$10 Million From 9 Foundations Will Call Attention the Lack of Low-Cost Housing

WASHINGTON, CD -- Nine foundations, including The Melville Charitable Trust, have pooled about $10 million to build a three-year public-advocacy campaign to ensure Americans have secure, affordable places to live. The collaboration includes several foundations that haven’t previously concentrated on housing, such as the Annie E. Casey Foundation and Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation. The new coalition, called Funders for Housing and Opportunity, today announced $4.9 million in three-year grants to four coalitions and projects, each of will mount public-awareness campaigns to call attention to housing issues.