Take Action: Tell Congress No on the Sale of Federal Lands Without Affordability Guarantees

NLIHC collaborated with the National Housing Law Project, The Wilderness Society, and the Public Lands Center to draft a sign-on, opposing the mass sell-off of federal land without key guardrails or affordability requirements. We encourage organizations to sign this letter by April 1 and share it with their networks. 

The 119th Congress has seen proposals that purport to address the affordable housing crisis without any measures to weigh other public uses or guarantee that resulting development would be affordable. Environmental and conservation advocates tell us such proposals will keep coming, and that the current administration is eager to sell public lands with or without a concrete plan for affordable housing. 

We created this document as a bulwark against such mass sell-off proposals. It outlines a shared set of high-level principles between conservationists and housing advocates. The principles do not prescribe any specific provisions of law or regulation, and the letter signals openness to serious public lands proposals that receive appropriate expert input and review. 

Take action today and help to demonstrate a broad, cross-sector support for balanced solutions that expand housing opportunity while safeguarding America’s public lands. 

Please reach out to NLIHC Senior Vice President of Policy David Gonzalez Rice ([email protected]) or NHLP’s Director of Government Affairs Noëlle Porter ([email protected]) if you have questions or would like to discuss this issue further.