Full Committee Hearing

‘The Rent Eats First’: How Renters and Communities are Impacted by Today’s Housing Market

Date:   Tuesday, August 2, 2022 Time:   10:00 AM Location:   Dirksen Senate Office Building 538

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THE COMMITTEE ON BANKING, HOUSING, AND URBAN AFFAIRS will meet in OPEN SESSION, HYBRID FORMAT to conduct a hearing on “‘The Rent Eats First’: How Renters and Communities are Impacted by Today’s Housing Market.” The witnesses will be: Professor Matthew Desmond, Maurice P. During Professor of Sociology and Director of The Eviction Lab, Princeton University; Ms. Laura Brunner, President and CEO, Port of Greater Cincinnati Development Authority; Ms. Rosanna Morey, Small Property Owner; Mr. Darion Dunn, Managing Partner, Atlantica Properties; and Ms. Diane Yentel, President and CEO, National Low Income Housing Coalition.

Pursuant to guidance from the CDC and OAP, Senate office buildings are not open to the public other than official business visitors and credentialed press at this time. Accordingly, in-person visitors cannot be accommodated at this briefing. We encourage the public to utilize the Committee’s livestream of the hearing, available on the website at http://www.banking.senate.gov.

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Member Statements

  1. Chairman Sherrod Brown (D - Ohio)
  2. Ranking Member Patrick J. Toomey (R - Pennsylvania)

Witnesses

  1. Professor Matthew Desmond
    Maurice P. During Professor of Sociology and Director of The Eviction Lab
    Princeton University
  2. Ms. Laura Brunner
    President and CEO
    Port of Greater Cincinnati Development Authority
  3. Ms. Rosanna Morey
    Small Property Owner
  4. Mr. Darion Dunn
    Managing Partner
    Atlantica Properties
  5. Ms. Diane Yentel
    President and CEO
    National Low Income Housing Coalition