A Crisis Compounded: Affordable Housing Critical for National Response

Affordable Housing Finance by Emily Cadik, executive director of the Affordable Housing Tax Credit Coalition (AHTCC)

Our nation was already facing an affordable rental housing crisis before COVID-19 brought on a new crisis far beyond what any of us have experienced or imagined. In the week before the pandemic took hold in the United States, we learned that 10.8 million households were paying more than half of their income on rent, according to the National Low Income Housing Coalition. Now, the COVID-19 crisis is accelerating the problem, and “stay-at-home” orders around the country are a somber reminder of just how essential it is to have a safe home. Read article.