Our letter to the President

Dear President Obama,

Please take action to end America’s affordable housing and homelessness crisis. We need:
  • More section 8 vouchers immediately
  • Build public housing to meet the need
  • Full funding of the National Housing Trust Fund
  • Stop foreclosures

Wednesday, May 13, 2009

Greg Plant, San Jose


My housing situation is OK but many people, in our area and nation-wide, need housing assistance. Increasing the number of Section 8 vouchers would help house people currently living on the street or with family (“doubling up”).

In addition, please build public (not private) housing for the extremely poor! They cannot afford to purchase a house, and making housing a for-profit industry denies their right to housing.

Public housing could be apt. or single-family homes – a good investment for the government (and a way to boost construction jobs, which we need!).

For more on this issue of public housing please contact Charities Housing in the South Bay Area (near San Jose, CA) at info@charitieshousing.org .

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