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The Federal Housing Finance Agency is seeking comments from tenants and advocates. What's at stake? Regulations on rent hikes and evictions, housing safety requirements, bans on discrimination, and more. If enacted, they could benefit over 12.4 million rental homes across the country.
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Join the National Low Income Housing Coalition and tell Congress: Fund Affordable Housing & Community Development Programs at the Highest Levels Possible!
From the United States Interagency Council on Homelessness:
The Biden-Harris Administration Announces Plan to Reduce Homelessness by 25% by 2025
Capitol Hill Day 2022
Join HHCK and national partners The National Alliance to End Homelessness on September 14 as we meet with Kentucky’s members of Congress to highlight issues related to homelessness. This year, the 3 main top asks for Congress to fund are $3.6 billion for HUD’s Homeless Assistance Grants, $32.1 billion for Tenant Based Rental Assistance and $32.1 billion for Housing Choice Vouchers. Learn more here. Want to make your voice heard and be a part of Capitol Hill Day 2022? Sign up here!
Organizations: Support the Eviction Crisis Act. Sign on here.
Tell Congress to Advance Historic Housing Investments!
Read more from the National Low Income Housing Coalition about how targeted housing investments in the Build Back Better Act are critical to addressing a central driver of inflation – the rising cost of rent.
Federal Priorities
2022 Federal Advocacy Agenda
The problems:
About 4,000 Kentuckians experience homelessness on a given night in January
Kentucky is short 78,000 affordable homes to rent
The average wage to affordably rent a 2 BR home: $15.78/hour
1 in 4 Kentuckians are paying more than 30% of their income toward housing, including those who have a mortgage, and 6 out of 10 extremely low income renters are paying more than 50%.
From long standing racist practices in the public and private housing sectors, Black and Brown Kentuckians continue to experience barriers to affordable homes in places of their choice, resulting in a 38.2% Black homeownership rate in the context of a 72.5% overall state homeownership rate.
We need policies and programs that will bridge the gap between incomes and rising housing costs.
The solutions: Pass the Build Back Better Act As part of the National Low Income Housing Coalition’s HoUSed campaign, we applaud the Build Back Better Act framework adopted in October for including $150B in housing investments, and urge KY’s congressional delegation to support this legislation, including:
$25B in voucher and project-based rental assistance;
$65B in public housing to help address longstanding capital needs;
$15B in the National Housing Trust Fund, which would result in $155.4M for KY;
$10 billion for down payment assistance;
$10 billion for the HOME Investment Partnerships Program;
$5 billion to address lead hazards and ensure healthy housing;
$3 billion for Community Development Block Grants;
$3 billion for a Community Restoration and Revitalization Fund;
$2 billion for green preservation of HUD multifamily housing;
$2 billion for rural housing;
$1.75 billion to address zoning barriers to affordable housing;
$1.5 billion to address health and safety concerns in HUD homes;
$800 million for tribal housing;
$700 million for fair housing activities;
$500 million for Section 202 Housing for the Elderly;
$500 million for Section 811 Housing for Persons with Disabilities;
$250 million for a new “Housing Investment Fund” through the Capital Magnet Fund.
Sign onto the HoUSed campaign today.
Federal Budget Kentucky needs continued investment from the federal government to help end homelessness and fulfill the promise of home. From the National Low Income Housing Coalition: NLIHC monitors the annual federal budget process and advocates for the highest possible allocation of resources to support affordable, accessible homes for the lowest-income people. This year will be the first in a decade not limited by the Budget Control Act, which prevented Congress from funding housing investments at the scale necessary. Current Proposed FY23 Budget Chart
Urge your Senators and Representatives to provide the highest funding possible for affordable housing and community development programs:
Contact Senators McConnell and Paul and your representative. Find your representative.
Additional Federal Legislation HHCK Supports: -Family Stability and Opportunity Vouchers Act (S.1991) -Eviction Crisis Act (S.2182) -Our Homes, Our Votes Act (H.R. 2215)
For more information, contact Adrienne Bush.