March 23 , 2007
The Housing Alliance Update & Announcements is a bi-weekly electronic newsletter to keep you up-to-date about everything the Housing Alliance is doing to win in 2007 - and how you can get involved!
BREAKING NEWS! This morning the Co-Chairs of the Joint Ways and Means Committee released their budget for 2007-2009 and gave a huge boost to the Housing Alliance’s $100 million agenda! Representative Nolan, Chair of the House Ways and Means Committee, announced that affordable housing is the second most important priority in the Co-Chairs budget this session (education was first) and stated the Committee’s support for our $100 million agenda. Here’s what she said:
"We are proposing a $100 Million program for affordable housing around the state. Some of that money comes from general funds, lottery funds and some from public purpose charges. And we are asking you to consider a $60 Million increase in recording fees to help that program succeed."
If you’d like the thrill of listening to it yourself, click here for the audio stream. (You will need Real Player to listen to the audio.)
This is a HUGE development for the Housing Alliance agenda. The Co-Chairs’ budget sets the spending limits and spells out the priorities of the committee that holds the Legislature’s purse strings. We are having an impact and raising the profile of affordable housing. We still have a ways to go, but we should celebrate this accomplishment. Great work, everyone!
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