It will come to order. Without objection the chair is authorized to declare a ressz of the committee at any time. All members have five legislative days in which to submit extraneous materials to the chair for inclusion in the record. Entitled the future of housing in america. Over sight of the department of housing in urban development. I recognize myself for three and a half minutes to give an Opening Statement. We welcome the 17th secretary of the department of housing and urban development. Dr. Ben carson. For his first appearance before the committee. Welcome sir. In one respect he maybe among the most qualified individuals to ever serve as hud secretary. Why . Because secretary carson was raised by a single mother who had a third grade education. He grew up in poor communities in detroit and boston. Lived in multifamily housing with boarded up windows and doors. Surrounded by sirens. Gangs, and murder. Not only does he understand poverty personally, he understands what it takes t
It will come to order. Without objection the chair is authorized to declare a ressz of the committee at any time. All members have five legislative days in which to submit extraneous materials to the chair for inclusion in the record. Entitled the future of housing in america. Over sight of the department of housing in urban development. I recognize myself for three and a half minutes to give an Opening Statement. We welcome the 17th secretary of the department of housing and urban development. Dr. Ben carson. For his first appearance before the committee. Welcome sir. In one respect he maybe among the most qualified individuals to ever serve as hud secretary. Why . Because secretary carson was raised by a single mother who had a third grade education. He grew up in poor communities in detroit and boston. Lived in multifamily housing with boarded up windows and doors. Surrounded by sirens. Gangs, and murder. Not only does he understand poverty personally, he understands what it takes t
Supreme court ruling in the housing case. Using Data Analysis alone and set of a proven 10. What does that mean for your agency . Are we going to see more aggressive breaking news cases . If you could just pick about that. Julian this has been just a tremendously important tool in ensuring communities can ensure themselves fair housing opportunities across the board whether it is race or disability or other protected classes. For hhud, we have been doing this for 40 years now. What it does do is it gives us certainty as we go forward with complaints that we can fully use this tool of impact, and we will use it. I believe in using it we will ensure that more people of different backgrounds have the kind of housing opportunity they ought to have in america. Emily it is not about getting it over discrimination, the kind of discrimination where i will not rent to you because you are black, its about getting at more subtle kinds of discrimination that exist in zoning laws and the formulas o
Supreme court ruling in the housing case. Using Data Analysis alone and set of a proven 10. What does that mean for your agency . Are we going to see more aggressive breaking news cases . If you could just pick about that. Julian this has been just a tremendously important tool in ensuring communities can ensure themselves fair housing opportunities across the board whether it is race or disability or other protected classes. For hhud, we have been doing this for 40 years now. What it does do is it gives us certainty as we go forward with complaints that we can fully use this tool of impact, and we will use it. I believe in using it we will ensure that more people of different backgrounds have the kind of housing opportunity they ought to have in america. Emily it is not about getting it over discrimination, the kind of discrimination where i will not rent to you because you are black, its about getting at more subtle kinds of discrimination that exist in zoning laws and the formulas o
Supreme court ruling in the housing case. Using Data Analysis alone and set of a proven 10. What does that mean for your agency . Are we going to see more aggressive breaking news cases . If you could just pick about that. Julian this has been just a tremendously important tool in ensuring communities can ensure themselves fair housing opportunities across the board whether it is race or disability or other protected classes. For hhud, we have been doing this for 40 years now. What it does do is it gives us certainty as we go forward with complaints that we can fully use this tool of impact, and we will use it. I believe in using it we will ensure that more people of different backgrounds have the kind of housing opportunity they ought to have in america. Emily it is not about getting it over discrimination, the kind of discrimination where i will not rent to you because you are black, its about getting at more subtle kinds of discrimination that exist in zoning laws and the formulas o