National Housing Trust Fund Action Alert for Massachusetts - May 2, 2014

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May 2, 2014

SUPPORT THE NATIONAL HOUSING TRUST FUND - Sign on to a Letter TODAY (May 2) Urging Senator Warren and other Senate Banking Committee Members to Work Together on Johnson-Crapo Bill

The Senate Committee on Banking, Housing and Urban Affairs has postponed mark-up of the Johnson-Crapo housing finance reform bill, originally scheduled for April 29,  in order to obtain the support of six additional senators, including Senator Elizabeth Warren (D-MA) , who support the National Housing Trust Fund (NHTF) portion of the bill but have concerns about other parts.  The National Low Income Housing Coalition (NLIHC) is urging organizations in Massachusetts to sign on to a letter urging them to work together to resolve their concerns.  Massachusetts would receive an estimated $98.7 million a year from the Trust under Johnson Crapo at full implementation.

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SUPPORT THE NATIONAL HOUSING TRUST FUND

Sign on to a Letter Urging Senate Banking Committee Members

to Work Together on Johnson-Crapo Bill

 

The mark-up of the Johnson-Crapo housing finance reform bill, originally scheduled for April 29, has been postponed until next week. Several members of the Senate Committee on Banking, Housing, and Urban Affairs have not yet agreed to support the bill. Their support is crucial to the future of the bill, and to the future of the National Housing Trust Fund.

 

BACKGROUND

Senators Reed, Schumer, Menendez, Brown, Merkley, and Warren are all ardent supporters of the NHTF. They are pleased with the treatment of the NHTF in the Johnson-Crapo bill, but have a variety of other concerns that have not yet been resolved to their satisfaction.

 

Please sign your organization on to a letter urging these six Senators to work together to resolve concerns so that the bill has the support it needs to move forward to a vote on the Senate floor this year. It is crucial that these six Senators find a way to support the bill. This moment is too important to let slip by. Tell your Senator to stay at the table!

 

HOW YOU CAN TAKE ACTION

To ensure the National Housing Trust Fund sees funding at long last:

  • First, sign your organization on to the letter at: http://bit.ly/1kw4dnj
  • Then, call your Senator’s housing staffer and urge them to keep working on the bill. Remind them how crucial this moment is for the future of rental housing for extremely low income people around the country.

TIMELINE FOR ACTION

Senators will continue negotiations on the bill through the weekend. Please sign your organization on to the letter and call your Senator TODAY. We will send the letter to Capitol Hill by close of business today.

 

Sign your organization on to the letter at: http://bit.ly/1kw4dnj

 

View the letter at: http://bit.ly/1n5lXLv

 

To find contact information for your Senator’s office, call the Congressional switchboard at 877-210-5351, or visit NLIHC's website and enter your zip code on the right side to find your Senator’s number.

 

To see the way funding for the NHTF under the Johnson-Crapo bill would be allocated to each state, visit http://bit.ly/1rMqvnz

 

Questions/Comments

Please email outreach@nlihc.org with any questions.

 

Thank you for your support!

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