Legislative & Policy

KEEP HOUSING FUNDING IN BUILD BACK BETTER

Negotiations and progress on enacting Build Back Better legislation have reached an impasse, and Senate opponents to the bill, as written and passed by the House, have indicated they prefer a slimmed down, reduced funding bill.

Consequently, CLPHA has been made aware that funding for housing programs is, once again, at serious risk of being removed from the Build Back Better Act.

The housing investments in this economic recovery package is expected to help make transformational improvements in the lives of low-income and vulnerable Americans and in our communities.

Last week, CLPHA and other national organizations advocating for public housing and related programs sent a letter to the House and Senate leaders asking that housing be retained in Build Back Better or any related reconciliation vehicle.

The housing investments in this economic recovery package are expected to help make transformational improvements in the lives of low-income and vulnerable Americans and in our communities.

ACTION:

We are asking housing authorities and housing organizations to sign on to a similar letter to Congressional leaders urging them to retain funding for the Public Housing Capital Fund and Housing Choice Vouchers in the Build Back Better legislation.   Sign-ons are Due by February 4!   SIGN THE LETTER

The Support Allowing Volume Expansion (SAVE) Federally-Assisted Housing Act provides critical financial leverage to PHAs. It creates an exemption for public and federally-assisted affordable housing to volume caps on private activity bonds (PAB). It was introduced in the last Congress by Representative Katherine Clark (D-MA).Rep. Clark is expected to reintroduce the legislation again in this Congress.

 

We are asking CLPHA members to reach out to their Members of Congress to ask them to support the SAVE Act when it is re-introduced in Congress soon. CLPHA has prepared a one pager explaining the importance of the SAVE Act and how it would benefit PHAs.