Representative Ilhan Omar (D-MN) reintroduced the “Homes for All Act” on March 24. The bill – supported by NLIHC – would invest $1 trillion in dramatically expanding public housing and the national Housing Trust Fund and would guarantee housing as a human right. The bill is cosponsored by Representatives Earl Blumenauer (D-OR), Andre Carson (D-IN), Jesus “Chuy” García (D-IL), Pramila Jayapal (D-WA), Mondaire Jones (D-NY), Eleanor Holmes Norton (D-DC), Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez (D-NY), Ayanna Pressley (D-MA), and Rashida Tlaib (D-MI).
The Homes for All Act would invest $800 billion over 10 years to build 8.5 million new units of public housing. The bill would also invest an additional $200 billion over 10 years in the national Housing Trust Fund to build 3.5 million new permanently affordable homes for extremely low-income families. The bill would repeal the Faircloth Amendment (which currently prohibits the creation of additional public housing), make ongoing public housing operating and capital expenses mandatory, and create a new program to help protect families from gentrification and displacement.
“I applaud Congresswoman Omar for introducing bold legislation to invest in affordable housing at the scale necessary to ensure that housing is a right, not a privilege,” NLIHC President and CEO Diane Yentel said in a press release about the bill issued by the office of Rep. Omar. “Congress must use every opportunity to advance proven housing solutions – like those included in the Homes for All Act – that move our nation towards universal, stable, and affordable homes for everyone.”
Rep. Omar also reintroduced the “Frank Adelmann Manufactured Housing Community Sustainability Act” on March 24. The bill would create a tax credit to incentivize mobile home park owners to sell their property to resident-owned cooperatives. The bill is cosponsored by Representatives Suzanne Bonamici (D-OR), Barbara Lee (D-CA), and Mark Pocan (D-WI).
Read the press release at: https://tinyurl.com/2p8ak7kb
Read the text of the “Homes for All Act” at: https://tinyurl.com/nd8z5ws2
Read the text of the “Manufactured Housing Community Sustainability Act” at: https://tinyurl.com/3sp9635w