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N O A A H PRIME

The Publication of the National Organization of African Americans in Housing

JUNE 2026  •  NATIONAL HOMEOWNERSHIP MONTH  •  SPECIAL EDITION

FIVE THINGS YOU NEED
TO KEEP IN MIND

Housing. History. Hope. The most important stories of this moment — and what they mean for Black homeownership.

  1. 1 June Is National Homeownership Month
  2. 2 The ROAD to Housing Act: Congress Acts
  3. 3 Juneteenth and the Meaning of Home
  1. 4 The NOAAH Conference: September Is Our Moment
  2. 5 With Gratitude: Our Partners and Supporters

“Motion without movement is meaningless.”

NOAAH Bipartisanship in Action Bipartisanship in Action: Rep. Maxine Waters (California), the ranking Democrat on the House Financial Services Committee, and Rep. French Hill (R-Arkansas), the committee chairman, listen to housing testimony.
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NOAAH PRIME — June 2026
NATIONAL HOMEOWNERSHIP MONTH  •  SPECIAL EDITION
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O T H E R   E D I T I O N S
April 2026
The Long Road Home
A HOME OF OUR OWN
A Pictorial and Narrative History  |  African American Housing in America, 1619–2026  |  30 Years of Advocacy Edition
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Special Edition
SPECIAL PICTORIAL EDITION
SHELTER & STRUGGLE
A Visual Chronicle of African American Housing in America. From Enslavement Through 2026
"Home is not merely shelter — it is dignity, freedom, and the foundation of community."
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WINTER 2025
Profiles in Courage, Part II
Organizations and Persons Making a Difference.
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FALL 2025
Profiles in Courage
Eight Individuals who work tirelessly in the field of affordable, attainable housing for all
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SUMMER 2025
A new hosuing bill?
A Consequential Summer of Housing Milestones
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SUMMER 2025
Juneteenth Freedom Day, 19 June.
Affordable and Fair Housing in America
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SPRING 2025
An Enduring Race Tax
Affordable and Fair Housing in America: A Denial of a Dream?
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Important Update on 2026 NOAAH National Housing Conference

NOAAH

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.