Ritchie Torres actually said...

The lack of affordability in the American housing stock underscores the urgent need for housing vouchers for all programs.

As a matter of good governance, we should allocate resources according to need, and the need lies with the lowest-income Americans.

I would not be in the United States Congress were it not for public housing and the stability it gave me and my family.

The systematic defunding of public housing is a bipartisan tradition.