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Kirsten Gillibrand: “HUD is struggling to meet the most basic responsibilities…”

Featuring: Kirsten Gillibrand, Democratic | U.S. Senate New York

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Kirsten Gillibrand and Chairwoman Hyde Smith Discuss Housing Affordability and HUD Budget Concerns

Published | Video Starts at 01:29

Housing providers and homeless shelters have struggled to pay rent on millions of housing units and make payroll. Many have had to draw on costly lines of credit spending funds that should be spent on supporting residents. HUD is struggling to meet the most basic responsibilities after losing 2300 employees through the deferred resignation program. All of this has created new challenges for private developers, public housing authorities and our communities. To make matters worse, now, the administration is trying to cut HUD in half. (01:29–01:37)

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Asserts that HUD is facing challenges due to a loss of 2300 employees.

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