Tell Congress: Fund HUD, End Shutdown

Posted on January 15, 2019 by Bobbie Guidry

Section 202 communities will not see their December 2018 and January 2019 contracts renewed because of the partial federal government shutdown. HUD expects Section 202 provider to rely on their reserves to cover expenses during the shutdown, which could have grave consequences on older adults who rely on these programs. WE NEED YOUR HELP! 

Urge your senators and representative TODAY to protect older adults, end the shutdown, and enact a final fiscal year 2019 HUD funding bill.

How You Can Help:

• Call or email your lawmakers TODAY!
• Share this information with the residents in your community and suggest that they call as well. The proposed changes will directly impact them.
• Forward this action alert to your network.

Steps for Calling Your Lawmakers:

• Dial this toll-free number: 888-339-2181
• Feel free to use the talking points below when you talk to the staff person who answers the phone.
• After talking with the staff person, do not hang up. Allow the staff person to hang up, and the automated system will then connect you to your next lawmaker.

Talking Points:

• Please protect older adults with low income by ending the government shutdown and passing a full year HUD spending bill that provides strong funding for affordable housing programs, such as the Section 202 Housing for the Elderly and Project-Based Rental Assistance programs.
• We are gravely concerned of the shutdown’s immediate and long-term impacts on HUD's programs and the older adults with low income they serve.
• The shutdown is threatening to destabilize over 1.6 million older adult households that depend on HUD’s rental assistance programs