CEDAM Updates
October 26, 2021 - October 30, 2021
ACTION ALERT:
President Biden, congressional members consider deep cuts to housing in ‘Build Back Better Act’
President Biden and congressional leadership are negotiating deep cuts to the “Build Back Better Act” and considering gutting housing funding from $327 billion to $100 billion or less - squandering this once-in-a-lifetime opportunity to end homelessness and put our nation on a path to housing stability and equity for all.
Please help protect these essential and targeted investments:
- $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.
Any cuts to funding for these priority programs means fewer people safely and affordably housed.
Take Action NOW:
- Contact your senators and representative TODAY and urge them to call President Biden, House Speaker Nancy Pelosi, and Senate Leader Chuck Schumer to urge that any cuts to the Build Back Better Act aren’t made at the expense of housing our country’s lowest-income and most marginalized people.
Join more than 1,700 organizations nationwide by signing the HoUSed campaign letter. Sign on to the letter here.
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