Note: many of the following organizations will provide access to statistics and reports as well.
Programs & Organizations
- Bipartisan Policy Center Housing Commission. The Bipartisan Policy Center (BPC) is the only Washington, DC-based think tank that actively promotes bipartisanship. Working to address the key challenges facing the nation, BPC’s policy solutions are the product of informed deliberations by former elected and appointed officials, business and labor leaders, and academics and advocates who represent both ends of the political spectrum. BPC is currently focused on health, energy, national and homeland security, the economy, housing, immigration, and governance.
- Center for Housing Policy. The Center for Housing Policy’s publications cover a range of topics, programs and policies related to the broad goal of identifying and meeting the nation’s housing challenges.
- City of Albuquerque Code Enforcement. Conducts inspections of properties throughout the city to determine compliance with code requirements and, when necessary, notifies owners of observed ordinance violations and methods by which to correct those violations.
- Enterprise Community. Enterprise creates affordable housing through public-private partnerships with financial institutions, governments, community organizations and other partners. Enterprise also issues an Annual Report on funding.
- Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation (FDIC). The FDIC preserves and promotes public confidence in the U.S. financial system by insuring deposits in banks and thrift institutions for at least $250,000; by identifying, monitoring and addressing risks to the deposit insurance funds; and by limiting the effect on the economy and the financial system when a bank or thrift institution fails. FDIC also provides quarterly data on state economic and banking profiles.
- Federal Home Loan Bank. The Federal Home Loan Banks' Affordable Housing Program (AHP) is one of the largest private sources of grant funds for affordable housing in the United States. FHLB also issues reports that include but are not limited to: data from the FHLB's Combined Financial Reports; and analysis of mortgage lending.
- Freddie Mac. Freddie Mac stabilizes the nation's residential mortgage markets and expands opportunities for homeownership and affordable rental housing. Our statutory mission is to provide liquidity, stability and affordability to the U.S. housing market. Freddie Mac participates in the secondary mortgage market by purchasing mortgage loans and mortgage-related securities for investment and by issuing guaranteed mortgage-related securities. Freddie Mac issues reports that include various economic and housing data by state, including but not limited to: mortgage rates, housing market analysis, house price indices, refinance & foreclosure prevention.
- Housing Assistance Council - Building Rural Communities. The Housing Assistance Council (HAC) helps local organizations build affordable homes in rural America. HAC assists in the development of both single- and multi-family homes and promotes homeownership for working low-income rural families through a self-help, "sweat equity" construction method by emphasizing local solutions, empowerment of the poor, reduced dependence, and self-help strategies. HAC offers services to public, nonprofit, and private organizations throughout the rural United States and maintains a special focus on high-need groups and regions, such as: Indian country, the Mississippi Delta, farmworkers, the Southwest border colonias, and Appalachia. HAC produces the Taking Stock Report which is a rural housing report.
- Joint Center for Housing Studies. Harvard University's center for information and research on housing in the United States. Analyzes the dynamic relationships between housing markets and economic, demographic, and social trends. Reports, papers, and conference proceedings (1995-present ) are mostly online beginning in 1999.
- National Housing Law Project. Engaged in public policy advocacy, litigation assistance, training, and research and writing, focusing on issues that have the greatest impact on the housing rights of the poor.
- National League of Cities. An organization comprised of city, town and village leaders that are focused on improving the quality of life for their current and future constituents. With nearly 100 years of dedication to the strength and advancement of local governments, NLC has gained the trust and support of more than 2,700 cities across the nation. Their mission is to relentlessly advocate for, and protect the interests of, cities, towns and villages by influencing federal policy, strengthening local leadership and driving innovative solutions. Resources include datasets, articles and reports, and toolkits.
- National Fair Housing Alliance. NFHA works to eliminate housing discrimination and ensure equitable housing opportunities for all people and communities through its education and outreach, member services, public policy, advocacy, housing and community development, tech equity, enforcement, and consulting and compliance programs.
- National Association of Housing and Redevelopment Officials. A membership organization of more than 19,500 housing and community development providers and professionals throughout the United States. NAHRO members create and manage affordable housing for low- and middle-income families, and support vibrant communities that enhance the quality of life for all. NAHRO members administer more than 3 million homes for more than 8 million people.
- National Housing Conference. A long-established continuum and coalition of affordable housing stakeholders and leaders in America; they convene and collaborate through dialogue, advocacy, research, and education, to develop equitable solutions to address the nation’s most urgent housing priorities that serve the common interest.
- National Affordable Housing Management Association. Advocating on behalf of multifamily property managers and owners whose mission is to provide quality affordable housing. NAHMA supports legislative and regulatory policy that promotes the development and preservation of decent and safe affordable housing, and is a vital resource for technical education and information, and fosters strategic relations between government and industry.
- National Low-Income Housing Coalition. The National Low Income Housing Coalition (NLIHC) is dedicated solely to achieving socially just public policy that assures people with the lowest incomes in the United States have affordable and decent homes.
- National Multi-Housing Council. A forum for apartment industry insight, advocacy and action that enable both members and the communities they build to thrive.
- New Mexico Center for Housing Law (NMCHL). is dedicated to promoting housing stability and justice for people of the state of New Mexico; it focuses on pressing housing issues affecting the lives of New Mexicans from both a legal and policy perspective.
- New Mexico Mortgage and Finance Authority. A self-supporting quasi-governmental entity that provides financing to make affordable housing and other related services available to low- and moderate-income New Mexicans. Using funding from housing bonds, tax credits and other federal and state agencies, MFA provides resources to build affordable rental communities, rehabilitate aging homes, supply down payment assistance and affordable mortgages, offer emergency shelter and administer rental assistance and subsidies. MFA also publishes a wealth of state-level reports and statistics related to housing in New Mexico.
- New Mexico Public Housing Agencies. List providing links to NM public housing agencies, including 40 public housing agencies in the state, managing a total of 99 affordable housing waiting lists open now or opening soon.
- People's Housing Project, NM. An all-volunteer grassroots organization of Albuquerque residents fighting to make sure that housing is affordable, safe, clean, and in neighborhoods that meet our community needs.
- U.S. Dept. of Agriculture Rural Development. USDA Rural Development’s mission is to improve the quality of life in rural areas by providing loans and grants for housing and community facilities in rural communities.
- REALTORS Association of New Mexico. a state-wide trade association representing nearly 5,500 members involved in all aspects of the residential and commercial real estate markets throughout New Mexico. RANM also provides the latest housing trends and statistical reports, with some data organized by county.
- U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development (HUD). Federal agency responsible for national policy and programs that address America's housing needs, that improve and develop the Nation's communities, and enforce fair housing laws.
- Urban Institute. "Urban...believe[s] that data and evidence are essential to shaping a more inclusive, equitable, and just society...Urban’s focus on developing data and evidence that offer a more nuanced understanding of today’s pressing issues—and illuminate promising ways to address them." Resources include data visualizations as well as reports and newswires.
