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Frank Lautenberg: “Given the substantial backlog of capital needs--estimated by your own agency to be as high as $24 billion--what is the…”

On the recordMarch 10, 2010
Given the substantial backlog of capital needs--estimated by your own agency to be as high as $24 billion--what is the justification for cutting funding that is so critical for the long-term sustainability of public housing?
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Frank Lautenberg
Democratic · New Jersey

Editor's note · Context

Lautenberg questions the rationale behind cutting public housing funding despite significant capital needs.

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