FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE: CONTACT: CHRISTI HARLAN
Friday, June 16, 2000 202-224-0894

SUBCOMMITTEE SETS HEARING ON PROPOSALS
TO PROMOTE AFFORDABLE HOUSING

Sen. Wayne Allard, R-Colo., chairman of the Subcommittee on Housing and Transportation, has announced the next in a series of hearings on legislative proposals aimed at improving housing affordability. The witnesses are expected to provide a broad spectrum of views on legislative and regulatory changes needed to improve housing and community development opportunities.

WHAT:

Housing and Transportation Subcommittee Hearing
on Proposals to Promote Affordable Housing

WHEN:

9:30 a.m. Tuesday, June 20, 2000

WHERE:

Room 538 Dirksen Senate Building

WHO:

The Honorable Ron Wyden (D-OR)
United States Senator

The Honorable Rick Lazio (R-NY)
Member of Congress

The Honorable William Apgar
Assistant Secretary for Housing & Federal Housing Commissioner
U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development

Mr. W. Roger Haughton
Chairman and Chief Executive Officer
The PMI Group

Mr. Peter Bell
President
National Reverse Mortgage Lenders Association

Mr. Frank Thompson
President, Sweetwater Builders Incorporated
Representing the National Association of Homebuilders

Ms. Cathy Whatley
First Vice President, Buck and Buck
Representing the National Association of Realtors

Mr. Charles Wehrwein
Executive Vice President and Chief Operating Officer of National Equity Fund
Local Initiatives Support Corporation

Ms. Sheila Crowley
President
National Low Income Housing Coalition

Ms. Ann Schnare
President
Center for Housing Policy

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