Full Committee Hearing

Two Years After the Storm: Housing Needs in the Gulf Coast

Date:   Tuesday, September 25, 2007 Time:   09:30 AM

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Topic

The Committee will meet in OPEN SESSION to conduct a hearing on issues related to housing needs in the Gulf Coast region two years after Hurricanes Katrina and Rita.

Witnesses

Witness Panel 1

  1. Honorable Mary L. Landrieu (D-LA)
    United States Senator

Witness Panel 2

  1. Honorable Orlando J. Cabrera
    Assistant Secretary for Public and Indian Housing
    Department of Housing and Urban Development

Witness Panel 3

  1. Mr. Edgar Bright
    President
    Standard Mortgage Corporation - on behalf of the Mortgage Bankers Association
  2. Mr. Alan Brown
    Vice President of Operations and COO
    United Methodist Senior Services of Mississippi, Inc.
  3. Mr. James R. Kelly
    Chief Executive Officer
    Providence Community Housing and Catholic Charities
  4. Ms. Amy Liu
    Deputy Director of the Metropolitan Policy Program
    The Brookings Institution
  5. Ms. Emelda Paul
    President
    Lafitte Resident Council
  6. Mr. James Perry
    Executive Director
    Greater New Orleans Fair Housing Action Center