The mission of The Housing Alliance of Pennsylvania is to ensure that all Pennsylvanians, especially those with low incomes, have access to safe, decent, affordable and accessible homes.
With over 500 individual and organizational members statewide, the Housing Alliance brings together community stakeholders - from residents and service providers to developers and government - to work for critical improvements in the housing market so that it better meets the needs of the community.
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Sign on to National Letter for Congress to Fund NHTF NOW!
Tuesday, April 13, 2010
National Housing Trust Fund - Action Alert
Our national partner, the National Low Income Housing Coalition (NLIHC), continues to urge Congress to fund the National Housing Trust Fund (NHTF) as a way to help communities build and preserve housing for people with the lowest incomes, as well as to create needed jobs. The Housing Alliance strongly endorses this campaign.
The letter requests that $1.065 billion be provided immediately to the NHTF: $1 billion to capitalize the NHTF and $65 million for project-based vouchers to couple with NHTF capital grants. This would mean $34 million for Pennsylvania! (The Housing Alliance is in D.C. today delivering an open letter to the Pennsylvania Congressional Delegation urging them to act immediately to provide this initial funding for the NHTF.)
As the next step in the campaign to capitalize the fund, the National Low Income Housing Coalition (NLIHC) is calling for organizations across the country to SIGN the following national sign-on letter:
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We, the undersigned organizations, urge Congress to act soon to provide the initial funding for the National Housing Trust Fund (NHTF). We are requesting $1.065 billion be provided immediately to the NHTF: $1 billion to capitalize the NHTF and $65 million for project-based vouchers to couple with NHTF capital grants.
The NHTF was created in the Housing and Economic Recovery Act of 2008 (HERA) to address the severe shortage of rental homes that are affordable for the lowest income families, but it has not yet been funded. The President proposed funding for the NHTF in his FY10 and FY11 budget requests.
In the United States today, there are only 37 rental homes available and affordable for every 100 households with incomes below 30% of their area median. A scarcity of housing that the poorest families can afford is the principle cause of homelessness in the United States.
Investment in the NHTF will create good jobs. Every $1 billion provided to the Trust Fund will support the immediate construction of 10,000 rental homes, creating 15,100 new construction jobs and 3,800 new jobs in ongoing operations.
We urge Congress to provide this badly needed funding at the soonest possible opportunity.
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Can your organization join the letter to help urge Congress to action? Please visit www.nlihc.org/sign/ TODAY to add your organization's name to the letter.
It is crucial that a large number of organizations sign on to this letter of support. Once your organization has signed, please forward this email to friends and coworkers.
Need to learn more about the National Housing Trust Fund before signing on? Visit the National Low Income Housing Coalition website for background information, at www.nlihc.org.
Thank you very much for signing this letter today!
PA Still Waiting for Federal HEMAP Funds
Wednesday, February 24, 2010
In January, U.S. Senator Bob Casey (D-PA) introduced legislation to provide temporary mortgage relief to unemployed workers. The Homeowners' Relief and Neighborhood Stabilization Act of 2010 will help to slow a second wave of foreclosures by providing $3 billion for loans for up to 24 months for unemployed or underemployed homeowners who are at least three months behind on their mortgage payments and have received a notice that the holder of the mortgage intends to foreclose.
Casey's bill is modeled on PA's own Homeowners' Emergency Mortgage Assistance Program, administered by PHFA since 1983.
Similar legislation passed in the House in December, as part of H.R. 4173, the Wall Street Reform and Consumer Protection Act of 2009.
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From CNNMoney.com, Feb. 19, 2010
Under pressure to do more for troubled homeowners, President Obama announced Friday a $1.5 billion program to help borrowers in the five states hit hardest by the housing crisis.
The initiative calls for pumping money into state housing agencies in California, Arizona, Nevada, Florida and Michigan to fund programs to prevent foreclosure for people who are unemployed or who owe more than their homes are worth.
See the full story at:http://money.cnn.com/2010/02/19/real_estate/housing_help_unemployed/index.htm
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