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Barney Frank: “I know of one program which helps build family affordable housing. That is what this does. I would yield to the…”

On the recordOctober 10, 2007
I know of one program which helps build family affordable housing. That is what this does. I would yield to the gentleman. Would he name some of the other programs? The question is, what are the 30 programs that help construct, not Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac and FHA, he said there were 30 HUD programs that help build affordable family housing. I would yield to the gentleman if he would tell me what they are.
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Barney Frank
Democratic · Massachusetts

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Questioning the existence of programs that duplicate efforts in building affordable family housing.

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