Developing Housing Coalitions at the Local and State Levels

Table of Contents

• From The Project Director

• Introduction

• The Maryland Home of Your Own Coalition

• Coalition Partners

• Organizing the Coalition

• Identifying the Issues

• Developing A Mission Statement

• Developing Goals and A Timetable

• Affordable Housing and Home Ownership Issues

• Fannie Mae Homechoice Mortgage Product

• State Mortgage Product

• Working With Local Coalitions

• The Arc of Anne Arundel County’s "Opening Doors"

• Parents As Initiators of Change: FOCUS

• Housing Coalition Summary

• Support Services Summary

• Housing Resources

• Self-Advocacy

• Financial Planning

• Discrimination

• Summary

• Websites of Interest

• Other Resource Manuals

• References