The New York State Rural Housing Coalition, Inc. was formed in 1979 as a nonprofit corporation. Supported by more than 200 member organizations, the Coalition is committed to providing safe, affordable housing for low- and moderate-income rural New Yorkers.
Our Mission
The Coalition is a statewide membership organization dedicated to strengthening and revitalizing rural New York by assisting housing and community development providers. The coalition supports rural housing and community development providers through:
Organizational Development
Skills/Capacity Building
Education and Training
Resource Development
Raising Public Awareness
Public Policy Research and Analysis
Hundreds of thousands of New Yorkers live below the poverty line. Of these impoverished people, one-third live in rural communities. In rural New York, the poverty levels are high and per capita income is low.
Some are unable to afford decent housing. Others find that the cost of housing leaves little money for food, heat, clothing and medical expenses. Even families with moderate incomes find that inflation has far outstripped earning ability; that housing costs have placed home ownership far beyond reach.
Affordable housing provides a solution. However, it is not a simple solution: the complexities of creating affordable housing -- regulatory, financial, design, needs assessment and so on -- are compounded by ever-changing information.
The Rural Housing Coalition's network of rural housing professionals work toward a common goal: to design, develop, finance, build and manage affordable housing to meet the diverse needs of rural New Yorkers. Members of our network share their knowledge and expertise to forward this goal. They include government leaders and agency staff, housing and community developers, financial planners, architects, attorneys, regional planners, health and human services professionals, and others. Together, these housing professionals form a unified voice advocating for improving the quality of life in rural New York.
The Coalition has considerable experience in :
nonprofit community-based organization development & management;
affordable housing development, financing and management;
housing resource development;
educational programming & information dissemination.
