Meetings held with key lawmakers to press for housing industry funds. Entire economy on the line, members say At least one hundred members of Fix Housing First, the coalition formed late last year to push lawmakers to provide stimulus funds to the housing industry, arrived Wednesday in Washington from across the nation for a day of intense lobbying. Coalition members, many of whom met with their home-state lawmakers, called the day a success. “We got a 90 percent positive response rate,” said Dean Mon, coalition member and president of DR Mon Group, a builder in Shrewsbury, N.J., who participated in the meetings. "They [lawmakers] understand the importance of housing." Mon… Read More