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THE FOLLOWING PRIORITIES ARE CHAMPIONED BY OUR MEMBERS IN 2020
| AFFORDABLE HOUSING | RESOURCES | CONSUMER PROTECTION |
| Advocating for the enactment of the Task Force on the Impact of the Affordable Housing Crisis Act |
Increasing urgently needed, leveraged federal funding for community development programs (homeless assistance, housing counseling, housing choice vouchers, rural development, etc.) |
Protecting the ability of the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau (CFPB) to take action against unfair lending practices |
| Protecting the lowest-income households from rent increases or work requirements that do not improve self-sufficiency |
Instituting a program to prevent homelessness by targeting aid to renters experiencing economic shocks to help avert evictions |
Modernizing the Community Reinvestment Act (CRA) to better ensure that banks and thrifts meet the needs of low‐ and moderate-income communities |
Ensuring any reform of Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac preserves the affordable housing mandates to maintain a pathway to homeownership for low- and moderate-income Hoosiers |
Supporting the Affordable Housing Credit Improvement Act to expand the supply of affordable housing and better facilitate development in challenging markets | Instituting a new low-income, adult matched savings program to help families move from financial crisis to prosperity |
| Working to end housing discrimination and promote inclusive communities by protecting Affirmatively Furthering Fair Housing rule | |