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Awards Honor News Coverage of Affordable Housing Crisis
 Entries are being accepted for the first annual Cushing Niles Dolbeare Media Awards, designed to honor print journalists who do an exemplary job of illuminating the nation’s affordable housing crisis.
The awards draw attention to the plight of low-income individuals who cannot find safe and affordable homes while honoring those who have made efforts to bring this issue to the attention of the American people.
The awards are named in honor of Dolbeare, the founder of the National Low Income Housing Coalition, who passed away in 2005.
Three first-prize winners of $2,500 in two categories and honorable mention winners will be presented with the awards by the coalition and Affordable Housing Finance magazine in Washington, D.C. The awards are funded by a grant from Andre Shashaty, the magazine’s editor.
Entries must be stories published between Jan. 1 and Dec. 31, 2006 and postmarked by Jan. 15, 2007.
The news coverage must focus on the issue of a national shortage of safe, affordable housing or the inability or struggle to attain it, and on the impact of this problem on communities as a whole and not simply on individual families.
For information on entering, click here. For further information, e-mail Nicole Letourneau, communications director at the National Low Income Housing Coalition, or call 202-662-1530 x227.
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