September 16, 2008

Securities and Exchange Commission
100 F Street, N.E.
Washington, D.C. 20549

Attention:  File Room

     Re:          AFL-CIO Housing Investment Trust
                  File Nos. 333-59762 and 811-3493

Ladies and Gentlemen:

         Pursuant to Rule 497(j) under the Securities Act of 1933, this letter
serves as certification that the forms of Prospectus and Statement of Additional
Information that would have been filed under paragraph (c) of Rule 497 would not
have differed from those contained in the most recent Post-Effective Amendment
to the Registration Statement of the American Federation of Labor and Congress
of Industrial Organizations Housing Investment Trust, which was filed
electronically with the SEC via EDGAR on September 15, 2008.


                                                Very truly yours,

                                                /s/ Helen Kanovsky

                                                Helen Kanovsky
                                                Chief Operating Officer