Affirming the right of all renters to a safe, affordable, and decent home.

2017-07-27

Introduced in House

Supports:

lifting the spending caps required by the Budget Control Act of 2011 and robustly funding programs to increase access to affordable housing and address homelessness at the Department of Housing and Urban Development and other federal agencies, and
increased funding to the Public Housing Capital Fund to address the backlog of capital repairs for public housing.

Opposes any cuts to federal investments in affordable federal housing programs.

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