Political Quotes

“today's housing for older persons amendment to the Fair Housing Act provides a true measure of relief for those moderate- and low-income senior citizens who have convinced us that some of the compliance requirements of the current Fair Housing Act are too onerous. In this connection, I join with the American Association of Retired Persons in support of this amendment, which eliminates the burdensome significant facilities requirement that senior communities currently have to demonstrate that they have available to be considered seniors- only housing. I would be remiss if I did not state explicitly that I give pause before I support any change in civil rights laws which weakens that kind of a law in any way, but in this narrow case, I believe in the careful balance which the Fair Housing Act must strike between the legitimate interests of our seniors to maintain age-specific communities for themselves and against the need of families to find decent housing, in 1988, this Congress struck the balance a little too harshly against seniors. And all we have done in this bill is make a modest adjustment.”