Ask Your Legislators: Make Housing a Priority

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Ask Your Legislators: Make Housing a Priority

In today's economic crisis, families looking for a home loan are often left out in the cold. What's more, 95 million Americans struggle with housing problems – one-third of our nation. That number is sure to grow.

This is not the time to cut vital funding for affordable housing. Please join Habitat for Humanity in demanding that more, not fewer, families have a chance at safe, decent, and affordable housing.

If our country makes a smart investment in homeownership, more families will find adequate housing in these especially tough times. Fill out the form below to ask your legislators to keep vital affordable housing programs a priority.

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Dear (recipient name),

Right now, amidst the worst economic crisis in decades, affordable homeownership programs are ever more vital. These programs are just the safety nets families need to help keep them off the streets. Please act now to ensure that more, not fewer, American families have a chance at safe, decent and affordable housing.

I join Habitat for Humanity in asking you to make a smart investment in the promise of affordable, secure housing for vulnerable American families. Today, more than 95 million Americans suffer from housing problems. As the economic crisis reaches its height, more and more families looking for the financing to buy a home will be left out in the cold.

Investment in safe, secure housing for families fosters safer and more active communities; improves the health and education of children; and provides an opportunity for parents to create long-term financial security. In short, clean, stable, and decent homes have the power to help low-income families lift themselves — and their communities — out of poverty. 

I know that you care about this issue. Yet with the budgetary strain on many government programs, I'm asking that you please make sure affordable homeownership programs continue for American families who need them most.

Your leadership on this important issue can make a big difference.

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