National Affordable Housing Act: Hearings Before the Subcommittee on Housing and Urban Affairs of the Committee on Banking, Housing, and Urban Affairs, United States Senate, One Hundredth Congress, Second Session ... September 14, 21, 22, and 28, 1988, Volumes 22-23

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Page 231 - US Conference of Mayors, National League of Cities, National Association of Counties...
Page 139 - Professor in the Department of Urban Studies and Planning at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology and was a consultant to the National Commission on Severely Distressed Public Housing.
Page 661 - ... projects with mortgages insured or held by HUD. However, HUD will preempt the regulation of rents, together with any board regulations which require the mortgagor to offer a lease for a term in excess of one year, under certain conditions. This preemption may occur for such a project when the Department determines that the delay or decision of a board prevents the mortgagor from achieving a level of residential income necessary to maintain and operate adequately the project, which lncludes sufficient...
Page 8 - ... average, have increased over 500 percent in the last 15 years. This has developed into a situation wherein the indigent veteran can no longer afford to die, as there is not enough benefit from the veterans burial allowance and social security, to cover the cost of last expenses. That concludes my report. Thank you very much, Mr. Chairman. Senator CRANSTON. Thank you very much, Mr. Ortiz. Mr. Ortiz, with respect to the $105 million increase that you refer to, I am delighted to advise you that...
Page 209 - VA, and am testifying today on behalf of the US Conference of Mayors, where I serve as Chairman of the Community Development, Housing, and Economic Development Committee. As you will recall, Mr. Chairman, last year during debate on the displacement provisions of the 1987 Housing and Community Development Act, we called for hearings.
Page 463 - We have provided direct, on-site technical assistance to scores of communities and community-based organizations in the planning, financing, development, and management of housing construction and rehabilitation programs, resulting in the addition or retention of thousands of affordable housing units. These projects Include a series of self-help rehabilitation programs in Texas financed by the Farmers Home Administration (FmHA); one of the only FmHA-f inanced limited-equity cooperatives in the United...
Page 155 - Dirksen Senate Office Building, Senator Alan Cranston (chairman of the subcommittee) presiding. Present: Senators Cranston and Pressler.
Page 400 - I an pleased to be here today representing the American Association of Homes for the Aging (AAHA) . AAHA is a national, nonprofit association...
Page 662 - ... credit-worthiness, race, sex, or ethnicity in allocating scarce rental units — even though most such discrimination is illegal. In sum, a community considering the adoption of residential rent controls should fully understand the important economic and social effects of its action. The conclusion of this study is that the social and economic costs and disadvantages of rent controls — especially over the long run — almost always outweigh any perceived short-term benefits they provide, in...
Page 463 - STATEMENT OF CHARLES KAMASAKI, DIRECTOR OF POLICY ANALYSIS, NATIONAL COUNCIL OF LA RAZA Mr. KAMASAKI. Thank you, Mr. Chairman.

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