America is suffering from a massive shortage of available housing units, and the problem is particularly acute regarding affordable housing. The ACHP is developing a policy statement on housing and historic preservation to provide expert advice to a wide range of stakeholders on the role that historic preservation can play in alleviating the housing crisis. A draft of the policy statement is now available for public comment.

Draft Policy Statement on Housing and Historic Preservation

If you would like to submit written comments regarding the proposed policy statement, please email them to housing@achp.gov. Comments should be submitted as soon as possible but no later than November 11, 2023.

The draft policy statement builds upon and incorporates key principles of the ACHP’s 2006 Affordable Housing and Historic Preservation Policy Statement, which focuses principally on review of affordable housing projects under Section 106 of the National Historic Preservation Act. Portions of the 2006 policy statement appear (with revisions) in Policy Principle #9 of the current draft.