Yesterday, March 1, Senators Baucus (D-MT) and Reid (D-NV) introduced the  American Workers, State and Business Relief Act of 2010  as a substitute amendment to H.R. 4213, the Tax Extenders Act of 2009. This bill includes the extension of the 9% credit, but none of our other proposals.

Please see our ACTION alert for steps you can take right now to help us make our proposals included.

We have been working at this campaign for months. Now is the time to pull it all together. Contact your Senators today and persuade Senators Baucus and Grassley to include our proposals in the next jobs package.
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This well-timed editorial highlights affordable rental housing as the next big crisis.
Delicious link to AOL article
Please circulate this editorial to your networks. This next week is critical to our advocacy efforts since the Senate jobs bill is underway and only the extension of the exchange program for the 9% credit is the only ACTION proposal which is currently included.
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This recently released HUD paper supports the arguments in our campaign's vacancy paper  that affordable rental housing is clearly segmented from the higher-end rental market, and that those who cannot currently afford homes are currently doubled-up.
 
The HUD paper is available here and on our advocacy page.
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Senators Kerry and Cantwell circulated our Dear Colleague letter in the Senate. Please visit our Advocacy Page for the most current list of signatories.

Please contact your Senator (Capitol Switchboard 202-224-3121) to urge his or her support especially if the Senator is a member of the Senate Finance Committee. Read more, Comments: 0

Please visit our Advocacy Toolkit for the updated quantitative impacts of our proposals. We have also updated all state fact sheets.

If you handed out materials to Hill staff before, please reconnect with them to share the latest information and remind them to show their support for our proposals. We are focused on the jobs bill as a vehicle.
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Check out our video of Speaker Pelosi at the opening of Nihonmachi Terrace.
http://rentalhousingaction.edicypages.com/stories-profiles/video-gallery
This is also available on YouTube so please share with other interested parties.
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Affordable v. Conventional Housing Supply and Carryback support materials just added

These can be used as rebuttals to common misconceptions

Affordable vs Conventional Housing Market: Data and Arguments (PDF, 122 KB)

Carryback FAQs (PDF, 252 KB) 

Carryback Justification Talking Points (PDF, 59 KB)

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We altered the appearance of the state fact sheets to improve the visibility of the facts themselves. Check it out on our state fact sheet page.
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New Advocacy Tool now available
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New materials in Advocacy Toolkit
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See the report and the state fact sheets for estimated impacts of our proposals
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Today we have officially reached 100 signed supporters! Read more, Comments: 1

Our Rental Housing A.C.T.I.O.N. campaign is pleased to announce that we have gained  almost 20 new members since the beginning of September, almost a 30% increase! The coalition is stepping up its efforts to bring Congressional attention to the Low Income Housing Tax Credit. Meetings have been conducted with numerous Congressional offices; members should stay tuned to our weekly conference calls for details.

We are also seeking stories, photos, and videos which demonstrate the human side of  LIHTC. It is important for Congress to understand that this tax credit is more than a series of regulations, that it is a means of providing families with safety and security in these tough economic times.

Selected materials will be posted in the Stories and Profiles section of our website. Please email your files and website links to the policy email address to the right.
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Affordable Housing Finance Magazine recently highlighted the Affordable Rental Housing A.C.T.I.O.N. Campaign in an online article.  The article, "Group Agrees to LIHTC Stimulus Plan" quotes A.C.T.I.O.N. Campaign partner David Abramowitz of the law firm Goulston & Storrs. Read more, Comments: 0

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I'm happy to announce that the Affordable Rental Housing A.C.T.I.O.N. Campaign has a new website. Thanks to the folks at  www.Edicy.com, the A.C.T.I.O.N. campaign now has a stand-alone campaign website for our supporters and partners to learn more about the campaign and to help us take A.C.T.I.O.N.! Let us know what you think; what you like; what you don't like...and we'll try to make improvements. We can add all the bells and whistles folks want (or maybe not) but at the end of the day, without the active support of our advocates, we will not be able achieve our goal: to restore investment in affordable rental housing. Look out for future campaign updates and announcements here on our blog.  Read more, Comments: 2