Political Quotes

“anytime there is legislation underfoot affecting housing, it gets my attention. The U.S. Housing Act (H.R. 2406) block grants Federal funding for public housing and low income rental assistance. The bill repeals the Housing Act of 1937; eliminated caps on rent paid by seniors and working families; and eliminates targeted housing assistance. The bill repeals the Brooke amendment which caps rent for tenants in public and assisted housing at 30 percent of income. Mr. Speaker, 41 percent of residents in public and assisted housing are seniors or are disabled, and the remainder are working families with children. We are talking about severe impacts upon poor, hard working families who are already paying too great of a percentage of their meager incomes for rent. Repeal of the Brooke amendment will force tenants in public housing-- whose income averages only $6,400 per year--to choose between shelter and food, medicine and clothing, and could lead to greater homelessness. In my district, the Seventh District of Chicago, this is the last thing we need.”