that would be a very dangerous
situation.
>> mr. spencer, you mentioned
that you had engaged in a
consultant to walk through some
of the qualified mortgage rules.
i think her name was jill.
you talked about 1,000 hours
that she had to date.
>> she's actually on staff.
>> she's on staff.
>> can you quantify in dollars
what it's costing your
organization to comply with this
rule?
>> we estimate that we have
invested both human and
financial resources of $40,000
to $50,000 over the last 12
months.
and to put that in perspective
for our operation, we could let
you sponsor a house for $70,000
so that's one house we didn't
build.
>> thank you.
i yield back.
>> gentleman's time is expired.
mr. murphy.
>> thank you, madame chair.
thank you all for being here.
thanks for your time.
mr. spencer, i just first want
to thank you for everything you
do and everything that your
organization does for your
community and really all of our
communities.
also want to take a second just