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| Title : Sign on to National Letter for Congress to Fund NHTF NOW! | Date Posted : April 14, 2010 |
 Our national partner, the National Low Income Housing Coalition (NLIHC), continues to urge Congress to fund the National Housing Trust Fund (NHTF) as a way to help communities build and preserve housing for people with the lowest incomes, as well as to create needed jobs. The Housing Alliance strongly endorses this campaign.The letter requests that $1.065 billion be provided immediately to the NHTF: $1 billion to capitalize the NHTF and $65 million for project-based vouchers to couple with NHTF capital grants. This would mean $34 million for Pennsylvania! (The Housing Alliance is in D.C. this week delivering an open letter to the Pennsylvania Congressional Delegation urging them to act immediately to provide this initial funding for the NHTF.) As the next step in the campaign to capitalize the fund, the National Low Income Housing Coalition (NLIHC) is calling for organizations across the country to SIGN the following national sign-on letter: __________________________________________________ We, the undersigned organizations, urge Congress to act soon to provide the initial funding for the National Housing Trust Fund (NHTF). We are requesting $1.065 billion be provided immediately to the NHTF: $1 billion to capitalize the NHTF and $65 million for project-based vouchers to couple with NHTF capital grants. The NHTF was created in the Housing and Economic Recovery Act of 2008 (HERA) to address the severe shortage of rental homes that are affordable for the lowest income families, but it has not yet been funded. The President proposed funding for the NHTF in his FY10 and FY11 budget requests. In the United States today, there are only 37 rental homes available and affordable for every 100 households with incomes below 30% of their area median. A scarcity of housing that the poorest families can afford is the principle cause of homelessness in the United States. Investment in the NHTF will create good jobs. Every $1 billion provided to the Trust Fund will support the immediate construction of 10,000 rental homes, creating 15,100 new construction jobs and 3,800 new jobs in ongoing operations. We urge Congress to provide this badly needed funding at the soonest possible opportunity. __________________________________________________ Can your organization join the letter to help urge Congress to action? Please CLICK HERE to add your organization's name to the letter. It is crucial that a large number of organizations sign on to this letter of support. Once your organization has signed, please forward this email to friends and coworkers. Need to learn more about the National Housing Trust Fund before signing on? Visit the National Low Income Housing Coalition website for background information, at www.nlihc.org. Thank you very much for signing this letter today! |
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Harrisburg: 610 N. Third Street, Harrisburg PA 17101 | Ph: 717-909-2006
Western PA: 710 Fifth Avenue, Suite 1000 | Pittsburgh, PA 15219 | Ph: 412-281-1137