Advocacy
Everyone deserves a decent place to call home.
No family should have to spend more than 30% of their income on a home. But nearly 19 million US households pay half or more their income on a place to live. Almost half of all New Yorkers pay more than 30% for housing, and in the Capital District almost one third of our neighbors are burdened by the cost of home.
Our advocacy approach is based on decades of on-the-ground experience and policy expertise. In our deep understanding of housing and its role in providing opportunities for families, we seek to reform laws in a nonpartisan way.
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Local priority:
We call for the creation of a local, flexible Albany County housing trust fund to help address today’s housing crisis.
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If you’d like, you can share your personal, lived housing experience with us at info@habitatcd.org.
Personal stories can go a long way with our policymakers!
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