WASHINGTON, D.C.—ROC USA Executive Vice President Mary O’Hara will testify to the U.S. House Appropriations Subcommittee on Transportation, and Housing and Urban Development, and Related Agencies (THUD) on Thursday, May 26 at 1:30 p.m.
The Subcommittee hearing is titled “Manufactured Housing: Supporting America’s Largest Unsubsidized Affordable Housing Stock.”
O’Hara will provide written testimony to the committee on the statistics and benefits of cooperative resident ownership for homeowners in manufactured home communities. She will then provide five minutes of oral testimony at the virtual hearing and will be available to answer any questions from the subcommittee members.
Members of the public are encouraged to watch the live stream.
Other witnesses include: Lance George, Director of Research and Information at Housing Assistance Council; Michael Liu, Director of the Miami-Dade Public Housing and Community Development Department; Dr. George McCarthy, President and CEO of Lincoln Institute of Land Policy; and Clemente Mojica, President and CEO of Neighborhood Partnership Housing Services.
The House Committee on Appropriations — comprised of 33 Democrats and 26 Republicans and organized into 12 subcommittees in the 117th Congress — is responsible for funding the federal government’s vital activities to keep the United States safe, strong, and moving forward.
Led by Chair Rosa DeLauro, Democrat of Connecticut, the Appropriations Committee fights for investments in families and communities across America, providing funding to create jobs, grow our economy, keep our country safe and secure, and build for the future.
Members of the THUD subcommittee include David E. Price, Chairman, Mike Quigley, Katherine M. Clark, Bonnie Watson Coleman, Norma J. Torres, Pete Aguilar, Adriano Espaillat, Jennifer Wexton, David J. Trone, Mario Diaz-Balart, Steve Womack, John Rutherford, Mike Garcia, Ashley Hinson and Tony Gonzales.
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