Roy Blunt: “I would now speak in favor of the demonstration project idea if the amendment is to be withdrawn. I was the chairman of…”

“I would now speak in favor of the demonstration project idea if the amendment is to be withdrawn. I was the chairman of the Missouri Housing Development Commission for some time. We worked with housing authorities. We had even in 1985 a billion dollars in bonded obligations to assist with housing. I think we stand here today with a housing program that is well-intentioned but has failed. It has become a place where people go and stay not because of disability or age or infirmity, but because of no sense of being able to leave that system or having to leave that system. I think the idea of rotating people in and out of public housing, being sure that all people have access to public housing that would qualify for public housing, and also effectively giving notice to people who move into public housing on the first day that they are likely not there to stay, that there is some end in sight to their being in that particular subsidized environment, is a positive aspect.”