Advocacy

During the first week of October, the Campaign for a Virginia Housing Trust Fund

conducted an online survey to determine the readiness of the development industry to use a statewide housing trust fund, and 125 for-profit and non-profit developers responded. The results showed that with a $90M investment, approximately 6,000 units of housing could be created or preserved immediately to address the tremendous backlog of unmet housing needs throughout the Commonwealth.

The goal of the Campaign is for Governor McDonnell to include a line item for the trust fund in his FY2012-2014 budget proposal.  The Alliance joins the Campaign in asking you to contact the Governor in support of this request.

Currently, 39 states have state housing trust funds. These funds not only leverage millions of dollars of private capital to develop housing; they create thousands of jobs in their communities as well. Now is the time to contact the Governor, as deliberations for the new budget are drawing to a close. To send a message of support, click here http://www.governor.virginia.gov/aboutthegovernor/contactgovernor.cfm.

To learn more about the survey and the Campaign for a Virginia Housing Trust Fund, go to http://archive.constantcontact.com/fs046/1106679983967/archive/1107952728859.html

 

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The Northern Virginia Affordable Housing Alliance is a broad-based regional organization
dedicated to the creation of successful communities
through affordable housing education and advocacy.