Resources

Organization Website
   
Access Washington
 - Official State Government Website   
http://access.wa.gov/
 Affordable Housing Consortium www.affordablehousingconsortium.org
Affordable Housing Finance www.housingfinance.com/
American Association of Retired Persons (AARP) www.aarp.org/
American Institute of Architects (AIA)
- Seattle Chapter
www.aiaseattle.org
Better Bricks
(Run by Northwest Energy Efficiency Alliance)
www.betterbricks.com/
Building Industry Association of Whatcom County www.biawc.com/builtgreen/index.php
Built Green (Seattle area) www.builtgreen.net/
Built Smart Program (City of Seattle) www.ci.seattle.wa.us/light/conserve/resident/cv5_bs.htm
Center For Community Change www.communitychange.org/
Catholic Charities USA (CCUSA) www.catholiccharitiesusa.org
The Community Development Trust www.commdevtrust.com
Children's Alliance www.childrensalliance.org
Counties, WA State:  King County www.metrokc.gov/
Counties, WA State: Pierce County www.co.pierce.wa.us/pc/
Counties, WA State: Snohomish County www.co.snohomish.wa.us/
Demographics Now - SRC Company www.demographicsnow.com/
FirstGov.gov
- The U.S. Government's Official Web Portal
www.firstgov.gov
(1) Economy Corporation www.one-economy.com/
Energy Star Program www.energystar.gov
The Enterprise Foundation www.enterprisefoundation.org
Fannie Mae www.fanniemae.com/
Green Communities www.greencommunitiesonline.org
Habitat For Humanity www.habitat.org
Harwich Ecumenical Council for the Homeless www.capecodconnection.com/capecod/hech.htm
HistoryLink.org
(Online Encyclopedia of Washington State History)
www.historylink.org
Internal Revenue Service - IRS Website www.irs.ustreas.gov
Lighting Design Lab
(Sponsored by Northwest Energy Efficiency Alliance)
www.lightingdesignlab.com/
Local Initiatives Support Corporation ( LISC) www.lisc.org/
Master Builders Association of King and Snohomish Counties, Washington www.mba-ks.com/
Master Builders Association of King and  Snohomish Counties - Built Green Program www.builtgreen.net/
Municipal Research and Services Center of WA (MRSC) www.mrsc.org/index.aspx
National Alliance to End Homelessness www.naeh.org
National Association of Home Builders ( NAHB) www.nahb.com
National Association of Housing Cooperatives ( NAHC) www.coophousing.org
National Coalition for the Homeless (NCH) www.nationalhomeless.org/
National Housing Institute (NHI) www.nhi.org/
National Housing Trust www.nhtinc.org/
National Law Center on Homelessness & Poverty (NLCHP) www.nlchp.org/
National Low Income Housing Coalition (NLIHC) www.nlihc.org
NLIHC Advocates' Guide www.nlihc.org/advocates/index.htm
NLIHC  Weekly Housing Update: Memo to Members www.nlihc.org/current.htm
National Multi Housing Council (NMHC) www.nmhc.org
NeighborWorks America www.nw.org/network/
Northwest EcoBuilding Guild www.ecobuilding.org
Northwest Energy Efficiency Alliance www.nwalliance.org
Novogradac & Company LLP www.novoco.com/
Pacific Northwest Title www.pnwt.com
Pomegranate Center www.pomegranate.org/
Real Change www.realchangenews.org
Seattle (City of) Office of Housing's Sustainability Resources: SeaGreen Handbook www.seattle.gov/housing/SeaGreen/Default.htm
Seattle (City of) - Official Website www.ci.seattle.wa.us/
Seattle (City of) Sustainable Building Website www.seattle.gov/sustainablebuilding/
Seattle City Light Built Smart Program www.ci.seattle.wa.us/light/conserve/resident/cv5_bs.htm
Seniorresource.com www.seniorresource.com
Senior Sites www.seniorsites.com/
SeniorNet www.seniornet.org/
SHARE International www.share-international.org/
Solar Washington www.solarwashington.org/
The Housing Partnership www.thehousingpartnership.org
www.rightsizehome.org
U.S. Dept. of Energy - Smart Communities Network:  Creating Energy Smart Communities www.sustainable.doe.gov/buildings/affhousing.shtml
U.S. Dept. of Housing and Urban Development (HUD) www.hud.gov
HUD - Fair Market Rents www.huduser.org/datasets/fmr.html
U.S. Green Building Council - LEED Website www.usgbc.org/displaypage.aspx?categoryID=19
U.S. Postal Service Zip Code Look-up http://zip4.usps.com/zip4/welcome.jsp
Washington Association of Homes for the Aging www.waha.org/
Washington Low Income Housing Alliance
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Washington Secretary of State
www.wliha.org
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www.secstate.wa.gov
Washington State Dept. of Community, Trade & Economic Development (CTED) www.cted.wa.gov
Washington State Dept. of Revenue www.dor.wa.gov/
Washington State History Online Encyclopedia www.historylink.org
Washington State Housing Finance Commission www.wshfc.org/
Washington State Legislature Website www.leg.wa.gov/
Washington State Office of Financial Management www.ofm.wa.gov/forecasting/default.asp
Washington State Utilities & Transportaion Commission www.wutc.wa.gov/
WSU Energy Program- Creating Healthy Buildings www.energy.wsu.edu/buildings
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