Facilitating Preservation of Certain Affordable Housing Dwelling Units

FACILITATING PRESERVATION OF CERTAIN AFFORDABLE HOUSING DWELLING UNITS -- (House of Representatives - May 06, 2008)

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Ms. CLARKE. Madam Speaker, to the manager of this bill, Congressman Meeks, and to the sponsors of this bill, my colleagues, Congressman Towns, Congressman Frank, Congressman King, Congresswoman Velázquez, and Congresswoman Waters, I want to say thank you so much for having the vision and the foresight to work across the aisle to do a great service to not only the people of the city of New York, but to this Nation.

Starrett City is the last bastion of federally subsidized housing developments of this nature in this Nation. And as we look at the challenge that it faces today, we are looking at a crisis head-on for affordable housing around this Nation.

Our willingness to come together in the 11th hour to put a remedy in place speaks to our resilience and our ability to address challenges that we face in the 21st century. And as these concerns grow greater and greater and the housing crisis gets more and more in depth, with millions of moderate and low income families in peril's way, today's legislation, H.R. 5937, says that this Congress is willing to stand up and do something, and that we've been sent here to solve the problems that our communities are facing today.

I want to congratulate Congressman Castle for standing forward today in a bipartisan way. It may seem to some that this is just a piece of legislation that will impact New York, but when we stand up for New York and Starrett City and Spring Creek, we're standing up for all Americans who are facing such peril.

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