; Whereas although the United States has been highly successful in dramatically reducing the numbers of homeless veterans and people experiencing chronic homelessness, there are still tens of thousands of veterans who remain homeless, or who suffer severe emotional disorders and injuries, who are in urgent need of affordable housing; Whereas the United States is one of the wealthiest industrialized nations in the world, with a gross domestic product of $18.46 trillion in 2016 and more than enough resources to provide quality, decent, and affordable housing for all Americans who are currently in need of housing; Whereas the success of communities using a strong housing first approach to sharply reduce homelessness among veterans and others demonstrates that homelessness is in fact a solvable problem; Whereas the United States needs to institute a housing first policy that includes linking housing with supportive services for those with special needs, providing community living opportunities, and making affordable rental apartments and homes available for all families, women, and children; Whereas there are cities and towns across our Nation where local housing authorities, community development corporations, nonprofit housing organizations, such as Habitat for Humanity, the Local Initiatives Support Corporation, the Enterprise Community Partners, and private real estate developers have created affordable and high-quality apartments for low-income families and individuals; Whereas according to the Department of Housing and Urban Development, the Low-Income Housing Tax Credit program (LIHTC) is the most important resource for creating affordable housing in the United States today; 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