Is continued subsidization of public housing in neighborhoods like the ones I described just perpetuating problems and an ineffective use of Federal resources?

Protecting and expanding the Housing Credit is critical.

Directing 84 percent of HUD's budget to rental assistance might be reasonable if it were to effectively meet the housing needs of all vulnerable families and individuals.

That is why you argue for more flexibility at the local level in your initial statement.

I really am impressed with what you were able to accomplish in San Diego.

Congress is now providing roughly 50 percent of the annual capital needs for the public housing.

There are nearly 10,000 public housing units that are at high risk of being lost each year because they are simply crumbling.

Ensuring that sufficient funds are provided to renew existing rental assistance has always been a priority.

The ZIP code in which one is raised is a likely predictor on how one is going to do in life.

Thank you very much, Professor. I very much appreciate the number of years you have spent on this issue and your very specific recommendation.

We urge Congress to pass the Affordable Housing Credit Improvement Act, sponsored by Senator Maria Cantwell and Senate Finance Committee Chairman Orrin Hatch.

The challenge is that the cost of renewing rental assistance continues to grow by hundreds of millions, if not billions, each year.

Essentially what Mylan is doing, as you confirmed, is just changing the label on its product and then selling it for a lower price.

The idea of a brand name company simply swapping the label on its product and then issuing it as a generic strikes me as greatly reducing the incentive for a true first generic to come on the market.

I think this is another real problem because the system is not supposed to work that way.

I think we have to look at new models and new ways and what is going on at the local level and at the State level to see if we can stretch those dollars further and get better results.

We found that certain drug companies were putting their brand name drugs into restricted distribution systems.

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