Let me ask a final question about the family self-sufficiency program.
I think your point's well-taken. These units are very scare.
Senator Collins and I share this concern about the HUD-VASH vouchers, the fact that progress has been made, but there's ...
the issue of reducing the homelessness among our youth is one that is a passion of mine.
You're requesting this year $25 million for a continuing care project that targeted youth.
There's another area that the chairman and I share, and that is the lead exposure.
To what extent are you urging or the Department is contemplating a more significant role for local housing officials?
I think you have raised some very serious issues and very important issues, and the Department must respond.
I think we have been very aggressive in pushing family self-sufficiency programs, job plus programs.
most of these programs, if not all of them, require interagency coordination.
the formula must be corrected, and your leadership is going to make that change effective.