497 1 hitproim1221-497_012022.htm PROJECT IMPACTS PROJECTS

 

   
   
   
 
 

 

 

 

$36.5B

total economic
benefits

 

 

  

 

$15.0B

personal income including wages and benefits, with $7.6 billion for construction workers

 

$4.7B

tax revenues
($1.5 billion state/local
and $3.2 billion federal)

   
 

 

 

189.9M

hours of on-site union construction work created

 

 

212.1K

total jobs generated across communities

 

123.3K

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 December 31, 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
Boilermakers 845 1,700,140
Bricklayers (including tile setters) 6,023 12,114,970
Carpenters 17,108 34,460,370
Cement Masons 3,590 7,152,390
Electrical Workers 14,277 28,704,160
Elevator Constructors 657 1,318,110
Insulators 1,192 2,397,040
Ironworkers 2,690 5,411,360
Laborers 12,300 24,722,710
Operating Engineers 3,384 6,801,450
Other 6,976 14,022,160
Painters 7,481 15,041,930
Plumbers 10,398 20,904,030
Roofers 3,115 6,265,400
Sheet Metal Workers 2,986 6,004,150
Teamsters 1,449 2,912,890
Grand Total 94,470 189,933,260

 

* 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 December 31, 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.