From the National Low Income Housing Coalition (http://www.nlihc.org):
President Biden and congressional leaders are crafting an agreement with moderate Democrats to drastically cut the “Build Back Better Act” economic recovery package. The Washington Post reports today that “the administration’s housing proposal, which called for more than $300 billion to build or retrofit over three million housing units, may prove among the first to hit the cutting room floor.”
We can’t let them squander this once-in-a-lifetime opportunity to end homelessness!
TAKE ACTION NOW to ensure that any cuts made to the overall package do not come at the expense of getting and keeping the country’s lowest income people housed.
The Build Back Better Act’s $327 billion for affordable housing includes:
- $90 billion to expand rental assistance to 1 million of the lowest income households;
- $80 billion to repair and preserve public housing for over 2.5 million renters; and
- $37 billion for the national Housing Trust to build and preserve 330,000 rental homes affordable to people with the lowest incomes.
Taken together, these investments could effectively end homelessness in the United States. Any cuts to funding for these priority programs means fewer people safely and affordably housed.
Take Action NOW
Go to https://nlihc.secure.force.com/actions/TakeActionNew?actionId=AR00943 to contact your senators and representatives TODAY and urge them to provide the highest funding possible for the HoUSed campaign’s priorities in Build Back Better Act. Educate your members of Congress on why investments in rental assistance, public housing, and the Housing Trust Fund are critical to your community.
Join nearly 1,600 organizations nationwide by signing the HoUSed campaign letter. Sign on to the letter here.
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