AFFORDABLE HOUSING

• Increase the supply of housing by fully funding affordable housing investments in the federal budget, and through federal tax credits and gap financing.
  
  

• Advance the priorities of the National Low Income Housing Coalition's 'HoUSed' campaign, including: bridging the gap between incomes and housing costs by expanding rental assistance to every eligible household; expanding and preserving the supply of rental homes affordable and accessible to people with the lowest incomes; creating a national housing stabilization fund; and strengthening and enforcing renter protections.
  
  

• Work to end housing discrimination and promote inclusive communities, including by expanding fair housing resources and protecting the U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development’s Affirmatively Furthering Fair Housing rule.
  

COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT RESOURCES

• Ensure robust federal funding for community development programs (homeless assistance housing counseling, housing choice vouchers, rural development, etc.).
  
  

• Mitigate losses in Low Income Housing Tax Credit production due to tax reform and better facilitate development in challenging markets.

• Create a refundable tax credit for cost-burdened renters who pay more than 30 percent of their annual gross income on rent and utilities.

CONSUMER PROTECTION/ASSET DEVELOPMENT

• Institute a federal cap on payday loans at 36 percent APR, for example through the Veterans and Consumers Fair Credit Act.
  
  

• Eliminate child and family poverty through fully funding federal tax credits, including the Child Tax Credit.
  
  

• Fully fund proven asset-development programs, including reinstating the federal Assets for Independence (AFI) program behind many Individual Development Accounts (IDAs).