Action Alert
from the
The National Housing Trust Fund Campaign
c/o National Low Income Housing Coalition • 1012 Fourteenth Street, NW, Suite 610 • Washington, D.C. 20005 • (202) 662-1530 phone • (202) 393-1973 fax • www.nhtf.org
Call To Action
Tuesday, November 19, 2002 is National Housing Day of Action
Call Your Congressional Delegation
Urge Them to Cosponsor the Trust Fund or Thank Them for Their Continued Support
Tuesday, November 19 is the National Housing Day of Action and activists, students, faith leaders, and workers across the country are calling, writing, protesting, and getting media attention to get Congress to step up its support for housing measures. The National Housing Trust Fund Campaign is urging Congress to take a bold step in confronting the affordable housing crisis by passing legislation to create a National Housing Trust Fund. The Campaign thanks the legislation’s co-sponsors for their continuing efforts and urges members of Congress who have yet to co-sponsor the legislation to take a stand for the lowest-income Americans by co-sponsoring and supporting the Trust Fund in the 108th Congress.
Please forward this Action Alert to your networks, partners, and affiliates.
NHTF supporters are asked to take the following actions:
1. Determine whether your members of Congress have co-sponsored the Trust Fund legislation.
To find out if your Representative has signed on, visit
http://thomas.loc.gov/cgi-bin/bdquery/z?d107:HR02349:@@@P
To find out if your Senators have signed on, visit
http://thomas.loc.gov/cgi-bin/bdquery/z?d107:SN01248:@@@P
2.
CALL 1- 866-864-NHTF and ask to be transferred to your Representative’s office.
Ask to speak to the housing staffer of your Representative and
explain the housing situation in your community and the need for resources to address these issues. Ask them to co-sponsor the National Housing Trust Fund in the 108th Congress.
OR
If your Representative has already signed on as a co-sponsor,
CALL 1-866-864-NHTF and ask
to be transferred to your Representative’s office.
Ask to speak to the housing staffer and thank them for their continuing support the National Housing Trust Fund in the 108th Congress.
3.
CALL 1- 866-864-NHTF and ask to be transferred to your Senator’s office.
Ask to speak to the housing staffer of your Senator and
explain the housing situation in your community and the need for resources to address these issues. Ask them to co-sponsor the National Housing Trust Fund in the 108th Congress.
OR
If your Representative has already signed on as a co-sponsor,
CALL 1-866-864-NHTF and ask to be transferred
to your Representative’s office.
Ask to speak to the housing staffer and thank them for their continuing support
of the National Housing Trust Fund in the 108th Congress.
4. Please report the results of your calls to Julie at
julie@nlihc.org or 202-662-1530 x223
5. For more information about National Housing Day of Action and for events you can get involved in near you, visit
http://www.nationalhomeless.org/housing/n20.html Call (800) 664-8647 to find out about campus actions.
6. Representatives are already on their way home from Washington and Senators will soon head home. Consider meeting with your members of Congress in their District offices while Congress is out of session to talk more about the Trust Fund. For more information, contact Irene at 202-662-1530 x242 or
Irene@nlihc.org
Email or fax this Action Alert to as many groups and individuals as possible!
