[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 about the soaring costs of housing and how it hurts families
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,
Live. Documentary writer and producer and director of the new pbs frontline report facing eviction, Bonnie Bertram joins us live from new york. That film airing tonight, debuting tonight on frontline at 10 00eastern and nine central, welcome to washington journal. Great to be here. Idwhy did you take up the issue e of infections . We have been considering doing a story on housing in february 2019 and 9. When the pandemic hit we realized quickly this was going to be a big story so we pivoted and we decided that once the government said that they needed to stay at home we thought housing was going to be a critical part of staying healthy during the pandemic so its hard to remember now but taat the time we couldnt travel so we wanted tocapture the stories of people across the country but we couldnt go anywhere. So emily, my associate producer i work with and i quickly got con the phone and startedcalling legal aid offices across the country. We call other journalists, judges to see who wo
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 more of our Committee Colleagues may attend from their offices. Yesterday was the first of the month for millions of americans, that means rent was due. For many renters, that rent keeps going up and up and up. Two weeks ago in this committee w
Get us going. 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 or in 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 Foreign Relations committee, so he wont be able to say for the entire subcommittee, which we understand and thank you for being here. And thank you also to our panelists. Those of you in person, as well as those of you joining virtually, for being here today. So, without a safe, decent, 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, 61 of those experie