Memo to Members

NLIHC to Host Congressional Briefing on Housing Solutions Needed in Infrastructure and Economic Recovery Package

Sep 07, 2021

NLIHC and the HoUSed and Opportunity Starts at Home campaigns are hosting a congressional briefing on September 9 at 3 pm ET titled “Housing is Infrastructure: What the Latest Research Tells Us About the Housing Solutions Needed in Any Infrastructure and Economic Recovery Package.”

Speakers will discuss the findings and implications from two recent NLIHC reports – Out of Reach: The High Cost of Housing and The Gap: A Shortage of Affordable Homes – and share insights on how NLIHC’s top priorities for any infrastructure bill will help address the nation’s housing crisis.

House Financial Services Committee Chair Maxine Waters (D-CA) will provide opening remarks. Speakers include:

  • Curtis Johnson, Jr., vice president of housing strategy, Catholic Charities USA
  • Harry Lawson, director of the Department of Human and Civil Rights, National Education Association (invited)
  • Emma Mehrabi, director of poverty policy, Children’s Defense Fund
  • Sarah Saadian, vice president of public policy, NLIHC
  • Dan Threet, research analyst, NLIHC

Register for the briefing at: https://tinyurl.com/32f9jz97