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Jerry Nadler: “So in other words, in those areas where there are dysfunctional or incompetent housing authorities, no public agency…”

On the recordMay 8, 1996
So in other words, in those areas where there are dysfunctional or incompetent housing authorities, no public agency would make the decision. It would be left up to some private agency. There would not be any public policy body in either the local housing authority, which you have defunded, nor the Congress nor HUD.
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Jerry Nadler
Democratic · New York

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Discussing the implications of defunding local housing authorities.

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