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Sign-On Letters

2007

May 8
NHC and other housing organizations urge members of the House and Senate Appropriations Committees to adequately fund HUD programs during the 302(b) allocation process for FY 2008.

• Letter to the House of Representatives Committee on Appropriations (PDF)
• Letter to the Senate Committee on Appropriations (PDF)
  

May 4
NHC joins other housing organizations in urging House Financial Services Committee members to support H.R. 1851, the Section 8 Voucher Reform Act of 2007 (SEVRA). (PDF)

April 9

NHC joins other housing industry groups in expressing opposition to the proposed increase in the FHA multifamily mortgage insurance program in the Administration’s FY 2008 HUD budget. (PDF)

• NAHB Analysis of Residential Financial Survey Data (PDF)
  
  

March 16

NHC joins other housing organizations in urging the House and Senate HUD Appropriations Subcommittee leadership to preserve the longstanding policy of replacing losses of federally-assisted housing units with vouchers on a one-to-one basis. (PDF)

March 7
NHC joins other national organizations in urging the House and Senate Budget Committees to include at $4.1 billion in funding for the Community Development Block Grant program in the Budget Resolution.

• Letter to Senate Committee on the Budget (PDF)
• Letter to House Committee on the Budget (PDF)

2006

October 17
NHC joins other national and statewide organizations in requesting Homeland Security Secretary Chertoff, HUD Secretary Jackson and FEMA Director Paulison to work together immediately to address the impending expiration of FEMA's housing assistance programs for victims of Hurricanes Katrina and Rita.(PDF)

September 8
NHC joins veterans’ affairs, physical and mental health services, and housing and homeless assistance organizations in support of the Homeless Veterans Assistance Act (H.R. 5960) and the Services to Prevent Veterans Homelessness Act (H.R. 4746) to combat homelessness among our nation’s veterans.(PDF)

September 5
NHC joins other national and statewide organizations in calling on national leaders to address the extensive low-income housing needs that remain in the Gulf Coast one year after Hurricanes Katrina and Rita made landfall. (PDF)

September 01
NHC joins other national and statewide organizations in urging the Senate Appropriation Committee to address a recently revealed $283 million public housing operating subsidy shortfall for FY06, and preventing a similar unanticipated shortfall for FY07.(PDF)

July 26
NHC joins housing industry groups in commenting no HUD's notice to make changes in certain multifamily mortgage insurance premium programs. (PDF)

July 19
joins housing industry groups in expressing support for the Affordable Housing Preservation Act of 2006 (S. 3616). (PDF)

July 11
Housing industry groups join NHC in commenting on the Federal Housing Finance Board's proposed rule on excess stock restrictions and retained earnings. (PDF)

May 22
NHC joins housing industry groups in opposing changes to the tenant protection voucher policy. (PDF)

May 18
NHC joins other housing industry groups in opposing the Administration's proposed funding cut to the Community Development Block Grant (CDBG) formula grants by 25 percent. (PDF)

2005

December 7
NHC joins other national housing and community development organizations in opposing the across-the-board cuts to the FY 2006 appropriations bills.

• Table: Impact of a 1 or 2-Percent Across-the-Board Cut in FY 2006 on the Housing Choice Voucher Program (State Totals) (PDF)
• FY 2006 CDBG Allocation Estimates (PDF)
  

November
The National Housing Conference signed-on to two letters from the Preservation Working Group, of which NHC is a member, about federal funding for "Upfront Grants":

• Letter to Congress regarding appropriations for Upfront Grants and Below-Market Sales of Foreclosed Multifamily Properties, 11/01/05 (PDF)
• Budget Letter to Congress regarding potential loss of nearly $500 million to save HUD Assisted or Insured, Multifamily Housing, 10/05/05 (PDF)
  

June 8
NHC joins other housing industry groups in commenting on the housing provisions in the Violence Against Women Act reauthorization bill.

• Letter to the Senate Banking Committee
• Letter to the Senate Judiciary Committee

May 20
NHC joins other housing industry groups in commenting on GSE program approval issues.

April 28
NHC joins other housing industry groups in commenting on S. 771, the “State and Local Housing Flexibility Act of 2005.

2004

September 3
NHC joins over 60 national organizations as part of the Campaign for Housing and Community Development Funding urging Congressional leaders to reject proposals to cut FY2005 funding for HUD housing and community development programs and to reject fundamental changes to the Section 8 Voucher Program.

June 17
NHC joins other housing advocates and trade groups to request a 60-day extension of the HUD GSE housing goals comment period.

• HUD Secretary Alphonso Jackson replies to the 60-day extension request.