A record number of close to 1500 organizations from around the country signed on to a national letter calling for increased housing funds. The letter was sent to Clinton and other Administration officials involved in the budget decision-making process. The letter will also be sent to members of Congress as their budget and appropriations process gets underway. National housing groups are coordinating efforts to ensure that housing and community development for low income people is a primary focus of the presidential and other electoral campaigns this year. Campaign 2000 is mounting a nationwide postcard campaign to alert the presidential and other candidates that voters care about the affordable housing crisis.
Postcards are available and a template has been developed that can be easily reproduced.
Presidential candidates addresses are also available. The forum is timed to coincide with the national conferences of several housing and community development organizations. The goal is to have as many postcards as possible mailed to candidates by the end of February. The rule would let each state decide whether to use its UI law to allow people to collect unemployment while they are on parental leave. This innovative and exciting initiative begins to solve the problem that too many people can t afford to take unpaid family and medical leave.