FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE:

CONTACT: GREG MCCARTHY

Friday, May 10, 2002

202-224-3326



Reed to Chair Hearing on Shortage of
Affordable Housing

WASHINGTON – On Wednesday, May 15, 2002, U.S. Senator Jack Reed (D-RI), Chair of the Senate Subcommittee on Housing, will hold a hearing to examine the critical shortage of affordable housing for working families.

  • WHAT:
    Senate Housing Subcommittee hearing to examine the critical shortage of affordable housing in the nation
  • WHERE:
    538 Dirksen Senate Office Building, Washington, DC
  • WHEN:
    Wednesday, May 15, 2002, 2:30 PM
  • Witness List:

  • Senator John Kerry, sponsor of legislation to use surplus insurance premiums in the FHA program to fund a trust fund for building affordable housing.
  • Robert J. Reid, Executive Director, National Housing Conference
  • Ms. Sheila Crowley, President, National Low Income Housing Coalition
  • Ms. JoAnn Kane, Executive Director, McAuley Institute
  • David Curtis, Chairman, Housing Finance Committee, National Association of Home Builders;
  • Emmanuel Lane, whose family earns $15,600 a year and is currently living in transitional housing in Minneapolis

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