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WORKING FOR A HOME WITHIN REACH
FOR EVERY PENNSYLVANIAN
Today’s Agenda
1. Welcome and WHY Home Matters Day?
2. Preparing… What will happen BEFORE?
3. Doing… What will happen ON THE DAY?
4. Following Up… What will we do AFTER?
5. Next Steps and Questions
Why Home Matters Day?
…. Because increasing state resources will benefit your community and your clients.
…. Because advocacy works when it is done right.
Advocating to create a new State Housing Tax Credit program
Advocating to protect and expand PHARE.
Sharing stories of how these resources could expand and improve affordable housing in your community
Our Focus This Year
Policy Opportunities
We request that our Senators:◦ Become a Co-sponsor of State Housing Tax Credit Legislation that will
support and increase affordable housing opportunities in their county
◦ Protect and expand PHARE
We request that our Representatives:◦ Protect and expand PHARE
◦ Support State Housing Tax Credit Legislation when it reaches the House
Our Focus This Year
Federal Low Income Housing Tax Credit = main vehicle for creating affordable rental housing in US• Not enough credits!
A state housing tax credit will largely mirror federal LIHTC:• Will provide a dollar-for-dollar reduction in their STATE tax liability in
exchange for providing financing to develop affordable rental housing
Why A State Housing Tax Credit
What is the Pennsylvania State Housing Tax Credit?
The Housing Alliance will:
•Schedule Appointments with Senators
•Prepare Packets for Meetings
•Organize Teams and Identify Team Leaders
Before The Day
What you will do:
•Prepare to have a few sentences on how housing resources are implemented in the district:•How do you use PHARE funding in your community?•What would you do with more resources like a state housing tax credit?
•And Remember- You do not need to become an expert on Tax Credits
Before The Day
9:30 to 10:00 a.m. Check-In in the Rotunda
10:00 to 10:30 a.m. Planning Time for Teams
10:30 a.m. to 12:00 p.m. Legislative Visits
12:00 to 1:00 p.m. Lunch & Debrief
1:00 to 1:30 p.m. Press Conference in Rotunda
1:30 to 3:00 p.m. Additional Legislative Visits & National Housing Trust Interviews
Schedule of the Day
1. Team Leader opens the meeting with the reason you are visiting their office today
2. Everyone goes around, introduces themselves, and states why they are at the meeting
3. The Team Leader tells the staff or legislator what the group is asking for the legislator to support/do
4. Hold a conversation around these issues
5. Team Leader closes the meeting, restates the asks of the group, and thanks the staff/ legislator for their time and support
How to Have an Effective Legislative Visit
Messaging Framework for the Conversation
Even with great programs and policies in place like the state housing trust fund called PHARE and the federal Low Income Housing Tax Credit, we can and should do more.
The housing gap continues to grow in PA. There are only 38 affordable units available for every 100 extremely low income renter households
These programs and policies are making it possible to help people like ___ to get back on their feet. INSERT YOUR STORY HERE:
We know the solutions that work, we need more resources to bring them to scale.
How to Have an Effective Legislative Visit
Team Leaders will send thanks you notes to legislators and meeting notes to Housing Alliance
Heads Up…We are not done! Would Like To Partner with You for:
Phone Calls
Letters to the Editor
In district Visits
Home Matters Day
Prepare your story
Call/Email your Senator
Questions?
Next Steps
2018 Home Matters Day Sponsors:
ContactColleen Downey
Program & Policy Associate, Eastern Office
215-576-7044
Gale Schwartz
Program Manager, Western Office
412-281-1137
Harrisburg
610 N. Third StreetHarrisburg PA 17101Ph: 717-909-2006
Eastern PA
309 Florence Ave. 914 NJenkintown, PA 19046Ph: 215-576-7044
Western PA
710 Fifth Avenue, Suite 1000Pittsburgh, PA 15219Ph: 412-281-1137
