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Committee on Housing and Community Opportunity Hearing
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Emergency CDBG Funds in the Gulf Coast: Uses, Challenges, and Lessons for the Future
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Thursday, May, 8, 2008, 10:00 a.m., 2128 Rayburn House Office Building
Housing
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Housing and Community Opportunity Subcommittee to Hold Hearing on Use of Emergency CDBG funds in the Gulf Coast
Washington, DC – Rep. Maxine Waters (D-CA), chairwoman of the House Financial Services Subcommittee on Housing and Community Opportunity, today announced that the subcommittee will hold a hearing to examine the use of emergency Community Development Block Grant funds in the Gulf Coast.
Following Hurricanes Katrina, Rita, and Wilma, Congress appropriated $11.5 billion in CDBG funds to Alabama, Florida, Louisiana, Mississippi, and Texas. These funds were intended to be used for unmet housing needs. However, the Department of Housing and Urban Development’s recent approval of Mississippi’s transfer of $600 million from a housing program to the restoration of the Port of Gulfport has raised concerns.
“This hearing will serve to provide much needed oversight of these CDBG programs,” said Chairwoman Waters. “I look forward to hearing from the witnesses about how the programs have worked in their states, what problems or challenges they have encountered, and how the programs can be improved. In addition, it is important that the hearing shed light on Mississippi’s transfer of housing funds to the Port of Gulfport.”
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Witness List & Prepared Testimony:
Panel One
- Mr. Stanley Gimont, Acting Director of Block Grant Programs, U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development
- Mr. Bill Johnson, Director, Alabama Department of Economic and Community Affairs
- Ms. Gail Stafford, Administrator of Community Development Block Grant Funds, Florida Department of Community Affairs
- Mr. David Bowman, Director of Research and Special Projects, Louisiana Recovery Authority
- Mr. Jack Norris, Director, Governor’s Office of Recovery and Renewal, State of Mississippi
- Mr. William Dally, Deputy Executive Director, Texas Department of Housing and Community Affairs
Panel Two
- Mr. Craig Baab, Katrina Advocacy Fellow, Alabama Appleseed Center for Law and Justice, Inc.
- Ms. Leslie Powell, Senior Attorney, Legal Services of North Florida
- Mr. James Perry, Louisiana Housing Alliance, Greater New Orleans Fair Housing Action Center
- Mr. Derrick Johnson, President, Mississippi State NAACP
- Mr. Reilly Morse, Equal Justice Works Fellow, Mississippi Center for Justice
- Mr. John Henneberger, Co-Director, Texas Low Income Housing Information Service
Available Member Statements: Chairwoman Waters
Printed Hearing:
The printed version of this hearing will be posted as soon as it is available.
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