Senator Todd Young (R-IN) along with Sens. Maria Cantwell (D-WA), Susan Collins (R-ME), Chris Coons (D-DE), Cory Gardner (R-CO), Maggie Hassan (D-NH), Doug Jones (D-AL), Tim Kaine (D-VA), John Kennedy (R-LA), Angus King (I-ME), Amy Klobuchar (D-MN), Lisa Murkowski (R-AK), Marco Rubio (R-FL), Jeanne Shaheen (D-NH), Jon Tester (D-MT) and Elizabeth Warren (D-MA) reintroduced the Task Force on the Impact of the Affordable Housing Crisis Act (S. 1722). According to a press release from Sen. Young’s office, the task force will:

  1. Evaluate and quantify the impact that a lack of affordable housing has on other areas of life and life outcomes for individuals living in the United States, including education, employment, income level, health, nutrition, access to transportation, and poverty level in the neighborhood in which individuals live, regional economic growth, and neighborhood and rural community stability and revitalization.
  2. Evaluate and quantify the costs incurred by other federal, state and local programs due to a lack of affordable housing.
  3. Make recommendations to Congress on how to use affordable housing to improve the effectiveness of other Federal programs and improve life outcomes for individuals living in the United States.