This important discussion. Joining us today or i agree matthews, interim executive director of the Housing Authority of columbia, South Carolina. Mark, president and chief executive officer of the Skyline Champion Corporation and peggy bailey Vice President for housing policy at the center on budget and policy priority is for purposes of todays hearing they are focused on examining three bipartisan piece of legislation in particular that have been introduced in the 116th congress. S. 2160 the overt act was introduced in july by senator scott and menendez and has the support of five republicans and five democrats on the committee. S. 1804, the manufactured housing modernization act was introduced in june and has five bipartisan cosponsors including senator cortez, scott kramer and smith and hr 4300 of the fostering stable housing opportunities acthich has bipartisan interest in the senate and is moving quickly through the house of representatives on a strong partisan basis. The alert ac
This important discussion. Joining us today or i agree matthews, interim executive director of the Housing Authority of columbia, South Carolina. Mark, president and chief executive officer of the Skyline Champion Corporation and peggy bailey Vice President for housing policy at the center on budget and policy priority is for purposes of todays hearing they are focused on examining three bipartisan piece of legislation in particular that have been introduced in the 116th congress. S. 2160 the overt act was introduced in july by senator scott and menendez and has the support of five republicans and five democrats on the committee. S. 1804, the manufactured housing modernization act was introduced in june and has five bipartisan cosponsors including senator cortez, scott kramer and smith and hr 4300 of the fostering stable housing opportunities act which has bipartisan interest in the senate and is moving quickly through the house of representatives on a strong partisan basis. The alert
There are issues about what we can do to help communities at high risk with relocation. What we can do to support communities that will be on the receiving end, they will need Financial Support as well. With that i will conclude those are some of the key ways in which i see the report we put out in september translating into the us context, thank you. I think youre absolutely right. Its very clear that awareness at the city, state and tribal level has been increasing. Mayors are on the front line of responding to all these extreme events and if you look at the burgeoning of resilience officers, the urban resilience network, there is a hunger for best practices, more data and to be able to share things with each other quickly. Our last speaker is Leonardo Martinez diaz and he directs the Sustainable Finance center at the resources institute. Previously we all worked at the department of treasury, Deputy Assistant secretary for energy and environment, he also worked on climate finance in
Panel and will be learning about the Global Commission of a global call for leadership. The urgency of Climate Change may feel more acute but the issue of Climate Change has been with us for decades. Esi stated in 1988 addressing Climate Change is a moral imperative. Many scientists m Public Policy experts have been working on the issue proposing solutions i hope what were actually seeing his momentum to act there is some evidence this is the case last week i testified before the Senate Energy committee that probably would not have been the case a few years ago in Speaker Pelosi and the House Select Committee is another example. As we know now that inaction on Climate Change makes it harder and harder to achieve. We have to act now to contribute to that momentum constantly reinforce it. So we can inform policymakers of the best and latest data and best practices to share Lessons Learned to help them understand the urgency to make meaningful progress to address Climate Change. All we ne
Housing units. Senator mike crapo of idaho chairs the banking, housing and urban affairs committee. This hearing will come to order. Today, the committee will receive testimony from leaders in the Housing Community on bipartisan opportunities this congress to expand access to Affordable Housing, to improve the safety conditions within current federallyassisted housing, and to consider how we might better target some of our existing Housing Resources to meet unaddressed need. Welcome to our witnesses, and thank you for taking the time to be with us today for this important discussion. Joining us today are ivory mathews, interim executive director of the Housing Authority of columbia, South Carolina; mark yost, president and chief executive officer of the skyline champion corporation; and peggy bailey, Vice President for housing policy at the center on budget and policy priorities. For purposes of todays hearing, we are focused on examining three bipartisan pieces of legislation in parti