At a time when America’s housing affordability crisis has reached new heights, our nation should reprioritize current federal spending through the tax code to better serve those with the greatest need.
NLIHC leads the United for Homes campaign to reform the mortgage interest deduction – a tax write-off that primarily benefits higher income households – to better serve low and moderate income homeowners and to rive drive the savings into effective and proven affordable rental housing programs for the lowest income people.
NLIHC also supports the expansion and reform of the Low Income Housing Tax Credit to better serve extremely low income families