Testimony

_MG_2457Recent Testimony

NRHC and our members have testified before House and Senate Committees and other policymakers on the critical importance of rural housing programs. Below are copies are testimony recently delivered by NRHC members:

Bipartisan Housing Commission

  • October 1, 2012 – Robert A. Rapoza, National Rural Housing Coalition, before the Bipartisan Policy Center’s Commission on Housing on the future of federal housing policy.

Congressional Appropriations Committees

  • March 23, 2015 – Robert A. Rapoza, National Rural Housing Coalition, before the U.S. House of Representatives Appropriations Subcommittee on Agriculture, Rural Development, Food and Drug Administration, and Related Agencies on the FY 16 Budget.
  • March 23, 2015 – Claudia Shay, Self-Help Housing Corporation of Hawaii, before the U.S. House of Representatives Appropriations Subcommittee on Agriculture, Rural Development, Food and Drug Administration, and Related Agencies on the FY 16 Budget.
  • March 23, 2015 – Tom Collishaw, Self-Help Enterprises, before the U.S. House of Representatives Appropriations Subcommittee on Agriculture, Rural Development, Food and Drug Administration, and Related Agencies on the FY 16 Budget.
  • March 23, 2015– R. Scott McReynolds, Housing Development Alliance, before the U.S. House of Representatives Appropriations Subcommittee on Agriculture, Rural Development, Food and Drug Administration, and Related Agencies on the FY 16 Budget.Pathstone 1
  • March 23, 2015 – Earl Pfeiffer, Florida Home Partnership, before the U.S. House of Representatives Appropriations Subcommittee on Agriculture, Rural Development, Food and Drug Administration, and Related Agencies on the FY 16 Budget.
  • March 23, 2015 – Neal Gibson, Northwest Regional Housing Authority, before the U.S. House of Representatives Appropriations Subcommittee on Agriculture, Rural Development, Food and Drug Administration, and Related Agencies on the FY 16 Budget.
  • March 23, 2015 – Joan Edge, Little Dixie Community Action Agency, before the U.S. House of Representatives Appropriations Subcommittee on Agriculture, Rural Development, Food and Drug Administration, and Related Agencies on the FY 16 Budget.
  • March 23, 2015 – Brad Bishop, Rural Housing Development Corp, before the U.S. House of Representatives Appropriations Subcommittee on Agriculture, Rural Development, Food and Drug Administration, and Related Agencies on the FY 16 Budget.

Banking/Financial Services Committees

  • May 25, 2011 – Peter Carey, Self-Help Enterprises and the National Rural Housing Coalition, before the U.S. House of Representatives Financial Services Subcommittee on Insurance, Housing, and Community Opportunity.