497 1 ahit-497_101921.htm DEFINITIVE MATERIAL

 

 
 
 

PROJECT IMPACTS    PROJECTS

(1984–PRESENT*)
 


$35.6B
total economic
benefits

 


$14.6B
personal income including wages
and benefits, with $7.4 billion
for construction workers

$4.6B
tax revenues
($1.5 billion state/local
and $3.1 billion federal)
 

187.2M
hours of on-site union
construction work created

207.6K
total jobs generated
across communities

122.7K
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 project data. The data is current as of September 30, 2021. Economic impact data is in 2020 dollars and all other figures are nominal.

 

 

 

 

 

 

HELPING BUILD AMERICA—THE UNION WAY

JOBS CREATED BY TRADE SINCE INCEPTION*

 

Trade Type Jobs Hours
Insulators 1,179 2,371,270
Boilermakers 844 1,697,950
Bricklayers (including tile setters) 5,976 12,022,370
Carpenters 16,849 33,944,420
Cement Masons 3,549 7,070,380
Electrical Workers 14,053 28,257,190
Elevator Constructors 626 1,255,840
Ironworkers 2,667 5,365,370
Laborers 12,064 24,252,240
Operating Engineers 3,328 6,690,460
Other 6,887 13,844,420
Painters 7,380 14,840,820
Plumbers 10,244 20,597,720
Roofers 3,083 6,202,320
Sheet Metal Workers 2,938 5,908,190
Teamsters 1,423 2,862,070
Grand Total 93,091 187,183,030

 

*Job and economic impact figures are estimates calculated using IMPLAN, an input-output model, based on HIT and HIT subsidiary Building America project data. The data is current as of September 30, 2021. Economic impact data is in 2020 dollars and all other figures are nominal.

 

Investors should consider the HIT’s investment objectives, risks and expenses carefully before investing. A prospectus containing more complete information may be obtained from the HIT by calling the Marketing and Investor Relations Department collect at 202-331-8055 or by viewing the HIT’s website at www.aflcio-hit.com. The prospectus should be read carefully before investing.