Housing

(Washington, D.C.) — On Wednesday, September 16, 2020, Congressman Al Green released the following statement, regarding the Financial Services Committee hearing entitled, Prioritizing Fannie’s and Freddie’s Capital over America’s Homeowners and Renters? A Review of the Federal Housing Finance Agency’s Response to the COVID-19 Pandemic with FHFA Director Mark Calabria. Congressman Green decries this administration’s inadequate eviction moratorium and demands rental assistance:

(Washington, D.C.) – On Tuesday, September 15, 2020, Congressmembers Al Green (TX-09) and Harley Rouda (CA-48) introduced H.R. 8252 to restore the military service question to a prominently displayed position on the URLA form, ahead of the virtual Financial Services Committee hearing with the Director of the Federal Housing Finance Agency (FHFA), Dr. Mark A.

(Washington, D.C.) – On Tuesday, June 30, 2020, Congressman Al Green and Congresswoman Sylvia Garcia released the following statement to express opposition to the Texas General Land Office’s (GLO) proposal to eliminate the direct allocation of homeowner assistance, multifamily rental, and economic revitalization program funds to the City of Houston:

(Houston, TX) — On Wednesday, May 6, 2020, Congressman Al Green, House Financial Services Committee Chairwoman Maxine Waters, Subcommittee on National Security, International Development and Monetary Policy Chairman Emanuel Cleaver, and Subcommittee on Diversity and Inclusion Chairwoman Joyce Beatty released the following statement:

(Washington, D.C.) – On Friday, February 28, 2020, Congressman Al Green’s bill – the Housing Fairness Act of 2019 – passed out of the Financial Services Committee with a 33 to 25 vote. Congressman Green released the following statement:

(Washington, D.C.) – On Tuesday, October 22, 2019, Congressman Al Green, Congresswoman Judy Chu, Congresswoman Sylvia Garcia, and Congressman William Lacy Clay introduced H.R. 4783 and released the following statement:

(Houston, TX) – On Tuesday, July 30, 2019, Congressman Al Green released the following statement in support of the Telephone Road Elderly Project by the Houston Housing Authority:

(Washington, D.C.) – On Tuesday, June 25, 2019, Congressman Al Green released the following statement, applauding the passage of H.R. 3055, an appropriations package funding portions of the federal government including the Department of Housing and Urban Development (HUD). The legislation includes a bipartisan amendment he cosponsored with Congresswoman Ann McLane Kuster (D-NH) and ten other Members to increase funding from $45 million to $47 million for the HUD-Veterans Affairs Supportive Housing (HUD-VASH) program in fiscal year 2020.