The National Commission on Fiscal Responsibility and Reform, created in February by President Obama, is charged with identifying policies that will improve the country’s fiscal situation in the medium-term and achieve fiscal sustainability over the long-run.

The National Low Income Housing Coalition joined more than 100 other national organizations in signing on to a June 30 letter to the Commission that was organized by the Coalition on Human Needs (CHN).  (We also sent our own comments, here). The joint letter urges the Commission to adopt the principle that lower income people should not be harmed by its recommendations, and emphasizes that smart investments to help low income people will in fact strengthen the economy and the nation. [More ...]