; Whereas the LIHTC program helped spur the development of 926,000 multifamily housing units, and almost 2.78 million housing units placed in service between 1987 and 2014; Whereas the recent collapse of the residential housing market has resulted in an unemployment rate in the construction industry of approximately 17 percent over the last several years; and according to the National Low Income Housing Coalition, every $10,000,000,000 dollars spent through the National Housing Trust Fund will create 122,000 new jobs in the construction trades and 30,000 new ongoing jobs in the operation of the rental housing; and Whereas one of the most effective ways to end the revolving door cycle of homelessness is by creating jobs, so Americans can avoid becoming homeless or expedite getting out of homelessness: Now, therefore, be it