US Congress: Sufficiently Fund Public Housing

By Human Rights Watch

Click to expand Image First Houses in Manhattan, one of the earliest public housing developments in the United States, April 2, 2009 © 2009 Americasroof (Washington, DC) – The United States Congress should appropriate sufficient funding to allow local public housing authorities to fully address the growing backlog of repair needs, Human Rights Watch said today in a letter to the US Senate Committee on Banking, Housing, and Urban Affairs, and the US House Committee on Financial Services. Public housing is critical to protecting the right to affordable housing, especially for women, and…

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