Before Mayor Gray submits his final budget proposal for Fiscal Year 2013, let him know that affordable housing should be a priority.

Consider these facts when forming your call or e-mail to the Mayor:

• 47,500 households spent half or more of their income on housing, and approximately about 100,000 households in DC (40 percent) have affordable housing problems-that is, they spend more than 30 percent of their income on housing.
• 26,000 households are on the waiting list for public housing or vouchers.
• 1/3 of government funding for affordable housing has been cut in the past 3 years.
• The number of homeless families in DC grew by 25 percent between 2008 and 2009.

You can email Mayor Gray at  This e-mail address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it and CC his Budget Director, Eric Goulet at  This e-mail address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it . The phone number to the mayor's office is202-727-6263.

If you would like suggestions for what to say when you call or what to e-mail, please contact Defeat Poverty DC at This e-mail address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it or202-266-0050.