"We believe federal housing expenditures can be rebalanced to meet the housing needs of low wage workers and their families through modest reforms to the mortgage interest deduction, which in its current state mostly benefits higher-income homeowners," Aurand says. "More than 31 local events are planned across the country between July 22 and 29 to push lawmakers to not only oppose cuts to affordable housing programs, but to increase resources that are so desperately needed. We know how to solve the housing shortage for low income families, but we must find the political will to do it."