August Advocacy Week 3: Increase Affordable Housing Supply!

Last week, the Senate officially departed Washington for three weeks, joining the House on an extended recess while millions of Americans face economic crisis and eviction. Take a stand against inaction in Washington – tell your members of Congress and the White House to provide relief to renters and increase the affordable housing supply to prevent future housing crises.  

The persistent shortfall in new housing supply is compounding housing affordability pressure across the country. The Urban Land Institute estimates the current production of new affordable multifamily units, 100,000 annually, is not enough to meet existing needs. Since 1999, almost 300,000 permanently affordable units were removed from the inventory of public housing units.  

At the core of recovery from the pandemic and the economic fallout should be a commitment to dramatically scale up production of affordable housing, creating quality jobs while giving Americans housing options.  

We are asking Congress to:  

• Fund the construction of 300,000 new units of permanently affordable housing across the country; 
• Provide $54 billion for new housing construction so that PHAs can construct these desperately needed housing units; and 
• Make tools to create affordable housing, like the Low Income Housing Tax Credit, both permanent and more widely available.  

Help NAHRO send 8,501 letters to Congress and the White House this month – stand up for rental assistance and housing production today!