To washington anytime, anywhere. Housing advocates and landlords testify before the senate banking, housing and urban Affairs Committee on the importance of available and Affordable Housing for low income renters. This is just under two hours. Senate committee on banking, housing and urban affairs will come to order. Before we begin, i will probably embarrass her, but i want to call her out. Irene reyes is working her last week as a stenographer in the United States senate. She has been here 27 years and we thank her for her quiet, effective, really crucial work to preserve the hearings even when senator toomey and i dont say much of note. She still has to take it down. We just appreciate your good work for this country. You are an unsung hero as a public servant, contractor, not a public servant, so thank you. Thank you. This hearing is in a hybrid format. Four of our witnesses are joining us in person, sitting in front of senator toomey and me. Miss morey is joining remotely. One or
Get us going. [noise] the subcommittee on housing, transportation, and Community Development will come to order. This hearing is in hybrid format. We will have witnesses testifying both in person and by video, and senators may appear in person and by video as well. I want to thank senator rounds for joining me in this bipartisan hearing, focusing on the issue of homelessness. Senator rounds found out late yesterday, i think, that he is needed at an important market with the form of relations committee, so we wont be able to stay for the entire subcommittee, which we understand. Thank you for being here. And thank you all to our panelists, those of you in person as well as those of you joining virtually, for being here today. So, without a safety, sit, affordable place to live, nothing in your life works. Its nearly impossible to maintain a job, go to school, or stay healthy. Based on data from 2020, almost 600,000 americans experienced homelessness on any given night. With this number,