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NAFCU President and CEO Dan Berger today will be on-site helping Habitat for Humanity of Northern Virginia (NOVA) build a home for a wounded veteran and his family and raise awareness about the need for affordable housing.

Berger, in a live television interview Friday on Washington's WUSA 9, discussed the importance of affordable housing and the work of Habitat for Humanity – especially to those in Northern Virginia, the backyard of many credit unions and NAFCU.

"NAFCU and the credit union community support affordable housing," Berger said during the interview with Great Day Washington. "Habitat for Humanity does such a wonderful job raising awareness for affordable housing. Veterans, servicemembers and their families really need to have that kind of support and Habitat for Humanity does a wonderful job."

Berger also said during Friday's interview, with the recipients of the house, that with all our veterans, servicemembers and their families do, "we have to give back."

Berger and other presidents and CEOs will participate in today's construction, from companies including Defense Credit Union Council, Freddie Mac, Leidos, HITT Contracting and PenFed Foundation. More on today's event can be read in the Washington Post.

NAFCU continues to work with Congress, the administration and other government entities to ensure credit unions can meet their members' home-ownership needs. Additional information on defense credit union issues and housing finance reform are accessible on the association's website.