On the Home Front

  • Status Quo Won’t Save Public Housing

    Posted by: Sheila Crowley, President, National Low Income Housing Coalition The conservatives who have been trying to get rid of public housing for years must be having a good laugh about the attacks from the left about the HUD proposal to reform rental housing assistance and preserve public housing. HUD says its proposal called PETRA… Continue reading

  • Friday Fact

    Did you know that a person with a full-time job needs to earn an hourly Housing Wage of $17.84 to afford a two-bedroom rental home at the nation’s average Fair Market Rent? In 2009, the estimated median hourly wage for workers in America is only $16.03. Continue reading

  • NHTF Campaign Thanks the President-Elect

    The National Housing Trust Fund Campaign has sent a letter to the Obama-Biden Transition Team detailing the next steps of the Campaign and thanking the President-Elect for his continued support of the National Housing Trust Fund The letter details: The next steps for the National Housing Trust Fund Campaign are as follows: 1. Work with… Continue reading

  • Leader Boehner Continues to Misrepresent the National Housing Trust Fund in the House

    Minority Leader John Boehner (R-OH) has again today issued a false statement about the National Housing Trust Fund, despite receiving correct information from the National Housing Trust Fund campaign on October 1, 2008. Today, Mr. Boehner released an alert containing this statement: Last summer, Democrats forced a giant housing bill loaded up with a taxpayer-funded… Continue reading

  • The Truth About the National Housing Trust Fund

    The National Housing Trust Fund campaign wants to correct misinformation that is circulating in the media about the National Housing Trust Fund. This misinformation appears to be the result of an alert issued by House of Representatives Minority Leader John Boehner (R-OH) on Saturday, September 27, 2008 in regard to the financial rescue bill that… Continue reading