Ask your Representatives to cosponsor H.R. 948, The Common Sense Housing Investment Act, to help end homelessness and housing poverty through comprehensive tax reform.
United For Homes: National Low Income Housing Coalition has shared the following information, and resources for advocacy.
Rental housing affordability is an increasing challenge in every state and congressional district. Through tax reform legislation, Congress can make the tax code fairer for more families, reduce income inequality and racial inequity, and end homelessness and housing poverty once and for all.
The Common Sense Housing Investment Act calls for modest reforms to the mortgage interest deduction, a $70 billion tax write-off that largely benefits America's highest-income households, and reinvests the significant savings into providing affordable housing for people with the greatest needs.
The bill would boost funding for the Housing Trust Fund, the Low Income Housing Tax Credit, public housing, and rental assistance solutions-without
The reforms are simple and bipartisan. First, the bill reduces the size of a mortgage eligible for the tax break from $1 million to the first $500,000-impacting fewer than 6% of homeowners. Second, the bill converts the mortgage interest deduction into a tax credit. This would allow 15 million more low and moderate income homeowners who currently do not benefit from the mortgage interest deduction to get a much-needed tax break.
The United for Homes campaign-including more than 2,300 national, state, and local organizations and elected officials in all 435 congressional districts-strongly endorses H.R 948.
For more information on the Common Sense Housing Investment Act: http://nlihc.org/sites/
HOW YOU CAN TAKE ACTION
- Ask your Representative to cosponsor H.R. 948 to help end homelessness and housing poverty in comprehensive tax reform.
- Ask your colleagues, friends, and family to call their Representatives and join the United for Homes campaign too!
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