Subcommittee on health and subcommittee on Economic Opportunity on veteran homelessness. I want to apologize for being late. I had another obligation in my responsibility on the budget committee. My colleague, chair of the Health Subcommittee wont be able to make it so im going to preside. We have subcommittee brownlee and her capable leadership and my friend from texas and Ranking Member on the subcommittee for Economic Opportunity is joining me as well. We have our chairman joining us so thank you, dr. Rowe, for coming. I want to begin by asking for unanimous consent for congressman mike kaufman, congressman scott peters and i guess thats it, to sit in on the dais and participate in todays hearing. I dont hear any objection. So ordered. Im going to cut through my remarks here and break from my customary reading of script and just say that this is a subject that is heartbreaking. And when you look at the statistics on veterans homelessness and the underlying issues that our veterans s
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Now app. The impact on tax incentives on Affordable Housing was the subject of a hearing from the finance committee. They spoke about the rise in home prices and addressed concerns about equity firms and corporations buying properties in low income communities which could push out residents. [indistinct conversations] the finance Committee Meets this morning, this hearing comes at a time when americans are being clobbered by climbing rents and home prices, key drivers of inflation. Data last week showed that rent increased in june at the fastest rate since 1986. Buying a home is becoming more expensive. Many young people with modest incomes or big Student Loan Debt , feel that the dream of homeownership has slipped out of their reach. The root cause, the United States is not building enough housing. It has been that way for decades. The shortage is effecting citizens and cities all over america. For example, my hometown of portland, skyrocketing rent and low supply of Affordable Housin
The finance Committee Meets this morning to discuss how this hearing comes at a time when americans are getting clobbered by climbing rent and home prices, key drivers of inflation. Data released last week shows rent increased in june at the fastest rate since 1986. Buying a home is getting more expensive. Many people that have modest incomes for big Student Loan Debt feel like the dream of homeownership has slipped out of the reach. The root causes the United States isnt building enough housing. The shortage is affecting citizens and cities all over america. For example, my hometown of portland the skyrocketing rent and of low supplies is also an issue in the central oregon, Southern Oregon and Eastern Oregon where they cant build enough housing fast enough to keep up with demand. I would be willing to bet we would be talking about a number of issues this morning and i would just like to raise a relatively new issue that deserves scrutiny and that is private equity firms with sophisti