Advocacy Toolkit

Tools to help you stay up-to-date as you advocate for affordable housing and the Housing Credit.

 

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Tips on calling and writing your representatives
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Key Members of Congress

House Ways and Means Committee Members

Senate Finance Committee Members

 

Housing Credit Legislation (112th Congress)

Senate Bills Supporting A.C.T.I.O.N.'s Housing Credit Proposals

 Cantwell-Snowe Legislation, S. 1989 (12.11)

 

House Bills Supporting A.C.T.I.O.N.'s Housing Credit Proposals

 Tiberi-Neal Legislation, H.R. 3661 (12.11)

 

Other Bills Supporting the Housing Credit

 Extending Tenant Eligibility to Formerly Homeless Students, H.R. 3076  (10.11)
 Building American Jobs Act of 2011, H.R. 992 (3.11)

 Southeastern Disaster Tax Relief Act of 2011, H.R. 2321 & S. 1205 (6.11)

 Special Allocation Disaster Credits, H.R. 3769 (1.12) 



Congressional Letters of Support

Snowe-Cantwell Dear Colleague Letter (4.12)

Tiberi-Neal Dear Colleague Letter (3.12) 


A.C.T.I.O.N. Advocacy Documents

A.C.T.I.O.N. State Fact Sheets (1.12)

Talking Points for the A.C.T.I.O.N. Legislative Proposals (1.12)
Overview of the A.C.T.I.O.N. Legislative Proposals (9.11)
Sample Letter to a Member of Congress  (1.12)

Housing Credit Tax Reform Talking Points (4.12)

9% Housing Credit Example (4.12)

Sample Letter to the Editor (Coming Soon!)
  

Documents Supporting the Housing Credit Program

Housing For All Americans

   Affordable Housing Finance (1.11)

The Low-Income Housing Tax Credit Program at Year 25: A Current Look at its Performance

   A Reznick Group Report (9.11)

The Low Income Housing Tax Credit Program: Providing Quality Affordable Rental Housing for a Quarter Century

   National Association of Home Builders (10.11)

The Role of Subsidized Rental Housing in Creating Jobs and Stimulating Local Economic Development

   Center for Housing Policy (9.11)

 

 

The Administration's FY13 Housing Credit Program Proposals

Treasury Greenbook FY 2013 (2.12)

Summary of the Income Averaging Proposal (4.11)
Summary of the 30 Percent Basis Boost for 4% Housing Credit Proposal  (4.11)
Impact of the 30 Percent Basis Boost for 4% Housing Credit Proposal (4.11)



Deficit Reduction Proposals that Threaten the Housing Credit

Back in Black: A Deficit Reduction Plan

   Senator Tom Coburn (R-OK) (8.11)

Moment of Truth

   The National Commission of Fiscal Responsibility and Reform (12.10)
Restoring America's Future

   The Bipartisan Policy Center's Debt Reduction Task Force (11.10)

The Report on Tax Reform Options: Simplification, Compliance and Corporate Taxation

   The President's Economic Recovery Advisory Board Tax Task Force (10.10)


 

Background on the Housing Credit Program 

About the Housing Credit Program
How the Housing Credit Program  Works (1.12)

Housing Credit Program 101 Illustration (1.12)

 
 

Other Resources and Documents

America's Rental Challenge

   Harvard Joint Center for Housing Studies (4.11)
Housing Credit Impact by State

   Affordable Housing Finance (9.11)

National Housing & Rehabilitation Association Advocacy Resource Page 

Federal Support for Housing

 


 

 
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