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.