About

Kevin Emanuel Marchman
SDC Board Chairperson
NOAAH Prime Publisher and NEPHC President

Purpose

The Corporation is formed to promote the interests of African Americans specifically, and people of color in general, working in the field of affordable housing; and to promote the interests of African Americans specifically, and people of color in general, living in affordable housing. The Corporation aims to fulfill this purpose by providing technical, operational, educational and moral support to its Membership by offering opportunities for professional skills enhancement, economic betterment, educational and technical resources and a nationwide network of pro-active assistance:

Seek to insure adequate funding and resources for those entities and individuals working in the field of affordable housing or engaged in the business of providing goods and/ or services to such entities and individuals throughout the United States, its possessions, and the District of Columbia.
Seek to ensure opportunities for economic advancement for individuals and families living in affordable housing.
Various legislative activities of Congress that relate to housing for lower income people and bring to bear the views and interests of the Membership on such activities.
Monitor the activities of the federal administrative agencies as those activities relate to housing for lower income people and bring to bear the views and interests of the Membership on such activities.
Monitor the activities of state and local legislative and administrative bodies as those activities relate to housing for low-income people and bring to bear the views and interests of the Membership on such activities.
Provide training and education to its Membership on matters relating to transacting business with or on behalf of affordable housing providers.
Provide training and education to affordable housing tenants and their representatives on matters relating to available resources and services to assist in bettering their economic condition.
Serve as a clearinghouse of information and services relating to the purpose of the Corporation available to the Membership.
Seek to ensure opportunities for economic advancement for individuals and families living in affordable housing.rious legislative activities of Congress that relate to housing for lower income people and bring to bear the views and interests of the Membership on such activities.

Important Update on 2026 NOAAH National Housing Conference

July 15, 2026

Dear NOAAH Board Members, Colleagues and Supporters:

I am pleased to share that the 2026 NOAAH National Housing Conference will be held September 24–26 in Richmond, Virginia, at Virginia Union University.

This year’s theme is “The American Dream at 250.” As the country celebrates its 250th anniversary, we have an opportunity to seriously examine what the American Dream now means in the context of housing, homeownership, community stability, and economic mobility.

That conversation could not come at a more important time. Across the country, communities face deep pressure regarding affordability, fair housing, access to capital, aging housing stock, public housing transformation, and the long-term future of homeownership. At the same time, new policy conversations are taking shape in Washington, including the 21st Century ROAD to Housing Act, which has passed both chambers of Congress and could influence the national housing agenda in the months ahead.

NOAAH’s conference will meet this moment. It will bring forward the experience, judgment, and ideas of people who understand housing not only as policy but also as a lived reality in neighborhoods, institutions, and markets across the country.

Please send us your recommendations for topics, speakers, panels, or issues you believe should be part of the Richmond conference. We are especially interested in ideas that speak to the future of equitable housing, affordable housing development, homeownership, fair housing, community reinvestment, public-private partnership, housing finance, and the next generation of leadership in our field.

Your suggestions do not need to be fully developed. If there is a question we should ask, a speaker we should hear from, a policy issue that deserves more attention, or a conversation NOAAH is uniquely positioned to lead, please send it to me. kevinmarchman.noaah@gmail.com

We are also coordinating our timing with other national organizations, including the NAACP, whose national convention will be held in Chicago later this month. Our goal is for NOAAH’s conference to add to the larger national conversation and give our members a clear forum for the issues most important to our work.

Please send your ideas by Friday, July 24, so we can begin shaping the agenda for Richmond.