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The Senate failed to include key housing legislation in its recently passed infrastructure bill, but the $3.5 trillion reconciliation package currently in the works is another opportunity to meaningfully address housing inequality in this country. We must ensure that this once-in-a-generation investment is distributed in an equitable manner that creates opportunity for all people. Funds must be used to reverse our country’s history of racial exclusion and remediate the systems that supported it. That involves investing in rental housing that’s affordable to all, investing in the federal government and its partners’ capacity to enforce the public’s fair housing and lending rights, and ensuring that local economies benefit from the financial boons to housing production and rehabilitation that will occur through this reconciliation package. The Downpayment Toward Equity Act is THE bill that will start to break the pattern of racial exclusion and increase access to homeownership for people of color. Congress must put its focus on expanding racial equity and access to homeownership. Please help us remind lawmakers that taking these steps, which center equity, will benefit the entire economy.