U.S. Senator Maria Cantwell (D-WA), joined by Seattle Mayor Ed Murray, Tacoma Mayor Marilyn Strickland, Everett Mayor Ray Stephanson and the A.C.T.I.O.N. campaign – a coalition of more than 1,300 national, state, and local affordable housing advocates – will urge Congress to expand the Low-Income Housing Tax Credit (LIHTC). On Thursday, Cantwell, along with local leaders and housing advocates will kick off a national campaign to increase federal resources for affordable housing. Senator Cantwell will call for a 50 percent expansion of the LIHTC, reforms to better target the lowest income populations and unveil her report, “The Housing Tax Credit: Addressing the Challenges of Affordable Housing & Homelessness.”
