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Community Organizing Ministries
Alliance for Housing Solutions (AHS)	AHS seeks to build public support for affordable housing initiatives in Arlington and to facilitate regional approaches to meeting this housing crisis.	Joseph S. Wholey 703.524.0022 joewholey@aol.com
Arlington Interfaith Council (AIC)	AIC comprises more than 40 religious congregations working jointly to support Helping Hands organizations and meet urgent and ongoing needs in the community. www.arlingtonva-interfaith-council.org	Vacant
Arlington Partnership for Affordable Housing (APAH)	APAH is a private, nonprofit provider of safe, decent and affordable housing for low- and moderate-income families and individuals in Arlington. APAH purchases and renovates apartment buildings and provides short-term emergency-based rental assistance to enable low- and moderate-income individuals and families to move into or stay in APAH’s units. www.apah.org	Doug Peterson 703.276.2657 ext 101 apah@cavtel.net (APAH Executive Director)
Buyers and Renters Arlington Voice (BRAVO)	BRAVO is a broad-based coalition of housing organizations, faith-based groups and individuals that are dedicated to ending the affordable housing crisis in Arlington. BRAVO’s mission is to advance and defend the rights and interests of Arlington’s tenants by empowering them and working together to preserve affordable housing and the economic and cultural diversity of the community.	Charlie Rinker 703.243.5775 cwrinker@juno.com
Catholic Campaign for Human Development (CCHD)	CCHD is the domestic anti-poverty, social justice program of the U.S. Catholic Bishops. www.nccbuscc.org	Steve Luteran 703.841.3830 sluteran@ccda.net
VOICE (Virginians Organized for Interfaith Community Engagement)	VOICE is the Northern Virginia chapter of Industrial Areas Foundation (IAF), which brings together congregations, individuals, and non-profit organizations to create improved political and social realities in the public arena. IAF works in such areas as living wage, affordable owner-occupied housing, alliance schools, and urban revitalization, as determined by each local IAF organization's membership. VOICE, which includes St. Charles as a member, is in formation. www.industrialareasfoundation.org	Kristina Brzezinski kmbrzezinski@msn.com

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