Priorities

Affordable Housing

Tremendous organizing from advocates, business and the faith community brought much-needed attention to the affordable housing crisis, but unfortunately, the budget situation limited our resources and legislative leaders were unwilling to work on creative solutions. Some legislation we did work on included:

	Opening barriers to home-ownership for Section 8 program participants.
	Cracking down on excessive application fees for renters.
	Creation of tax credits to encourage investment in affordable housing developments.
	Strengthening enforcement of mortgage flipping and predatory lending.
	Eliminating zoning barriers to low and moderately-priced housing in suburban communities.