose of this resource guide for local journalists is to provide important at-a-glance housing facts, flag some considerations when covering housing, and offer knowledgeable Bay Area housing justice expert voices for future stories. Download Reporter Resources.
NPH is the proud anchor-organization of the Bay Area Shift the Bay Initiative, a coalition-driven initiative to advance housing and racial justice in the Bay Area.
News
Guest Column: May marks Affordable Housing Month (5/8/21)
The “Mayor’s Message” guest column in the Santa Cruz Sentinel unpacks the challenges — and opportunities — for affordable housing development, and uplifts Affordable Housing Month and new local advocacy organization Housing Santa Cruz County… Read more.
RELEASE: New Reports on Bay Area Housing Costs Demonstrates Need for CA Legislature and State Budget to Prioritize Affordable Housing Now (5/6/21)
In anticipation of the release of Governor Gavin Newsom’s May Revision to the 2021-22 state budget proposal, and as affordable housing advocates and supporters across the Bay Area kickoff Affordable Housing Month, a new set of reports from California Housing Partnership provides a glimpse into the reality of people living and working severely housing cost-burdened in the Bay Area… Read more.
RELEASE: Bay Area And Statewide Community Organizations Call For Emergency Federal Action On COVID-19 Public Health And Economic Crises (4/27/20)
More than 100 of the Bay Area and state’s leading non-profit and community organizations sent an emergency letter to Speaker Pelosi and the California Congressional delegation today that directs lawmakers to take immediate action on housing policy to directly address the COVID-19 environment in California and nation-wide… Read more.
