Housing is a human right, and it’s clear that the private market has failed to provide housing that is safe, accessible, and affordable for all.

With 78% of Americans living paycheck to paycheck and rent continuing to skyrocket, families across the country are facing homelessness.

Public housing is a crucial lifeline, particularly for our most vulnerable neighbors. However, our government’s investments in public housing have long been insufficient.

In the face of insufficient federal subsidies for affordable rental units, innovative state and local public developers are building affordable units by leveraging local policy tools, adopting innovative financing mechanisms, and using market rate units to cross-subsidize below-market affordable units.

As the push for new, locally driven public housing development is building nationwide, all locales should have easy access to the latest models and policy options.

So Rep. Rashida Tlaib introduced the Public Housing for the 21st Century Act, which will provide public housing authorities, housing finance agencies, and other entities with the information and assistance they need to adopt the latest best practices in developing mixed-income public housing, from extremely low-income to moderate-income households.

Mixed-income public housing—including extremely low-income to moderate-income households—promotes the financial stability and proper maintenance of housing developments, fosters community diversity and integration, and allows scarce federal subsidies to be targeted to the most vulnerable households.

Please add your name to support Rep. Rashida Tlaib’s Public Housing for the 21st Century Act, which will increase urgently-needed affordable housing production.