"Preservation is one of the main paths that we have to take to be able to create enough housing in this country."
"We're hoping that you are going to pass for us our disaster recovery with the CDBG."
"We know that it is a crisis, but we do work specifically with Department of Transportation."
"So we are looking at Black and Hispanic borrowers at twice the rate of any private market, of anybody in the private market."
"I really do honestly want to work with the members of this committee."
"your ZIP Code should not dictate your life expectancy"
"The CDBG Disaster Recovery Grant Program is one of the most essential resources that communities receive after disasters, but the program is not permanently authorized."
"public housing or low income housing should not be a lifetime, it should be just a stopping point."
"I would suggest this: It is a violation of everything we stand for."
"There is no place in America today where a person making minimum wage can afford a two-bedroom apartment. Nowhere."
"It certainly doesn't meet all of the needs. I don't think that any of us believe that it does."