Sacramento Housing Alliance

A nonprofit organization
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The Sacramento Housing Alliance (SHA) is a broad coalition of housing developers, housing and homeless advocacy organizations, non-profit service providers, community groups, individuals and others dedicated to improving the housing options of lower income families and individuals.  SHA formed in 1989 and is incorporated as a nonprofit 501(c)(3) organization.  SHA works with community groups, business leaders and elected officials to raise awareness about the need for affordable housing and improved sustainability and maintenance of existing housing.  We also monitor the funding and policy decisions of local redevelopment agencies and governments in order to effect positive change.  The Housing Alliance seeks to help the community keep informed on important issues related to housing and the intersection of health and housing.  The vision of SHA extends beyond affordable housing to a vision of opportunity-rich communities, where all people in the Sacramento region are supported by equitable public policies and practices.

Mission

Sacramento Housing Alliance advances opportunities to build and preserve affordable homes for lower-income residents of the greater Sacramento region. SHA educates, leads, and promotes policy change to create housing choice.

Vision:

Everyone in the Sacramento region has a dignified and affordable place to call home.

Pillars/Values:

● Dignity: Housing is a human right.

● Invest: Ensure funding to build and preserve affordable homes commensurate with our needs.

● Education: Providing policy expertise for regional elected officials, policymakers and community and community members.

● Sustainability: Creating structural change to benefit low income and communities of color.

● Equity: End racial and economic discrimination in housing and address impacts of historic discrimination

● Leadership: Build strong coalitions with community organizations and partners

● End Homelessness: Building safe, affordable homes is how we end homelessness.

● Social Justice: Ensure investments in affordable housing benefit our most vulnerable neighbors.

● Inclusion: Create an organizational culture of racial equity, diversity, inclusion, and belonging that informs our policy work.

Needs

At Sacramento Housing Alliance (SHA), we believe housing is a human right. According to the California Budget and Policy Center, 1 in 5 households face severe housing cost burdens, spending more than half of their income toward housing expenses. This means that many of our community members are not living a full and healthy life. People are struggling to survive. Joining the movement for fair and affordable housing means that we all win. For over 30 years, SHA has fought for housing rights and economic justice. Your investment in our work will activate policy change and support affordable housing. Furthermore, it is a commitment that we collectively want to build a future where everyone has access to health, a home, and foster a community of belonging.

To deal with the current crisis and to begin to build the capacity of our organization for the future, our needs are:

Organizational or Individual memberships - Our members reflect a diverse broad base both locally and statewide. They are engaged in efforts throughout the region and at the state and national level educating and advocating for progressive affordable housing and systemic racial equity policies.

We cannot do this work without a broad base of members, joining us to help do this critical work. Our members are concerned individuals and organizations who want to ensure that every single individual in our community has a place to call home.

Donations or Monthly Donors - William Byron Rumford Monthly Donor Circle. Giving monthly provides ongoing support to our racial and social justice work focused on repairing the long history of housing discrimination.

Equity Statement

Sacramento Housing Alliance is committed to equity, diversity, and inclusion in its vision to build affordable housing for all and end homelessness in the Sacramento Region.

Organization Data

Summary

Organization name

Sacramento Housing Alliance

other names

SHA

Year Established

1989

Tax id (EIN)

68-0252305

Mission Category

Housing, Shelter

Operating Budget

$250,001-$500,000

Organization Need

Funding: Unrestricted, Volunteers, In-Kind Donations, Board Members, Funding: Other

Demographics Served

Low-income individuals/families, General population, Homeless/Underhoused/Unhoused

BIPOC Leadership

Board Chair

Local Counties Served

Sacramento, Yolo, Placer, El Dorado

Address

PO Box 1708
Sacramento, CA 95812

Service areas

Sacramento County, CA, US

Yolo County, CA, US

Placer County, CA, US

El Dorado County, CA, US

Yuba County, CA, US

Phone

916-455-4900

Email

development@sachousingalliance.org

Website

http://www.sachousingalliance.org

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