497 1 ahit-497_011921.htm DEFINITIVE MATERIALS

 

 
  PROJECT IMPACTS PROJECTS
   (1984–PRESENT*)  
       
       
$34.0B $13.8B $4.3B  
total economic benefits personal income including wages and benefits, with $7.0 billion for construction workers tax revenues ($1.4 billion state/local and $2.9 billion federal)  
       
       
182.2M 200.1K 118.7K  
hours of on-site union construction work created total jobs generated across communities housing and healthcare units nationwide, with 67% affordable  
       

“ By financing development projects built with 100% union labor, the HIT invests in assets which are more likely to be built safely, on time and on budget. When these same developments are built with our affiliates’ pension capital, it reinforces the health of our pension funds.”

 
   

Sean McGarvey
President, North America’s Building Trades Unions
Trustee, AFL-CIO Housing Investment Trust

 
   

* Job and economic impact figures are estimates calculated using IMPLAN, an input-output model, based on HIT and HIT subsidiary Building America CDE, Inc. project data. Data is current as of December 31, 2020. Economic impact data is in 2019 dollars and all other figures are nominal.

 
       
       
       
       

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

HELPING BUILD AMERICA–THE UNION WAY

JOBS CREATED BY TRADE SINCE INCEPTION*

 

Trade Type Jobs Hours
Asbestos and Insulation 1,151 2,315,930
Boilermakers 839 1,687,960
Bricklayers (including Tile Setters) 5,903 11,875,110
Carpenters 16,409 33,066,090
Cement Masons 3,437 6,846,790
Electrical Workers 13,661 27,474,100
Elevator Constructors 578 1,160,130
Ironworkers 2,620 5,272,450
Laborers 11,652 23,429,150
Operating Engineers 3,215 6,463,770
Other 6,719 13,508,910
Painters 7,209 14,500,130
Plumbers 9,967 20,044,370
Roofers 3,009 6,053,780
Sheet Metal Workers 2,840 5,712,900
Teamsters 1,380 2,775,820
Grand Total 90,588 182,187,390

 

* Job and economic impact figures are estimates calculated using IMPLAN, an input-output model, based on HIT and HIT subsidiary Building America CDE, Inc. project data. Data is current as of December 31, 2020. Economic . impactdataisin2019dollarsandallother figures are normally

 

Investors should consider the HIT’s investment objectives, risks and expenses carefully before investing. Investors may view the HIT’s current prospectus, which contains more complete information, on its website at www.aflcio-hit.com and may obtain a copy from the HIT by calling the Marketing and Investor Relations Department collect at 202-331-8055. Investors should read the current prospectus carefully before investing.