On the recordMay 8, 1997
This bill is seriously deficient because it reneges on our national commitment to create decent affordable housing. This bill provides absolutely no specific funding to make any new housing available to low income or moderate income families. My amendment, which the gentleman from New York [Mr. Schumer] joins me in offering, would authorize 50,000 new section 8 vouchers to help low income families afford safe decent housing. We must send the appropriators a message that we believe the creation of new section 8 vouchers is a priority. But it is not enough. The need for housing assistance remains staggering. Today 5.3 million poor families either pay more than 50 percent of their income for rent or live in severely substandard housing.
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