497 1 hitpi323-497_040623.htm DEFINITIVE MATERIALS

 

 

PROJECT IMPACTS PROJECTS
(1984–PRESENT*)  

 

  
$43.3B $18.0B $5.7B
total economic
benefits
personal income including wages
and benefits, with $9.2 billion
for construction workers
tax revenues
($1.8 billion state/local
and $3.9 billion federal)
196.7M 221.8K 125.1K
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 since inception, current as of March 31, 2023. Economic impact data is in 2022 dollars and all other figures are nominal.

 

 

 

 

 

 

HELPING BUILD AMERICA—THE UNION WAY

JOBS CREATED BY TRADE SINCE INCEPTION*

 

Trade Type Jobs Hours
Boilermakers 850 1,711,470
Bricklayers (including tile setters) 6,134 12,336,770
Carpenters 17,742 35,729,330
Cement Masons 3,702 7,376,960
Electrical Workers 14,827 29,804,010
Elevator Constructors 729 1,461,670
Insulators 1,225 2,462,880
Ironworkers 2,748 5,528,120
Laborers 12,880 25,882,610
Operating Engineers 3,526 7,084,740
Other 7,193 14,457,030
Painters 7,721 15,523,360
Plumbers 10,776 21,661,330
Roofers 3,197 6,429,150
Sheet Metal Workers 3,109 6,249,530
Teamsters 1,511 3,038,230
Grand Total 97,871 196,737,190

 

*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 March 31, 2023. Economic impact data is in 2022 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.