Affordable housing is a key part of the nation’s economic infrastructure. Expanding its availability is an effective way to reduce poverty and homelessness and to help build a more equitable economy in which all children can reach their full potential, households can make ends meet, workers in low-paid jobs and those who need jobs can get ahead, and seniors and people with disabilities can live with dignity in their chosen communities. With this in mind, policymakers should include substantial affordable housing investments in the economic recovery legislation they will consider later this