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Legislative Session Summary

To begin to address the extreme shortage of affordable housing for low-income Americans, the National Council joins the National Low-Income Housing Coalition and other advocates in supporting a National Housing Trust Fund to produce, rehabilitate, and preserve 1.5 million units of affordable housing over the next ten years. To achieve this goal, the trust fund should be capitalized with dedicated and sufficient sources of revenue throughout the next decade.
Housing advocates, including Mobilizer readers, have pushed for years to achieve dedicated source of funding for affordable housing and recently attained a significant victory.  On May 22, the House of Representatives passed H.R. 1427 - the Federal Housing Financial Reform Act of 2007 - known as the Government Sponsored Enterprises (GSE) regulatory reform bill. This reserves approximately $600 million a year from GSE's Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac as a dedicated source of funding for a future National Housing Trust Fund.  The Senate next will consider this bill at a yet-to-be-determined time in the near future.  In the coming weeks, the House also may act upon H.R. 1852 - the Expanding Home Ownership act of 2007 - which reserves an additional $250 million per year for a National Housing Trust Fund.

NLIHC’s 2007 Advocates’ Guide to Housing and Community Development Policy is now available

Whether you are a newcomer to housing policy or a seasoned advocate, the Advocates’ Guide to Housing and Community Development Policy will help you stay on top of what’s new in the world of housing.
The 2007 Advocates’ Guide can be found on NLIHC’s website: www.nlihc.org/template/page.cfm?id=46

COLORADO STATEWIDE HOMELESS COUNT

On the evening of August 28, 2006, the Colorado Interagency Council on Homelessness (CICH), along with hundreds of volunteers from Colorado counties, conducted a “point-in-time” study of homeless persons in Colorado, the first such study in over fifteen years. On that night, the study found there were an estimated 16,203 homeless men, women, and children in Colorado.