TAKE ACTION! Urge Your Senators to Include Housing Provisions in Stimulus Bill

• $200 million for relocation and temporary housing assistance for tenants who live in homes that are foreclosed upon, or that are in default with foreclosure imminent.
• Protections for renters that require at least a 90-day notice before eviction and the right to remain in the property for the remainder of the lease, subject only to the right of the new owner to occupy the property.
• $5 billion for public housing capital funds, $1 billion of which could be immediately dispersed through the capital fund's formula allocation, and the balance of which could be quickly committed after a competitive application process.
• $110 million for Alabama disaster-related Community Development Block Grants.
• Retraction of HUD's authority to waive income targeting requirements for all Katrina and Rita CDBG funds.
• Congressional action to address the projected $3 - $4 billion gap in low income housing tax credit resources for 2008.
  
• Also, urge your Senators to support funding for: Increased and extended unemployment insurance benefits; Increased food stamp and other food assistance program benefits; and, Temporary fiscal relief to states.

To see a copy of SCANPH's recent letter to Senators about the stimulus, click here.

Call your Senators Barbara Boxer and Dianne Feinstein today! Please use this toll free number, 877-210-5351, for the congressional switchboard and asked to be connected to the housing staffer for the Senators' offices.

Please email the National Low Income Housing Coalition at outreach@nlihc.org to let our national partners know the outcome of your call. And thank you for your support!