Rick Lazio: “Mr. Chairman, we have before us the manager's amendment that speaks to certain technical changes and substantive changes…”

“Mr. Chairman, we have before us the manager's amendment that speaks to certain technical changes and substantive changes that would improve and in some cases expand the bill before us. This manager's amendment speaks to certain technical changes and improvements in the bill, including the following: There is a technical correction regarding the fact that housing authorities can use any additional money earned from increases in rental income for more housing activities, including the provision of additional vouchers, to try and make our money stretch as far as it can to serve as many people as we possibly can. We addressed, among other things, the ability of housing authorities to help direct some of their money toward remodeling activities of buildings where cost-benefit analysis would suggest that HOPE VI funds, one of the HUD grant programs, would be relevant and appropriate. We speak to the elimination of certain duplicative language having to do with Operation Safe Home.”