FW: UPDATE: NHTF funding bill could move this week!

[Mia Navarro Wells]

Another opportunity to call our Senators regarding the National Housing Trust Fund.

 

Mia Navarro Wells

Executive Director

 

Save the Date for the WSCH 21st Annual Conference, May 11-13, 2011 in Kennewick, WA

 

Washington State Coalition for the Homeless

PO Box 7436

Tacoma, WA 98417-0436

(253) 761-7446

FAX (253) 761-7436

www.endhomelessnesswa.org

 

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From: NLIHC [mailto:memoto...@nlihc.org]
Sent: Tuesday, June 15, 2010 2:28 PM
To: Mia Wells
Subject: UPDATE: NHTF funding bill could move this week!

NHTF funding bill could move this week! Take Action! PLEASE CALL TODAY!   Senate leaders appear ready to begin voting on H.R. 4213, the American Jobs and Closing Tax Loopholes Act of 2010, the 'extender bill' that includes funds for the National Housing Trust Fund and other housing priorities. Voting could start as early as Wednesday, June 16, and the vote is expected to be very close. Please call each of your Senators NOW and urge them to support this bill!   Please call the Congressional switchboard toll-free at 877-210-5351 and ask for each of your Senators' offices in turn. Relay the following message:   H.R. 4213, the tax extender bill, contains $1 billion in funding for the National Housing Trust Fund. The NHTF will help our community build and preserve housing for people with the lowest incomes who have been hardest hit in the economic crisis, and will create much-needed jobs. I urge Senator [NAME] to support H.R. 4213 and the National Housing Trust Fund.   You can also tell your Senators how much funding your state will receive in NHTF funding, and remind them of the number of organizations from your state that signed the NHTF letter of support.     Please call even if you have already called!   Background: On May 28, the House passed H.R. 4213, the "tax extenders bill," which included $1 billion in initial funding for the National Housing Trust Fund and $65 million for project-based housing vouchers to support NHTF homes.  The bill also extends the Low Income Housing Tax Credit (LIHTC) exchange program, and extends the placed-in-service date of LIHTCs for the Gulf Coast. Votes on the bill in the Senate were anticipated in early June, but stalled while Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid (D-NV) searched for consensus on some aspects of the bill.    THANK YOU FOR YOUR CALLS! WE CAN MAKE THIS HAPPEN!   Please email outr...@nlihc.org with feedback from your calls or any questions.

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