housing community at large. let me speak if i might for a minute to south dakota and housing availability and affordability are huge issue. i hear about these issues all the time from constituents especially in communities like rapid city which is quickly expanding and with supplier prices way inflated it makes it more difficult to start a housing project and according to the national association of realtors they average cost of housing from 2013 to 2021 increased by more than $80,000 so if i might ms. wade you to come this in your written testimony but could you share your insights on data and how it's affecting livelihoods and families across the country? >> senator that is a great question. by one estimate and by the way it's seen it double. we have a shortage of 3.8 million homes in the u.s. which is staggering. it's almost hard to grasp. there are a lot of things that have become together to address this urgent need at the federal level and discussing things you've worked on senator at the state and local l

income housing tax credit which addresses a growing need for affordable workforce rental housing. congress should also address the many housing incentives that are not indexed for inflation such as the gains exclusion and we urge you to reconsider the current limits on assault reduction. appreciating the bipartisan support to solve the affordable housing crisis. after all, shelter is a basic human need and the headwinds we are facing our strong. the index of the sentiment had its second largest drop ever for july in the single-family starts filled to a two-year low. we had an opportunity to do something that not only makes good economic sense but will uplift the lives of millions of americans. >> thank you very much for the important point. i know you are the president of your own home building firm so we are very glad that you are here. the next witness. >> members of the finance committee, thank you for inviting me to testify today. requiring progress on two fronts, one is expanding housing supply and the other is building that new housing at a much lower cost and current cost l

housing. this comes at a time when americans are getting clobbered by climbing rents and home prices. key drivers of inflation. data released last week showed that rents increased in june, that the fastest rate since 1986. buying a home is getting more expensive. many young people who have modest incomes and big student loan debt feel like the dream of home ownership has slipped out of their reach. the root causes, the united states isn't building enough housing. it's bill in that way for decades. and the shortage is affecting citizens and cities all over america. for example, my hometown of portland is skyrocketing rents and low supplies suitable housing. it's also an issue, though, in central oregon. southern oregon, and eastern oregon, where they can't build enough housing fast enough to keep up with demand. i would be willing to bet that every member on this panel is hearing the same story. now, we can talk about a number of issues this morning. and i would just like to raise a relatively

housing. it has been that way for decades, and the shortage is affecting citizens and cities all over america. for example, my hometown of portland, as skyrocketing rents and low supply of suitable housing. it is also an issue, though, in central oregon, southern oregon, and eastern oregon, where they can't build enough housing fast enough to keep up with demand. i'd be willing to bet that every member on this panel is hearing the same story. now i'm going to talk about a number of issues this morning, and i would just like to raise a relatively new issue that deserves real scrutiny, and that is private equity firms and sophisticated companies armed with terabytes of housing data are hovering up properties nationwide. they are jacking up rents and using algorithms to out-bid americans who just want to own a home. why do these big guys want to get into our housing market? because they are upwards of 330 million in the country and there aren't enough homes for all of them. huge demand, limited s

housing providers that may better address local housing needs. the doe funds based in new york city, for operating the shun wide, is a stunning example of how federal policy disadvantages organizations that have made incredible strides and combining stable housing, dignified work, and life coaching to improve their clients lives. in analysis of the funds work, in 2020, 82%, that's 82% of graduates, maintains their jobs months after leaving the program, and the average starting wage of $16.60. for every dollar, that new york city taxpayers spent on the program, they saved an hour of $3.60 it costs remember can see city services and criminal justice costs. these successes raise serious questions of how we prioritize federal funding. although a housing force model may be effective in some cases, a one size fits all solution is not the answer. we should instead give communities flexibility to implement interventions to address their issues. we also need greater local level accountability with the continuum of care funding distribution model used by h

brown, i inform the house that mr. brown will vote yes on house res. 1377. the speaker pro tempore: for what purpose does the gentleman from texas rise? >> as the member designated by mr. norman of south carolina, i inform the house that mr. norman will vote nay on the rule. the speaker pro tempore: for what purpose does the gentleman from virginia rise? >> as the member designated by ms. barragan, mr. mceachin, mr. desaulnier and ms. moore, i inform the house that these members will vote yes on h. res. 1377. the speaker pro tempore: for what purpose does the gentleman from kentucky rise? >> as the member designated by mr. barrr of kentucky, i inform the house that mr. barrr will vote nay on the rule. the speaker pro tempore: for what purpose does the gentleman from south carolina rise? >> as the member designated by ms. mace of south carolina, i inform the house that ms. mace will vote nay on the rule. the speaker pro tempore: for what purpose does gentlelady from texas rise? >> as the member designated by mr. cuellar of texas, i inform the house that mr. c

up housing costs. time permitting permitting processes that drive up the costs of new rental housing, overly burdensome reviews, tariffs on steel, lumber, and other building materials have the same effect. rent control laws reduce the supply and quality of housing. subsidies capitalizing entire house prices and rents. loose underwriting standards drive the housing prices and rents still higher and then the gse responds by subsidizing investors in single-family rental housing. but that just further drives up prices and crowds out aspiring homeowners. more recently the democrats of , this administration have taken the government year to the next level. they have dropped hundreds of billions of helicopter money to stimulate an already strong economy. $80 billion and that went to rental assistance, vouchers, and other subsidies inflaming demand. the president extended the illegal eviction moratorium that has deterred investment in new rental housing. [coughing] excuse me and led to some renters not paying

house so you could see the original house there and then you could see like a ranch house farther back and maybe another house beyond that because there's so much land that they had that they built so they were able to keep families kind of in the neighborhood a lot, but they're single-family homes. they're not retirement communities or anything like that. would you rather live in a cold patch community or in a subsistence homestead community? this is a big debate now because remember that building that norveldt community sounded like socialism to a lot of people and so there's a lot of resistance to it. but the there were 250 homes they were well over a thousand families who tried to get into those homes. it was very high demand. so even though all of the local papers were saying this is a terrible thing. this is a socialism we shouldn't do this the people who are struggling really really wanted to participate in normal and so they had a it had a process by which you had to apply to get in and then you had to be interviewed by these quaker college students who were working on their so

the white house, though, is also known as the people's house, and so that really means the white house grounds are the people's grounds. and if you start to think about it that way, it isn't so far removed from a typical suburban home. typically, suburban homes, mine included, have a more formal or dressy front lawn. that would be the north grounds of the white house with the north portico facing pennsylvania avenue, and a more private, hess formal backyard -- less formal backyard. that's the larger south grounds looking down toward the washington monument. and that's pretty much what happens at the white house today. >> let's get to the issue of just how sacrosanct are the white house grounds. are they untouchable? and i don't -- you're an historian, i'm a journalist. neither one of us is a politician. but first ladies, especially in the modern era, they want to go around changing things, there's resistance to that. >> there is. i think it's fair to say that people have an opinion about melania trump's recent rose garden renovation. but hopefully as the history of that site, which i j

house coming up on c-span. the houses is coming up briefly. we will return -- we will take you to the house forum and then be back with your question and comments. you can go ahead and keep calling. . host: while we have a minute or two, we may be able to take some calls. we do some calls waiting. 202-748-8000 is the line for democrats. 202-748-8001 for republicans. for others, 202-748-8002. just to let you know, when that door opens up, they come in, we're going to break away for the u.s. house, but let's hear from some of our callers, waiting to take, wilhelm, missouri, democrats line. go ahead with your comment. it's open forum. caller: ok, donald k. trump, he's crooked. he's a fraud. nobody did not steal the 2020 election. you republicans need to stop your bickering and arguing. you republican have to -- what trump said back in 2016 to hillary clinton that the emails, that was not sent. and you republican need to call that 988 and get some help for yourself. host: lost you there. we'll go to brian next up on the independent line in lake ro

triggered by the housing market. i don't see anything like that in the cards. the mechanism there was a credit crisis brought on by mortgage foreclosures and driven by really bad landing in the early to mid 2000's. we are really in a polar opposite situation where recent homebuyers have sterling read it , delinquencies and foreclosures are near record lows. probably, homeowners are in pretty good shape. many of them have low-end affordable mortgage payments because they locked them in and everyone under the sun was getting a fixed rate mortgage. i see very little risk in that kind of crisis which i think is probably what people may think when they think about housing recession. i think we need to be careful about finding it and what it means. >> i would add a couple of points. on the multifamily side, it's a matter weeks if you look at the data for sales, it's record-setting. we have had our sentiment survey in july with the index that went down tremendously. that indicates declining conditions. when i think of reces

house here on c-span. the speaker pro tempore: the house will be in order. the prayer will be offered by chaplain kibben. chaplain kibben: would you pray with me? with the sol ammest we pray, you, o lord, are our strength. we watch for you. you, o god, are our fortress on whom we can rely. god, go before the men and women of ukraine and be the shield and defense of their country against their aagreesors. in your might, uproot their enemies and bring them down. for the sins of their mouths, for the words of their lips, let those who would slander ukraine, let them be caught in their pride. for the curses and lies they utter, consume them in your wrath. deliver ukraine, o god, save its people from those who conspire against them for no offense or sin of their own. i rise to help the ukrainians to look on their plight. we appeal to you, o lord, almighty, the ruler of all nations. in your sovereign name we pray, amen. the speaker pro tempore: the chair has examined the journal of the last day's proceedings and announced to the house the approval tlof. -- thereof

of parliament, the house of commons in the house of law. ready so be greeted by the 2 speakers of the 2 houses. they will express that condolences to king charles on the death of his mother, and then he will make an address to the houses of parliament. so that will be an important moment. it's going to be this like many things in this funeral process, it's going to be shown for the 1st time to us on television. now, i think that doesn't sound so well when you think of the palace of westminster, because you see those pictures on television. every single day, but they weren't shown in 952 the last time this happened. and the interesting to note that you didn't get pictures inside the palace of westminster, at least from the house of commons until 1989. it's a relatively recent thing, so we're going to see this part of the process of the role of the proceedings towards or off, you know, which is taking place in 2 weeks time for the very 1st time life on television. king charles has spoken in parliament before and in fact back in may, the state

of condolence by the house of lords and the house of commons, which encompass what are the sovereign, my beloved mother the queen, meant to a song. as shakespeare says of the earlier queen elizabeth, she was a patent to all princes living. as i extent before you today, i cannot help -- as i stand before you today, i cannot help but feel the weight of history which surrounds us and reminds us of vital parliamentary traditions to which members of both houses for the cake yourselves with such personal commitment -- dedicate yourselves with such personal commitment for the betterment of all. parliament is the living and breathing instrument about democracy. your traditions are ancient. we see that in the construction of this great hall and the reminders of medieval predecessors of the office to which i have been called. in the connection to my darling the mother that we see all around us, from the fountain in new palace yard, which commemorates the late queen's silver jubilee, to descend out in old palace yard for the golden jubilee, the magnificent stained-glass window before me for the

of the house of commons, lindsay hoyle. presented now to the king. a rare chance to see the speaker in full ceremonial robes as opposed to the rather simpler guard that he wears on daily duty in the house of commons. the response from the king. king charles iii: my lords and members of the house of commons. i'm deeply grateful for the condolences from the house of lords and house of commons so touchingly encompassed our lady sovereign, my beloved mother, the queen, meant to us all. as shakespeare says of the earlier queen elizabeth, she was a pattern to call prince living. as i stand before you today, i cannot help but feel the weight of history that surrounds us and which reminds us of the vital parliamentary traditions to which members of both houses dedicate yourselves with such personal commitment for the betterment of us all. parliament is the living and breathing instrument of our democracy. your traditions are ancient. we see it in the construction of this great hall. and of the reminders of medieval predecessors of

nehls of texas, pursuant to house resolution 8, i inform the house that mr. nehls will vote yes on s. 3895. the speaker pro tempore: for what purpose does the gentleman from pennsylvania seek recognition? >> as the member designated by mr. hal rogers of kentucky, i inform the house that mr. rojers will vote yea on -- mr. rogers will vote yea. the speaker pro tempore: for what purpose does the gentlewoman from florida seek recognition? mrs. cammack: thank you, madam speaker. as the member designated by mr. austin scott of georgia, i inform the house that mr. scott will vote yea on s. 3895. the speaker pro tempore: for what purpose does the gentleman from california seek recognition? >> madam speaker, as the member designated by ms. conway of california, i inform the house that ms. conway will vote yea on s. 3895. the speaker pro tempore: for what purpose does the gentleman from new jersey seek recognition? mr. pallone: madam speaker, as the member designated by ms. brenda lawrence and mr. peter welch, i inform the house that these members will vote yes on s. 3

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we need affordable housing. we need family size housing. we need housing that fits in this community and meets the needs of the community. this project does not serve them. we ask the commission to support children, families and seniors in our community and vote no on this project. thank you. >> hello, i'm the current managing director and been involved in soma in the late 90s and we stand in solidarity with the filipino community neighborhood in saying that we need affordable housing and we don't need market housing. we have programs for the seniors and we see first hand from our participants that they need family housing, not housing that's catered towards wealthy single workers. we urge the commission to vote no on this project. thank you. >> public speaker: this is another example of staff that need to know how to bring the right type of housing to this area. the sro's from old buildings were literally cement in the port and we have a lot of sro's in chinatown south of market. but now we have a new sro that is going to be aimed for our

what explains then these nail houses? well, people are very attached to their properties and perhaps more so than in other countries because there's no other way of saving money. you know, other ways of saving money for your pension, for health care, for education, it's all tied up a property because it's the main investment vehicle for the ordinary person in china. so people become very attached to it. and as we've seen in the report, reluctant, reluctant to give it up, increasingly the government is less likely to, to push people out because of it's, the optics are bad, and it's d stabilizing. and the days where they were backing the real estate companies without an e. m. without any qualms, are probably gone because the real estate companies have shown themselves to be a lot less reliable than they appeared to be 10 years ago when the real estate companies were driving all the growth in china. so i think i did the whole notion of the nail houses these, these individual bizarre looking at scenarios is very, it's very ea

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and that is the white house. they worked right out here in this beautiful park, and they never dreamed it was beyond their comprehension that 230 years later, we would be sitting in this room honoring their work and their legacy and telling their story. and that's our privilege, is the white house historical association, on behalf of the american people to tell these stories, to remember these people. it's not all the daily madison's. it's not all the current former next presidents of the united states. and first ladies. but it's the people who work the melissa and the curators office, the johns in the park service, the others who work in that house, and all levels to to save it, protect it, preserve it, to honor it, and to tell the stories with us of it's rich and abundant history. so that's what we're about here in our mission. that's what we're here about today with this symposium and i'm looking forward to the panels as much as i hope you are. and i want to thank you for joining us today. and it is now my pri

but is not what people thinkin when they hear housing recession. it is interesting new b term birds finding out exactly what it means. >> and but that survey in july. >> thank you for clearing that up. listening to you both they thank you both agree we have the structural deficit of homes for rent and for sale. and 2008 when they set construction activity declining we still don't have broader housing on the market so i would like to your thoughts so do you agree we have a structural deficit of homes that has built up over 15 years? and you look at the and then to be at the higher end are lower or middle and end for jeff there was a shortage of starter homes or entry-level so there has been a lot of demand for higher rental units. let that coincided also with the building. and units got more expensive because he were short units and now it has the for sale sign but then we have the finance issue where they are all reaching the same conclusion we are structurally under bills from the tuna 3 million homes and it is a cumulative deficit built up from t

the solution is housing. >> the solution is housing. it's not like you don't know what to do, it's a question of whether or not we have the will to do it. some would argue that, so we acknowledge that there is a severe supplied challenge with affordable housing. some would argue that the strategies like rental assistance basically have served to fuel demand for housing, thereby driving up housing costs, and it is not a supply side tool. is that accurate? miss yentel did you reply to this? it doesn't make the economics of affordable rentals work better, for developers in rental property owners? >> yes. when it comes to low, extremely low income households, the amount that they can pay in rent without subsidy does not cover the costs to build and operate housing. so federal intervention in the form of subsidy is necessary. and housing choice vouchers are highly effective in communities where there is a sufficient supply of homes, by the people living in them can't afford them. it acts as a bridge between what people can afford, and what r

public housing authority. right? have to [inaudible] together to do this. >> is this something we vehicled a goal of working on is having master documents that has all of that? um -- i would like to see and i don't know if they are here on this call i would like to see like -- okay. like the bmr program. typically more successful during like nonrecessionary periods and so -- when there is more development? so i'm just curious if what -- that bmr pipeline looks like now. i do think that something we talked about is somehow tying voucher recipient and rapid rehouse to the bmr program in some way? and i think that is something we can look at? but i wrndz if there is a lot of development now or not. >> [inaudible]. good morning. i will mayor's office of housing and community development. we can provide a pipeline report to share with the committee. >> great. and could you publicly include like, um -- basically, i don't know like how many years back and also back and like in the future of the trends of how much developmen

michelle was the best thing about living in the white house. let me tell you, the pastry chefs delivered delicious pies on request. that is saying something. [laughter] i could not ask for a better life partner and, in my humble opinion, america could not have asked for a better first lady area please give it up for michelle obama. [cheering and applause] mrs. obama: thank you, thank you. [cheering and applause] thank you, everybody. let me thank my husband, first of all, for such spicy remarks. [laughter] and of course, thank you to joe and jill, president biden and first lady jill biden. thank you for inviting us back, this means so much to us. we were saying at lunch that the girls have lived in this house longer than they have lived anywhere. this is as wonderful as it can be, it is a special place because we raised our girls here. it means so much to come back to friends and be able to spend time talking about our girls. i am grateful to both of you for the work you are doing, the love you are showing us, our staff and the work you are doi

house, but history does favor republicans flipping the house. but the senate is a different story. republicans are already blaming each other. mitch mcconnell and donald trump going at it like they have over the last year, there's tension between rick scott, who heads the campaign committee, and mitch mcconnell, who openly has said that their candidates may not be the best. they have been struggling, and republicans are defend ago lot more seats in the senate, they have to run the table. they have to win key races and win most of them, if not all of them, to take back the senate. it's very interesting times. look pretty cut and dried. i thought three months ago the house was definitely gone, the senate was going to go to the republicans. now it's a different story. host: with the election season ahead, it's always this time of year for congress, the things they have to get done and the things they want to get done. what kind of pressure does this put on the democratic leaders, particularly in the house, to get done, and with chuck schumer in the

the lack of housing impact homelessness and the conditions that sadly we see on our streets. and dries away our families and they want to raise their kids in a dynamic and growing city. you create healthy cities by having housing for people, not just for those who are the wealthiest and the few to who can access our limited subsidized housing but for everyone and here in san francisco, we have an opportunity for real change much we can't just keep talking about it. we have to do something about it. we have solutions before us now to get rid of the obstruction that gets in the way of actually building the housing we need in the city but even with that, we need to do more. i'm eager to learn more about how the netherlands is approaching the same housing shortage problem especially in its largest cities and as we build housing, we're creating more sustainable cities, people walking and biking and taking public transit, people living near their friends and family where they can knock on the door and have a glass of wine or champagne or something. [laughter] cities like san franci

with armed escorts taking these poll workers house to house and watching people allowed these ballots. the white house says they will never recognize those results. but their concern is that what their public, russia then tries to annex these regions, and then try to make the argument that any kind of fighting with ukrainian forces in these regions is an attack on russia. so, that is some that they are monitoring very closely. and i am told that if russia does have dynasties regions, that are part of the so-called referendums. the white house is prepared to act with some kind of sanctions, we're not really sure what that is going to look like. but we are preparing. that >> the referenda as a pretext for russia to escalate and they called referenda complete, champ as it is. has u.s. intelligence given any indication that they think russia's actually planning to use nuclear weapons in the near term? >> it's a good question, it is one that has been posed to the right house frequently. especially when you see jake sullivan and tony blinken talk about that. the white house says they've see

another house i love is the molly brown house in denver. the quote unquote unsinkable mali brown, which is i think one of the great house tours have ever been on. the mark twain house in hartford is a really fantastic, crazy house, but also a wonderful tour. those are kind of my standouts. and then the plantations in the southeast. in the low country of south carolina and so on. those are other favorites of mine. >> any comments about the madison plantation nearby? i was up there recently working, and got to visit all of them. the monroe was interesting, although not as significant as these. i was stunned at the ronald reagan airport to find in the old terminal the history of washington's step son who bought a mansion out the door of ronald reagan. it's now been restored. i was a little scared to walk out there at night and see it. the groundwork has been laid, and they had some architectural drawings. his son-in-law has spent way too much money in washington, and to get involved in negotiating. i thought that was fascinating. but i didn't

on the subject of housing, a program that helps bay area churches build affordable housing is expanding, thanks to a $500,000 grant from wells fargo. dozens gathered at the united lutheran church to celebrate the faith in housing program. the grant will provide training, technical support, and resources to faith-based organizations. >> if the puzzle is land, plus the will to do the project, plus the financing, there is a lot of financing in public will in place, and were looking for more land opportunity. dan: the faith and housing program will help more than 900 bay area family secure and affordable place to live. kristen: san francisco women taking to social media to sound the alarm about an alleged stalker roaming the streets. incidents have been reported in many parts of the city, take a look. in every case, the women report a man has followed, grabbed, touched, or tried to kiss them. six women have filed police reports, but frustrated by it in action san francisco police department, women are taking matters into their own hands. >> it has been a huge pattern for months. these women

attention looked at slavery in the white house. so 10 different families had brought in slave servants and part of the reason some of them did it was that congress was so tight with the money for running the household and they had to use a lot of their own money. it was just they would bring their own enslaved servants with them to say, you know on the funds so we look in this chapter starting with martha washington and the contributions those early southern first ladies made to systemic racism. and then we get into. you know mary lincoln who has an african freed woman who is her dressmaker and she is giving money to the freed slaves who have come to the dc area and are living hand to mouth and she's taking her own money and supporting them then you get up to eleanor roosevelt. you know who did amazing things and was actually on a hit list by the ku klux klan they had a bounty on her head for what she was doing to promote civil rights and to bring the issue of lynching out lady bird johnson's incredible whistle stop tour after the

regain control of the house. but, for the first time ever, there is a pathway to victory for democrats to maintain their seat in power. does that concern you at all? >> i know that i represent a swing district where republicans are outnumbered almost two to one. we have been working really hard for months because in purple districts you cannot take anything for granted. we have leaned into issues for some republicans that might be controversial because i want the people and the voters in south carolina to know i'm not going to shy away from controversy, i'm not going to shy away from votes. i will answer any questions about what is happening in washington, d.c. and how it effects the first congressional district. how it effects voters in the state of south carolina. i think that's very important. i know as republicans, because we meet often, that we are all rolling up our sleeves, we are raising as much as we can and working as hard as we can to ensure that we can win the majority. when you look at what is happen

asked the question again, and the speaker was said to the entire house. so you guys decide what's going on here and they established the president to end floor debate. to have a motion in place to actually stop guard near from speaking which was the first of three presidents. they had to shut down the filibuster in 1841. they limited speaking to one hour per representative on emotion and those two things kind of really shut down the filibuster in the house in the 1871 1841 actually. so mr. bombboy over the years there have been alterations or rules put in place when it comes to the filibuster. is that a correct statement? absolutely, and so the debate happening in today's political environment, does it surprise you at all? well, no, i think. we would definitely once in 2013 where the democrats used a poor elementary procedure to eliminate the filibuster and nominations except for the supreme court that kind of ticked off that cycle and then in 2017 republicans did the same thing for supreme court nominations, so no, it doesn't surprise me at all. i think

housing market has a shortfall of 1 million houses. i know some would say 2 million or some say 4 million. your data has 1 million. we have 1.7 million houses under construction once those houses are completed, supply chain issues slowed construction once they are complete, the shortfall is over? >> that's a really great question we say houses, we should say housing units. any type if we are under built by 1 million and you have 1.7 million in the hopper, it is population growth look at what is happening in terms of legal i am grmmigratiod illegal immigration and how you align the housing we're making with the population graowth >> one of the things we have seen that is sticky with inflation is shelter inflation the prices people are paying to rent a home or apartment rents are up 15% year over year according to your data what does that mean for the housing market does that make multifamily construction more attractive and solve issues what is the result >> it makes new construction attractive on the flip side, you have the rate hikes

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