497 1 hitpi123-497_010623.htm DEFINITIVE MATERIALS

 

 
 
 

PROJECT IMPACTS     PROJECTS

(1984–PRESENT*)
 


$40.3B
total economic
benefits

 


 

$16.7B
personal income including wages
and benefits, with $8.5 billion
for construction workers


 

$5.3B
tax revenues
($1.7 billion state/local
and $3.6 billion federal)

 


 

194.7M
hours of on-site union
construction work created


 

219.3K
total jobs generated
across communities


 

124.9K
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 since inception, current as of December 31, 2022. Economic impact data is in 2021 dollars and all other figures are nominal.

 

  

 

 

   

 

 

HELPING BUILD AMERICA–THE UNION WAY

JOBS CREATED BY TRADE SINCE INCEPTION*

 

Trade Type Jobs Hours
Boilermakers 848 1,706,440
Bricklayers (including tile setters) 6,099 12,268,100
Carpenters 17,553 35,348,120
Cement Masons 3,678 7,327,150
Electrical Workers 14,658 29,464,810
Elevator Constructors 707 1,418,760
Insulators 1,215 2,444,130
Ironworkers 2,732 5,495,120
Laborers 12,704 25,529,140
Operating Engineers 3,486 7,004,470
Other 7,127 14,324,440
Painters 7,652 15,383,900
Plumbers 10,662 21,431,490
Roofers 3,177 6,388,540
Sheet Metal Workers 3,075 6,180,310
Teamsters 1,492 2,998,550
Grand Total 96,865 194,713,470

 

*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 since inception, current as of December 31, 2022. Economic impact data is in 2021 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.