{"id":4372,"date":"2022-02-18T17:05:42","date_gmt":"2022-02-18T22:05:42","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/nationalfairhousing.org\/?p=4372"},"modified":"2022-02-22T13:31:37","modified_gmt":"2022-02-22T18:31:37","slug":"fight-for-housing-in-bbb","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/nationalfairhousing.org\/fight-for-housing-in-bbb\/","title":{"rendered":"Act Now! Tell Congress to Fight for Critical Housing Funding in the Build Back Better Act!"},"content":{"rendered":"\n\n    <div class=\"container-fluid\">\n        <div class=\"row justify-content-lg-center cms-styles\">\n            <div class=\"col-lg-8 col-xl-7\">\n\n                <!--CTA-->\n                <div class=\"card-cta\">\n                    <p>\n                        Tell Congress to Fight for the BBB Act!                    <\/p>\n                    <a href=\"https:\/\/nationalfairhousingalliance.salsalabs.org\/fightforbbbtoday\/index.html\" class=\"btn btn-primary btn-yellow\">Take Action Now!<\/a>\n                <\/div>\n\n            <\/div>\n        <\/div>\n    <\/div>\n\n\n\n\n<p class=\"content-wrap-item post__paragraph\">Last November, the House of Representatives passed the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.congress.gov\/bill\/117th-congress\/house-bill\/5376?q=%7B%22search%22%3A%5B%22build+back+better+act%22%2C%22build%22%2C%22back%22%2C%22better%22%2C%22act%22%5D%7D&amp;s=1&amp;r=1\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Build Back Better Act (BBBA)<\/a>, including the largest investment in local fair housing enforcement, $10 billion for First Generation Downpayment Assistance, and $5 billion dollars for the Neighborhood Homes Investment Act \u2013 recognizing the critical role that stable housing plays to ensure every family has access to opportunities that help them thrive and contribute to their communities and our national economy.&nbsp; However, the Senate has yet to take up the measure delaying passage of an important priority of the Biden-Harris Administration.&nbsp; Failing to include the housing investments in the BBBA would be a grave disservice to our nation\u2019s urban and rural communities that are overwhelmed by rising housing costs.&nbsp; The American public expects policymakers to address our nation\u2019s housing crises and the Build Back Better Act is a once-in-a-lifetime opportunity to do that.&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"content-wrap-item post__paragraph\"><strong>Tell your Representatives and Senators to have the courage to continue fighting for all the Build Back Better Act\u2019s housing investments, especially:&nbsp;&nbsp;<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"content-wrap-item post__list post__list-undefined wp-block-list\" value=\"<li class=&quot;post__list-item is-item-undefined&quot;&gt;<strong&gt;$800 Million for Local Fair Housing Enforcement<\/strong&gt; through the Fair Housing Initiatives Program (FHIP) and Fair Housing Assistance Program (FHAP) to ensure that grassroots private fair housing enforcement organizations and local and state civil and human rights government agencies can better address ongoing and emerging forms of housing and lending discrimination in their local housing markets.&nbsp;<\/li&gt;\"><li><strong>$800 Million for Local Fair Housing Enforcement<\/strong> through the Fair Housing Initiatives Program (FHIP) and Fair Housing Assistance Program (FHAP) to ensure that grassroots private fair housing enforcement organizations and local and state civil and human rights government agencies can better address ongoing and emerging forms of housing and lending discrimination in their local housing markets.&nbsp;<\/li><\/ul>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"content-wrap-item post__list post__list-undefined wp-block-list\" value=\"<li class=&quot;post__list-item is-item-undefined&quot;&gt;<strong&gt;$10 Billion for Targeted First-Generation Down Payment Assistance (DPA)<\/strong&gt; to begin to close the racial homeownership and wealth gaps.&nbsp;&nbsp;<\/li&gt;\"><li><strong>$10 Billion for Targeted First-Generation Down Payment Assistance (DPA)<\/strong> to begin to close the racial homeownership and wealth gaps.&nbsp;&nbsp;<\/li><\/ul>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"content-wrap-item post__list post__list-undefined wp-block-list\" value=\"<li class=&quot;post__list-item is-item-undefined&quot;&gt;<strong&gt;$5 Billion for New Construction and Property Rehabilitation <\/strong&gt;that would result in the building or renovating of 125,000 affordable homes.&nbsp;<\/li&gt;\"><li><strong>$5 Billion for New Construction and Property Rehabilitation <\/strong>that would result in the building or renovating of 125,000 affordable homes.&nbsp;<\/li><\/ul>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"content-wrap-item post__paragraph\"><strong>Instructions on How to Advocate<\/strong>:<\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"content-wrap-item post__list post__list-undefined wp-block-list\" value=\"<li class=&quot;post__list-item is-item-undefined&quot;&gt;<strong&gt;Email your Representatives and Senators<\/strong&gt; by clicking the link below.\u00a0 Fill out the corresponding form to identify your members of Congress and personalize the email template we provide.\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0<\/li&gt;<li class=&quot;post__list-item is-item-undefined&quot;&gt;<strong&gt;Call your members of Congress<\/strong&gt; by dialing 202-224-3121.\u00a0 Ask the operator to connect you with your Representatives\u2019 or Senators\u2019 offices and use the email template available at the link below as a script when you are connected to a staff person.\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0<\/li&gt;<li class=&quot;post__list-item is-item-undefined&quot;&gt;Please feel free to use our <a href=&quot;https:\/\/docs.google.com\/document\/d\/1oe5FovKgt8RHx9rhhSZe6u0qQnNXdVcpFO8wKad881w\/edit?usp=sharing&quot; target=&quot;_blank&quot; rel=&quot;noreferrer noopener&quot;&gt;<strong&gt;Advocacy and Social Media Toolkit<\/strong&gt;<\/a&gt; for additional talking points.\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0<\/li&gt;<li class=&quot;post__list-item is-item-undefined&quot;&gt;Please contact <a href=&quot;mailto:Jsoto@NationalFairHousing.org&quot; target=&quot;_blank&quot; rel=&quot;noreferrer noopener&quot;&gt;Jsoto@NationalFairHousing.org<\/a&gt; if you have questions or want to share any feedback you received from the offices you reached out to.\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0<\/li&gt;\"><li><strong>Email your Representatives and Senators<\/strong> by clicking the link below.\u00a0 Fill out the corresponding form to identify your members of Congress and personalize the email template we provide.\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0<\/li><li><strong>Call your members of Congress<\/strong> by dialing 202-224-3121.\u00a0 Ask the operator to connect you with your Representatives\u2019 or Senators\u2019 offices and use the email template available at the link below as a script when you are connected to a staff person.\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0<\/li><li>Please feel free to use our <a href=\"https:\/\/docs.google.com\/document\/d\/1oe5FovKgt8RHx9rhhSZe6u0qQnNXdVcpFO8wKad881w\/edit?usp=sharing\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\"><strong>Advocacy and Social Media Toolkit<\/strong><\/a> for additional talking points.\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0<\/li><li>Please contact <a href=\"mailto:Jsoto@NationalFairHousing.org\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Jsoto@NationalFairHousing.org<\/a> if you have questions or want to share any feedback you received from the offices you reached out to.\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0<\/li><\/ul>\n\n\n\n\n    <!--Content Block-->\n    <section class=\"bg-white pb-lg pt-lg\">\n        <div class=\"container-fluid\">\n            <div class=\"row justify-content-lg-center\">\n                <div class=\"col-lg-9 text-center icon-house-before\">\n                    <h1 class=\"heading-1 color-black\">\n                        <p><a href=\"https:\/\/nationalfairhousingalliance.salsalabs.org\/fightforbbbtoday\/index.html\">Take Action Here!<\/a><\/p>\n                    <\/h1>\n                <\/div>\n            <\/div>\n        <\/div>\n    <\/section>\n\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Last November, the House of Representatives passed the Build Back Better Act (BBBA), including the largest investment in local fair housing enforcement, $10 billion for First Generation Downpayment Assistance, and $5 billion dollars for the Neighborhood Homes Investment Act \u2013 recognizing the critical role that stable housing plays to ensure every family has access to [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":433,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-4372","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-uncategorized"],"acf":[],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v26.5 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/wordpress\/plugins\/seo\/ -->\n<title>Act Now! 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