From the National Low Income Housing Coalition (http://www.nlihc.org):
During an NLIHC-led HoUSed campaign call on June 6, Maxine Waters (D-CA), chairwoman of the U.S. House Financial Services Committee, reported that centrist Senator Joe Manchin opposes including housing investments in a reconciliation bill, putting the investments at grave risk of elimination from the reconciliation package now being negotiated by Senator Manchin and Senate Majority Leader Chuck Schumer (D-NY). Contact your Members of Congress TODAY at https://p2a.co/kxwwisl and urge them to include in any reconciliation package robust affordable housing investments targeted to those with the greatest needs, including NLIHC’s top priorities:
- $25 billion to expand rental assistance to more than 300,000 households. See how many vouchers your state would receive here.
- $65 billion to make critically needed repairs to public housing and preserve this valuable asset for its 2 million residents.
- $15 billion for the national Housing Trust Fund to build and preserve over 150,000 affordable, accessible homes for households with the lowest incomes. See NLIHC’s breakdown of how much each state would receive through the Housing Trust Fund here.
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Background
Ever since centrist Democrat Senator Joe Manchin announced in December 2021 that he would not support the House-passed $1.75 trillion “Build Back Better Act” as it passed through the House, Congressional leaders have been working to find a compromise that can win the support of Senator Manchin and nearly all of his Democratic colleagues.
If a deal is possible, it will use a new framework suggested by Senator Manchin: increase federal revenues by raising taxes on corporations and high-income earners, create savings by reducing the costs of prescription drugs, and use the resulting resources to address the deficit, climate change, and inflation. Because the cost of housing is the single largest component of the Consumer Price Index (CPI), Congress can help address inflation and make housing affordable for people with the lowest incomes by including significant investments in housing in any reconciliation package.
Take Action!
Email, tweet, and call your representatives today and urge them to support robust investments in rental assistance, public housing, and the Housing Trust Fund in any reconciliation package!
Use our call-in script and advocacy toolkit to help create your own message to Congress!
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