NYT Editorial: Fight for the Housing Trust Fund

Reposted from the New York Times Editorial section, January 13, 2013. “Despite the Obama administration’s best efforts, the lack of affordable housing remains one of America’s most vexing problems. A $1.5 billion transfusion in the 2009 stimulus bill managed to hold the overall homeless population about even over the last four years, and the number of people in two especially vulnerable groups — the chronically homeless and homeless veterans — has actually dropped. But with nearly 3.3 million families with children living in “worst case” situations — spending more than half their incomes on housing or living in hazardous buildings — more must be done to create affordable housing, through rehabilitation or new construction…” Link to Full New York Times Editorial  View PDF of Full New York Times Editorial

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