Tue Feb 08, 2011 at 13:53:35 PM EST
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The New York Times recently published an editorial about affordable housing in the gulf and the important Gulf Opportunity Zone tax credits, which Congress extended for one year in late December. Without another yearlong extension, many affordable housing development projects may not be completed. Below is a brief excerpt from the Times editorial:
The gulf states are still living with the destruction wrought by Hurricanes Katrina and Rita, which swept away more than 70,000 units of affordable rental housing.
Fewer than a third of those units, which are crucial to housing the poor, the elderly and the disabled, have been rebuilt. The 5,000 or so that are still on the drawing board might never be constructed unless Congress extends a program that encourages businesses to invest in housing by providing them offsets for tax liabilities.
With this urgency in mind, I invite you to join an upcoming interfaith call about Gulf Coast affordable housing issues that the Religious Action Center of Reform Judaism is holding on February 23 at 3PM EST.
Joseph Gonzalez, an Isaiah Fund Board member and loan committee chair who is the Manager of Community Health and Investment Programs at CHRISTUS Health, will speak on the call, along with Fred Tombar, Senior Advisor to U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development Secretary Shaun Donovan; and Denise Graves, an organizer for the Micah Project, an affiliate of PICO National Network.
They will review the latest stories and statistics, and lead a conversation about what you can do to help.
• Dial-in Number: 1-213-289-0500
• Participant Access Code: 820086
Please RSVP to Rachel Cohen at rbcohen@rac.org. |
| Laura Wintroub :: Upcoming Interfaith Gulf Coast Housing Call |
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