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SIGNATURE HARRY W. THOMPSON
TITLE CONTROLLER
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Independent Auditors' Report on Internal Controls
The Participants and Trustees of the American Federation of Labor and Congress
of Industrial Organizations Housing Investment Trust
In planning and performing our audit of the financial statements of the
American Federation of Labor and Congress of Industrial Organizations Housing
Investment Trust (the "Trust") for the year ended December 31, 1997, we
considered its internal controls, including controls over safeguarding
securities, in order to determine our auditing procedures for the purposes of
expressing our opinion on the financial statements and to comply with the
requirements of Form N-SAR, not to provide assurance on internal controls.
The financial statements of the Trust as of December 31, 1996, and the per
share data and ratios for each of the four years then ended were audited by
other auditors whose report dated January 29, 1997, expressed an unqualified
opinion on those statements.
The management of the Trust is responsible for establishing and maintaining
internal controls. In fulfilling this responsibility, estimates and
judgements by management are required to assess the expected benefits and
related costs of controls. Generally, controls that are relevant to an audit
pertain to the entity's objective of preparing financial statements for
external purposes that are fairly presented in conformity with generally
accepted accounting principles. Those controls include the safeguarding of
assets against unauthorized acquisition, use, or disposition.
Because of inherent limitations in internal controls, errors or irregularities
may occur and may not be detected. Also, projection of any evaluation of
internal controls to future periods is subject to the risk that it may become
inadequate because of changes in conditions or that the effectiveness of the
design and operation may deteriorate.
Our consideration of internal controls would not necessarily disclose all
matters in internal controls that might be material weaknesses under standards
established by the American Institute of Certified Public Accountants. A
material weakness is a condition in which the design or operation of any
specific internal controls component does not reduce to a relatively low level
the risk that errors or irregularities in amounts that would be material in
relation to the financial statements being audited may occur and not be
detected within a timely period by employees in the normal course of
performing their assigned functions. However, we noted no matters involving
internal controls, including controls over safeguarding securities that we
consider to be material weaknesses as defined above as of December 31, 1997.
This report is intended solely for the information and use of management and
the Securities and Exchange Commission
Washington, D.C.
January 21, 1998
