National Action Alert: Urge Your Senators to Support Affordable Senior Housing Funding
Continuing his championship of funding for affordable housing for older adults and individuals with disabilities, U.S. Senator Robert Menendez (D-NJ) is circulating a letter among his Senate colleagues in support of $600 million for approximately 6,200 new Section 202 Supportive Housing for the Elderly homes nationwide, an additional $253 million to fund 20,000 Older Adult Special Purpose Housing Choice Vouchers, and sufficient funding to fully renew project-based rental assistance contracts. These are three of LeadingAge’s affordable senior housing priorities.
The letter is addressed to Senators Brian Schatz and Cindy Hyde-Smith, Chair and Ranking Member, respectively, of the Senate Appropriations Subcommittee on Transportation, Housing, and Urban Development.
All aging services stakeholders in NYS should urge Senators Chuck Schumer and Kirsten Gillibrand to tell Senator Menendez’s staff member Alfie Feder that they will join the letter by May 9th.
Contact: Annalyse Komoroske Denio, akomoroskedenio@leadingageny.org, 518-867-8866