Commissioner itani. Present. Loo. Here. Ow. Here. Roy. Here. And please note that commissioner ann is present. Thank you, could we have the approval of the agenda. Moved. It has been moved and seconded. We have approved the agenda as circulating, all in favor . Oppose . S ayes have it and so the motion is carried. Could i have approval for the consent agenda. Moved. Second. All in favor. Opposed . Aye. Ayes have it and the motion carries, item four, approval of the Commission Meeting minutes of the september third. Could i have an approval. Nso moved. And seconded. It has been moved and seconded that we approve the september third, Commission Meeting minutes, all in favor say aye. Aye. We have Employee Recognition of the month, with the department of aging and would like to recognize the transitional care and hospital out reach team, diana. 5. Dana leavitt, kelly bryant, judy chiang, jesus diaz, mui fung, kelechi ihenacho, mary ann roeurth, andrea salfiti, mary cabarles, kelvin xu and
Income housing for renters. This is just under two hours. [gavels] the Senate Committee on banking, housing, and urban affairs will come to order. Before we begin, i will probably embarrass her, but want to call her out. Irene gray is working her last week as a stenographer in the United States senate. She has been here for 20 years 27 years and we thank her for quiet, effective, crucial work to preserve the hearings. Even when senator toomey and i dont say much of note, she still has to take it down. Just appreciate your good work for this country and your unsung hero as a unsung hero contracted or not as a civil servant. Thank you, thank you. This hearing is in a hybrid format. Four of our witnesses are joining us remotely before senator toomey and me. One or more members may attend from their offices. Yesterday was the first of the month. For millions of americans, the rent was due yesterday and for many the rent keeps going up and up and up. Two weeks ago we heard from witnesses ab
Embarrass her, but want to call her out. Irene gray is working her last week as a stenographer in the United States senate. She has been here for 20 years 27 years and we thank her for quiet, effective, crucial work to preserve the hearings. Even when senator toomey and i dont say much of note, she still has to take it down. Just appreciate your good work for this country and your unsung hero as a unsung hero contracted or not as a civil servant. Thank you, thank you. This hearing is in a hybrid format. Four of our witnesses are joining us remotely before senator toomey and me. One or more members may attend from their offices. Yesterday was the first of the month. For millions of americans, the rent was due yesterday and for many the rent keeps going up and up and up. Two weeks ago we heard from witnesses about the soaring costs of housing and how it hurts families priced out of purchasing their first home and imperils the renters who are just one illness or job loss car repair away f
Housing urban affairs will come to order. Welcome to the three witnesses in person and our fourth witness online, and thank you for that. Climate change is, here the country knows that it is here for ohio teachers, and students forced to work in schools without air conditioning in 90 plus degree heat. For more and more days at both ends of the school year. It is here for ohio cities and towns like the one mr. Florida comes from, the draw their Drinking Water from lake erie and face higher and higher qassem harmful algae blooms. It is here for ohio farmers, many of whom lost an entire growing season in 2019 because of extreme rain and will who suit will soon be forced to learn to grow crops better suited to arkansas van to ohio. It is here for neighbors and kentucky who watched their homes and communities washed away in the devastating floods this week. The kind that scientists warn are becoming more common. We. Have seen these pictures, probably all of us in this room. The flooding cou
Urban Affairs Committee on the importance of available and low Income Housing for renters. This is just under two hours. [gavels] the Senate Committee on banking, housing, and urban affairs will come to order. Before we begin, i will probably embarrass her, but want to call her out. Irene gray is working her last week as a stenographer in the United States senate. She has been here for 20 years 27 years and we thank her for quiet, effective, crucial work to preserve the hearings. Even when senator toomey and i dont say much of note, she still has to take it down. Just appreciate your good work for this country and your unsung hero as a unsung hero contracted or not as a civil servant. Thank you, thank you. This hearing is in a hybrid format. Four of our witnesses are joining us remotely before senator toomey and me. One or more members may attend from their offices. Yesterday was the first of the month. For millions of americans, the rent was due yesterday and for many the rent keeps g