The National Housing Trust Fund Campaign is working to establish a National Housing Trust Fund to build, rehab, and preserve 1.5 million units of primarily rental housing for the lowest income families over the next 10 years.

On October 11, 2007, the U.S. House of Representative passed the National Housing Trust Fund Bill (H.R. 2895) by a margin of 264-148.  This was a great victory to secure the fund in the house. Now, our sights are set on the U.S. Senate.

We expect to have a bill introduced in the Senate, with broad bipartisan co-sponsorship, so your help now is crucial.

The support of Senator Dole and Senator Burr is key.

Please call or email their offices and ask them to sign on as co-sponsors of the Senate Bill that will create the National Housing Trust Fund.

This bill will bring direct housing production funds to the NC Housing Trust Fund and to our largest cities.  It will result in an increase in funding for all of our current Housing Trust Fund programs.  This will not lessen our goal to gain $50 million in annual funding from the NC General Assembly, but will add more leverage to our Campaign.

We hope you will support this very important initiative.

Below are links for more information.

• NHTF Website:  Visit this website, run by the National Low Income Housing Coalition for the latest information on the National Housing Trust Fund.
  
• NHTF Senate Discussion Bill:  This is the draft of the NHTF bill that Senator Kerry will introduce.  It is a companion bill for H.R. 2895, the bill that the house passed.
  
• Dole Sample Letter:  Use this letter as a guide to ask Senator Dole to support the NHTF by becoming an original cosponsor.
  
• Burr Sample Letter:  Use this letter as a guide to ask Senator Burr to support the NHTF by becoming an original cosponsor.
  
• NHTF Talking Points:  This document was created by the National Alliance to End Homelessness to help you frame your discussion of why the NHTF is needed, and how it is essential for ending homelessness.
  
• NHTF Two-page Summary:  This document was created by the National Alliance to End Homelessness to help you and congressional staff understand the NHTF and its potential impact on ending homelessness.