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Affordable Housing 2024
Urge Congress to Increase – Not Cut – Investments in Affordable Housing in Fiscal Year 2024
State and local governments and the communities they serve rely on federal resources to meet the housing, homelessness, and community development needs of their communities. However, Congress has underfunded these resources for decades, and now House Republicans are threatening to impose austere spending cuts to non-defense programs.
Urge your members of Congress to fund housing and homelessness programs at the highest level possible in FY24, and to support NLIHC’s top priorities, including:
- Full funding to renew all existing contracts for the Tenant-Based Rental Assistance (TBRA) and Project-Based Rental Assistance (PBRA) programs.
- Full funding for public housing operations and repairs.
- The Senate’s proposed funding for Homeless Assistance Grants.
- Protecting $20 million in funding for legal assistance to prevent evictions in the Senate bill.
- The House’s proposed funding for Native housing.
Send a Letter to our Legislators
Pre-Written Message:
As someone deeply committed to our community’s well-being, I’m reaching out to ask for your commitment to Affordable Housing in the 2024 Budget. Our community needs your voice more than ever. We’re urging you to back some crucial points:
- Please secure full funding to keep helping families through the Housing Choice Voucher and Project-Based Rental Assistance programs.
- Our public housing needs more support for operations and repairs.
- We need at least $3.9 billion to go into Homeless Assistance Grants, as proposed by the Senate.
- The $20 million for the Eviction Prevention Grant Program is crucial and needs protection.
- Let’s make sure the proposed $1.1 billion for Native housing from the House stays intact.
Additionally, we’re asking for your support for changes to the Low-Income Housing Tax Credit (LIHTC). These changes, part of the “Affordable Housing Credit Improvement Act,” can help make sure LIHTC really works for everyone. We want to see it support rural areas, tribal communities, and folks at risk of homelessness by expanding the Extremely Low-Income (ELI) Basis Boost and designating Tribal and rural areas as “Difficult Development Areas” (DDAs).
The housing situation is critical, and we need your help to make sure our community doesn’t face even more struggles. Please use your influence to ensure the final budget provides the support our community needs. Your backing of these points will truly make a difference in the lives of those we care about.
Thank you for your time and dedication, and I look forward to witnessing your continued dedication to the well-being of our community members.
Sincerely,
[Your Full Name]