Congresswoman Beatty Promotes Affordable Housing and Homeownership

Serving as National Homeownership Month, June represents a renewed focus on affordable housing and homeownership. U.S. Congresswoman Joyce Beatty (OH-03), who serves on the House Financial Services Subcommittee on Housing, Community Development, and Insurance, released the following statement in recognition of these efforts:

"Homeownership is at the core of the American Dream, but making that dream a reality is still out of reach for far too many Americans—even a decade after the 2008 Financial Crisis. I introduced the Housing Financial Literacy Act of 2019, H.R. 2162, which will help put homeownership within reach for more working families by giving first-time homebuyers who complete a Department of Housing and Urban Development-certified housing counseling course a discount on their mortgage insurance premium of 25 basis points. At the same time I am fighting every day in and out of Congress to improve availability of affordable, safe housing."

To learn more about the home-buying process, as well as tool and resources available for first-time homebuyers visit the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau's website. To join the National Homeownership Month conversation online, use #HomeownershipMonth.