Your Representative is on the House Committee on Financial Services. This Committee will vote on the Affordable Housing and Self-Sufficiency Improvement Act (AHSSIA) on Wednesday, April 18.
The Committee will be considering the April 13 version of this draft bill, which does not have a bill number. The latest draft of this bill makes significant improvements to the bill's sections on minimum rents and Moving to Work expansion.
The minimum rent, Moving to Work, and the bill as a whole could be undermined if amendments that harm low income people are adopted during Committee consideration. During previous considerations of housing legislation, amendments have been offered that would impose time limits on housing assistance, would impose work requirements on residents, would impose identification requirements, and would dramatically expand the Moving to Work program in ways that could be detrimental to residents.
Call your Representative today and ask him or her to
• Support the bill only if it protects low income people's housing stability
• Oppose amendments that would harm low income people
Make sure your Representative knows that these issues matter to you.
For the latest summary of the bill, see this week's Memo to Members article.
Watch Wednesday's 10 am ET Committee consideration live at http://financialservices.house.gov.
To get the contact information for your Representative, call the congressional switchboard toll free at 877-210-5351 or click the blue Take Action link above. Ask to be connected to the housing staffer of your Representative’s office. After you call, please let us know how the call went by e-mailing us at outreach@nlihc.org.
Thank you for your continued support and action!
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AL Chair Bachus
AZ Representative Schweikert
CA Representative Baca
CA Representative Campbell
CA Representative McCarthy
CA Representative Miller
CA Representative Royce
CA Representative Sherman
CA Representative Waters
CO Representative Perlmutter
CT Representative Himes
DE Representative Carney
FL Representative Posey
GA Representative Scott
GA Representative Westmoreland
IL Representative Biggert
IL Representative Dold
IL Representative Gutierrez
IL Representative Manzullo
IN Representative Carson
IN Representative Donnelly
MA Representative Capuano
MA Ranking Member Frank
MA Representative Lynch
MI Representative Huizenga
MI Representative McCotter
MI Representative Peters
MN Representative Bachmann
MN Representative Ellison
MO Representative Clay
MO Representative Cleaver
MO Representative Luetkemeyer
NC Representative Jones
NC Representative McHenry
NC Representative Miller
NC Representative Watt
NJ Representative Garrett
NM Representative Pearce
NY Representative Ackerman
NY Representative Grimm
NY Representative Hayworth
NY Representative Peter King
NY Representative Maloney
NY Representative McCarthy
NY Representative Meeks
NY Representative Velasquez
OH Representative Renacci
OH Representative Stivers
OK Representative Lucas
PA Representative Fitzpatrick
TN Representative Fincher
TX Representative Canseco
TX Representative Green
TX Representative Hensarling
TX Representative Hinojosa
TX Representative Neugabauer
TX Representative Paul
VA Representative Hurt
WI Representative Duffy
WI Representative Moore
WV Representative Capito
SOURCE: 2012 National Low Income Housing Coalition(outreach@nlihc.org.)
