• Funding for affordable housing for low income families; appropriations for affordable housing programs and disaster relief for housing including HUD, HHS, Treasury, VA, DOE, USDA and CNCS appropriations, Dodd Frank mortgage reform and CFPB regulations, New Markets Tax Credits, Capital Magnet fund, weatherization and housing finance reform

Duration: January 1, 2008 to present

May Have Ended?

General Issues: Housing, Banking, Budget/Appropriations, Disaster Planning/Emergencies, Economics/Economic Development, Financial Institutions/Investments/Securities, Foreign Relations, Taxation/Internal Revenue Code

Spending: about $3,971,000 (But it's complicated. Here's why.)

It can be tricky to figure out how much an organization spent on a particular lobbying engagement. The law only requires lobbyists to report the amount they were paid for federal lobbying each quarter rounded to the nearest $10,000—and if it's less than $3,000 in a given quarter (or less than $13,000 for organizations with in-house lobbyists), they don't have to disclose it at all. Plus, some organizations include spending that doesn’t belong in the report—for instance, money spent lobbying state governments or other legal work.

Agencies lobbied since 2008: U.S. Senate, House of Representatives, Corporation for Natl & Community Service, Energy - Dept of, Housing & Urban Development - Dept of (HUD), U.S. Agency for International Development (USAID), Veterans Affairs - Dept of (VA), Treasury - Dept of, Consumer Financial Protection Bureau (CFPB), Agriculture - Dept of (USDA), Agriculture - Dept of (USDA), Corporation for Natl & Community Service , Health & Human Services - Dept of (HHS), Energy - Dept of,, U.S. Agency for International Development (USAID),, White House Office, White House Office,, State - Dept of (DOS)