{"database": "press", "table": "releases", "rows": [["https://stansbury.house.gov/media/press-releases/rep-stansbury-holds-roundtable-find-housing-solutions-new-mexico", "Rep. Stansbury Holds Roundtable to Find Housing Solutions in New Mexico", "2024-08-13", "2024", "2024-08", "Democrat", "House", "NM", "Melanie A. Stansbury", "S001218", "stansbury.house.gov", "stansbury", "https://stansbury.house.gov/media/press-releases", "scraper", "ALBUQUERQUE\u2014Congresswoman Melanie Stansbury (NM-01) held a roundtable and resource fair Monday focused on addressing the gaps in housing accessibility in communities across the First Congressional District of New Mexico.\n\n\"Housing instability and the lack of available and affordable housing is deeply personal for me. We must think about housing as life-saving, necessary infrastructure in our communities so they can thrive for generations,\" said Rep. Melanie Stansbury (NM-01). \"There is no reason our families and residents should be one paycheck away from losing their homes or be operating with no safety net. These roundtables are important because there are so many creative solutions to helping communities in our state - it is time we figure out how to bring them together.\"\n\nThe National Low Income Housing Coalition (NLIHC) shows in New Mexico:\n\nThere is a shortage of approximately 41,000 rental homes that are available and affordable to extremely low income (ELI) renters.\n\n28% of renter households that are extremely low income\n\n70% of extremely low-income renter households with severe cost burden\n\nIn 2022, NLIHC data shows there were 68,160 ELI renter households in the state with only 27,270 affordable and available rental homes.\n\nCONGRESSWOMAN STANSBURY\u2019S WORK ON FINDING HOUSING ACCESSIBILITY SOLUTIONS:\n\nLegislative Actions:\n\nThe Congresswoman is working closely with local tribal leaders to address concerns regarding a lack of Native American Housing Assistance and Self-Determination Act (NAHASDA) funding to tribal communities in the district.\n\nShe is currently working on addressing these concerns by introducing legislation to create a separate stream of grant funding for tribal communities to build or rehabilitate existing homes with sustainable and resilient features.\n\nCo-Sponsorships:\n\nAffordable Housing Credit Improvement Act of 2023 (H.R.3238)\n\nExpansion of Attainable Homeownership Through Manufactured Housing Act of 2023 (H.R.5198)\n\nEviction Protection Act of 2023 (H.R.5816)\n\nHousing for All Act of 2023 (H.R.5254)\n\nEnding Homelessness Act of 2023 (H.R.4232)\n\nAffordable Housing Stability During Shutdowns Act of 2023 (H.R.5814)\n\n###", 1, "2026-03-30T01:40:41Z", "2026-04-07T21:36:13Z"]], "columns": ["url", "title", "date", "year", "month", "party", "chamber", "state", "member_name", "bioguide_id", "domain", "scraper", "source", "date_source", "text", "has_text", "collected_at", "updated_at"], "primary_keys": ["url"], "primary_key_values": ["https://stansbury.house.gov/media/press-releases/rep-stansbury-holds-roundtable-find-housing-solutions-new-mexico"], "units": {}, "query_ms": 0.7046188693493605, "source": "dwillis/congress-press", "source_url": "https://github.com/dwillis/congress-press", "license": "MIT", "license_url": "https://github.com/dwillis/congress-press/blob/main/LICENSE"}