for hud westchester county is too white and houses are too expensive.nty officials to explain and analyze westchester's long history of segregation and fix it. westchester county is mostly caucasian. segregation has never been legal. >> what hud is trying to do is create this aura of segregation. >> administration officials assume segregation is to blame for the racial composition. county officials see other factors. >> i reject the fact that it is race that has driven the formation of the neighborhoods. people live in areas difficult event by economic reality. by family dies -- family ties. >> obama administration is not shy about its belief that the feds know best when it comes to building local communites. >> today we've taken an important step toward building what we call geography of opportunity. >> perhaps most troubling are some of the administration's prescriptions for westchester's so-called problem. hud officials are demanding that the county urge banks to relax their lending standards, a policy instrumental in causing america's financial melt

before hud approved the application, there will be no hud financing for the project. so now, let's look at where the money will come from. i would just conclude by the loopholes or the tax credit are going to evaporate. that is happening in washington, and only one-third of the applications for the tax credit allocations are approved in sacramento, and the reason why this project probably will not go anywhere is because the units, the estimates range from $381,000 to $500,000 per unit, and this is out of the rule of reason for this kind of project. i would endeavor and ask you to pause. and i think you, too, for your time. supervisor mar: for those of you speaking, there is a soft ding that occurs at 30 seconds -- at 90 seconds, and then there is 30 seconds to go. >> i want to say, we should never put money and property value over our young people. these are our key is. they are coming out of transitional housing. we should do everything in our power to make sure these kids are encouraged, educated, and set on the right path. we sit up here looking like they do not be

the paper would take until at least 2007, but there was another article in the paper that said that hud or one of the federal agencies had granted some additional money for some money for the project for the corporation to start to move ahead. i assume that the navy clean up the effects only certain parts of the neighborhood. maybe we could have a little short support on where the navy's activities are preventing development from moving ahead. lastly, there was also another article in a different -- you might characterize it progressive -- paper about the twitter deal, so-called, and the fact that in the development of the agreements, there were -- community benefits were not discussed the front or something to that matter, and it was still on the table with respect to a committee or somebody that is supposed to determine what the community benefits would be for various corporations and others coming in to the neighborhood. since -- who is it? zen somebody or other just moved into mid-market. i wonder what the process is here to talk about community benefits. >> i believe that is someth

they got me into a hud-status apartment as disabled. i started out downstairs, then they put me upstairs. by me being disabled, i talked to the counselor and she says there's no money to move anywhere else. can i ask how much money as been funded to my program -- has been funded to my program? host: how much funding has been provided? guest: he is talking about a state program, which i am not that familiar with. because he is disabled, the first thing i would do is ask the folks up on the program for reasonable accommodation because you are having trouble living on one floor and doing the stairs. under the fair housing act, there are provisions that they would have to provide at reasonable but not -- reasonable accommodation to you. guest: -- host: how does it break down federally versus state and local assistance? guest: there is very little state and local assistance and i am not that familiar with it. folks rely on the federal government to provide housing assistance. host: got? -- dot? you are on the program with denise muha. go ahe

in a letter to hud secretary, senator grassley writes that his office has received numerous phone calls and the bills concerned about topics of interest with fraud and waste of taxpayer money. the baltimore sun first reported this inquiry, which comes on the heels of articles critical of the city's handling of cases. the city has a show about $4 million to outside attorneys to defend the cases. in his hot platter, senator grassley demands documentation showing how they used $67 million and stimulus dollars. how the housing authority became one entity. names in financial reports, and any conflict of interest statements submitted to hide it. the names of all law firms and contract since 2003. documents outlining steps federal officials took after an audit leached -- the audit found that 61 units least by the city had 570 violations. inspectors fell to report 380 violations. senator grassley to his back and i was issued a statement in part, hud is good at writing checks and not making sure the money is spent as intended. so for the issues that have come to light in baltimore want attention

caller: is information from hud public information?e whether a particular address or person is receiving section 8 assistance? host: do you think it should be or it should not be? caller: considering is tax money, i don't see why it shouldn't be. host: are you concerned whether there is any bias? caller: it is a bigger might like to check in -- is something i might like to check in on. event how would you pr discrimination? caller: i want to know if i could detect whether a person is receiving a in cases -- it in cases where i suspect fraud. guest: i have privacy concerns about that. in relation to an issue i was working on on capitol hill a few years ago, the topic came up. in the cleveland area, i know you can go on line and find addresses. if you suspect fraud, contact your local housing agency. host: we talked about some of the of the -- some of the other fiscal year 2012 amounts. what is htf and how does it work? guest: it is a relatively new program, authorized a few years ago. it is a grant-type program. i think it will be diffi

we are recipients of a hud grant, community choice program ground to rebuild our alice griffith one of the hardest areas of our city and toughest of our public housing developments. if you look at years ago, it was -- it was very high in the statistics in twain -- 2009 of all the shootings and gang recruitment. we are going to rebuild that housing with those neighbors on site and residents of alice griffin participating in the building of their housing. that is how you get strong communities. that is how even our chief says the other programs aren't worki working, your job will be 10 times harder. so building strong communities in my opinion will contribute a long way to prevention and we are fortune with leader pelosi and feinstein to get that grant in the right way. one reason they chose us is because of the integration we have working directly with the residents who have been victimized many years. they get to build their housing with us as a partnership. >> just one final comment. the a.g. is on her way up. one thing we're trying to do on the federal level is to have the various fe

i have been a developer of affordable housing for 32 years. 16 years ago, i went to hud and got a hold 6 grant. i tore that damned thing down six years ago. i know what it is like to live in a development would there is very little hope, a lot of despair, not much sense of the future. i tore it down and build a development, built a school with it, built a community center, a library, a health clinic, and build a community where there is hope for the future for children, the same sense of belonging in the people that live there, brought them back. kids now have a higher education attainment rate. they are healthier. there's people with jobs. there is that hope for the future and that sense of belonging. that is what we're going to do here, and that is what i am going to deliver. since that time, to give you a sense about the company, we have gone -- this will be our city of development of tearing down old public housing and building new mixed income developments. we have done it all over this country. we have done it on the east coast, the west does, minneapolis down to new orleans wher

i think he also said that we were disqualified for hud funding. can you just address those two issues that he raised? >> ok. so when originally proposed, the project had a number of funding sources including the mental health services act fund, which comes to san francisco from the state. that's no longer part of the financing plan. the project plan also had a number of youth who would be utilizing the t.h.p.-plus program, which is a tenant-based subsidy for youth coming out of foster care. there was supposed to be four or six or eight youth using that funding source. we also removed that. it was too complicated to have too many funding sources in the project with 24 units. so the mental health project funding and t.h.p.-plus program were removed from the financing plan. supervisor mar: you did mention the state funding and so there is federal funding but mr. holden mentioned something about the project being disqualified for hud, housing and urban development, i'm guessing, funding? >> i want tout clarify what i said earlier, at the end of the da

it had treasury, it had hud, it had fannie, it had freddie, it had the mortgage bankers, the realtors, the builders, it had the community groups and the special interest groups. all of them were involved in this push to increase home ownership to intended record levels by the end of the millennium. and they created a platform that would carry that out. and that included reduced down payments, changes in building quality, innovation of new mortgage products and all of these were stated goals, and they were implemented as part of policy, part of plan and part of the notion of wrapping ourselves in a culture of ownership, ownership society without ever having a discussion about what it was. and we forget that all of the benefits that historically have been conveyed by home ownership are real. there are greater ties to one's community, they are a better place to raise a family, more stable neighborhoods, typically neighborhoods with more focus on educational attainment of the children in those neighborhoods. but we never stopped to ask what it was that really drove those as part of the so

and objective reporting to the secretary and the congress on hud operations. as with all executive agencies, a confirmed inspector general is crucial for the integrity, efficiency, and effectiveness of hud. the office of financial institutions within the -- i hopeepartment's that the committee can proceed in the consideration as assistant secretary, said his office can function at full capacity. i now turn to senator richard shelby for any opening remarks he may have. >> thank you. i think this is an important hearing. these are crucial nominees. dr. alan krueger has been nominated to be chair of the council of economic advisers. the caa is an agency charged with providing the present economic advice, and there is no more crucial time. dr. alan krueger is an accomplished labor economist. given his expertise in the labor market dynamics, i would be interested in hearing what policies he will advocate at the white house. after more than two years of failed keynesian programs, i believe the president needs to be provided with better advice that will help grow our

caller: is information from hud public information? like whether a particular address or person is receiving section 8 assistance? host: do you think it should be or it should not be? caller: considering is tax money, i don't see why it shouldn't be. host: are you concerned whether there is any bias? caller: it is a bigger might like to check in -- is something i might like to check in on. event how would you pr discrimination? caller: i want to know if i could detect whether a person is receiving a in cases -- it in cases where i suspectraud. guest: i have privacy concerns about that. in relation to an issue i was working on on capitol hill a w years ago, the topic came up. in the cleveland area, i know you can go on line and find addresses. if you suspect fraud, contact your local housing agency. host: we talked about some of the of the -- some of the other fiscal year 2012mounts. what is htf and how does it work? guest: it is a relatively new program, authorized a few years ago. it is a grant-type program. i think it will be difficu

thank you for letting us work with you, and thank you so much to hud for giving us the opportunity to make this real for everybody. thank you. [applause] >> ladies and gentlemen, i rose to say that with the exception of reverend pastor or release walker -- aurelius walker, i am the one who has had the longest tenure as pastor of a predominantly african-american congregations in this city, and i want to give a friendly closing statement. of all the great presentations that have been presented here today, including the mayor, representatives from our congress woman -- congresswoman's office, i want you to not forget this -- that this day may be likened unto drinking a cup of coffee. you can add the coffee, the water, and the sugar for your sweetener, but if you do not have a stirrer or a spoon to stir it up, it will never be good to the last drop. [applause] i submit to you that the naacp and yours truly will be the s tirrer and the spoon in this development to make sure that no protesters, around with a sign saying they do not give a damn about us. i am going to stir it up until we mak

in the hunters point shipyard and candlestick, we got a great lift last week when hud and the neighborhood choice program came into town and announced significant in reflection of the way we have done this project, the $30.5 million grant to alice griffith. that was a wonderful shot in the arm and confirms again the vision that gavin newsom started and i get to help make sure gets done, every mayor since that time has made that commitment. we get to see it for like being carried out with the residents living on that site and working to transform their lives in a positive way, and of course, parker said. i think the first and we created increase density on the city. guess what -- over 55 new homes, 300,000 square feet of commercial space will be added, completely through private investment, and reflective of the faith we have in the 1500 rent-controlled apartments will be rebuilt with an unprecedented level of protection to ensure the rights of existing tenants. that project will prove to be a great project for our city, and at the end of the planning process, the western neighborhoods coul

housing authority was ordered to allow public housing to go into as drastic the case as possible because hud was not going to give them as -- any more money, and the only way to get money to make of the deficit was they had to let a private it to come in. >> the federal government's funding formula for ongoing operations and maintenance has steadily declined over time. >> there are funding shortages, and the board of supervisors really cares. we have put money aside for repair. millions of dollars. we have lists now. we are looking at priorities, and the priority is life- threatening issues. we are looking at those things first, trying to make a difference, and i believe that we will. >> let's take a break and learn about a couple of unique district in neighborhoods with more of a small town by. first, let's meet the editor of this photograph book. she will tell us about the process of creating a book, the district's history, and how the neighborhood has the ball. -- evolved. >> i was inspired to write a book about the portola because a co-worker brought in the bayview book for me to look at

i think there was a support of a substantial cut greet that was it granted -- hud grant that was granted that will allow the project to go forward, but we will certainly give you more updated information on that, certainly with respect to the cleanup and the status of the redevelopment agency. the only other thing i wanted to mention was that yesterday there was a press conference at the transbay terminal site. it was to celebrate the completion of demolition of the old transbay terminal, the start of construction of the new transit center district. ia heads up that at the end of this month we will release the draft for the transit center district plan, which a long time coming. we have been working on this plan for the past couple of years, and we are scheduling a couple of more informational hearings before the end of the year as this process moves forward. currently we're looking at an early november date for hearing at the commission for the hearing. with that, that is it for me, unless there are any questions. >> [inaudible] report on the activities of the board of supervisors that

so melody barnes was there, valerie jarrett was there, secretary of hud donovan was there and others,y answering some hard questions from the internet audience about, one, you know, what is hud doing around fha and not just african-american homeowners, but how will fha look going forward and how is this bill going to affect it. those kind of questions. it was a total and complete shock when valerie -- melody barnes introduced the president to come forward. he wasn't scheduled to be there. i think one, it showed the real emphasis the president has now on making sure that he is the head messenger on this bill, that he's not allowing other surrogates to be in front of him on this. we know that he's going to be in ohio, which is also my home state, that's in a great need as it relates to jobs. he's going to be in north carolina. i don't think we've seen him really be on front of an issue like this from a message standpoint since the health care bill and i think many of his supporters are happy to see him, not just being willing to be on the front end of it but challenging the gop to step

indeed, they would be repaid from the longstanding tax credit program, as well as hud section 202 financing. that is a very competitive process. that financing would be used to pay the bond. we are only asking authorization to apply, and then we would come back to the board in the spring of 2012 to seek authorization to issue the bond. in terms of the project itself, 90 units of senior housing above the redevelop st. anthony's dining room at the corner of golden gate and jones. it will be a wonderful project was completed. with the redevelopment of this site, we will be able to serve more people in the tenderloin and surrounding communities. supervisor chu: just a quick question with regards to the ability, obligation to pay this back. this is not a general fund obligation? >> absolutely not. true, but financing. supervisor chu: supervisor kim? supervisor kim: i am excited about this project moving forward. i'm excited to be a partner in this. there is a lot happening on this block. it is a very well utilize space for the tenderloin neighborhood. engine would greatly enhance our ability to

to cut the deficit and then within eighteen second half minutes portugese dangerman down the hud seal the deal typical direct running from the midfielder leading to two goals from him under three two scoreline the way it would finish the chill of the spell let these charges of the secure their third win in four give us. this can also help being tough for months heading into the weekend but a drop off was seen names like a julian seconds alongside near neighbors. dimitri could love putting the home side ahead after just five minutes with units not able to conjure up an equaliser until an hour later the league's top scorer seafood tim b.s. even his side's blushes one one hundred finished up in sight west bush. brings us nicely on to rugby russia are gearing up for only their second ever world cup game the burrs take on basically on choose their following defeat to the u.s. in their opening pool stage march on is richard nonpoint feat reports the russians are going to have their work cut out for them if they want to become the first team making their maiden appearance in a competition to

we are celebrating the successes and, of course, hud, thank you for your generosity. we are here to appreciate the thousands of folks that came together to rebuild our village. we represent san francisco. we are white. we are black. we are browned. we are yellow. we are pink. we are green. we're coming together to make sure that the future of san francisco here in the southeast neighborhoods is taken care of. we are also here to anticipate where we are going. i wanted to come down this morning because i was thinking about that tough vote from a year ago, and i want to thank sophy maxwell for helping convince me to cast that vote. thank you. [applause] i remember the hundreds of conversations i had with many of you here. but i have to tell you -- the one conversation i remember most was the one that i had with the tenants of alice griffith, and i want to thank all of you who are here. could you please raise your hands? could we give it up for the tenants of alice griffith? [applause] you are why we are here. you have been the present, and you are the future of our city