r,- cdbg of cvg be we have the visit of secretary carson and we were able to sign an agreement for the first $1.5 we are working with $18.5 billion that has been fined to back low income housing . relocation of thousands of families currently living in not dignified housing, in flood prone zones. that requires titling. we require major housing developments. there working closer with municipalities in the island. and all those projects that have been identified by local leaders , have been made part of an actual plan. hud.is before secretary -- lapsed because of the shutdown required an additional term and we are working closely with the federal agencies to make sure those islandtart going to the and said we cannot initiate this project. fema, we were the first to take up section -- the first jurisdiction to take up section 428. it works in terms of political assistance. ofare asking a match of 100% what do weency -- have up in successful in the executive branch? we are working. i think senators rick scott, was recently pursues an amended whereby gorman may allow us to -- 100% of those

instead of the cdbg and housing programs that were created around that time and were funding a lot of our public housing, those programs have shrunk considerably. we're relying on equity that's coming to the project developer through the local housing tax credit program. so we have adjusted the times with respect to what other sources of funds go into the projects and there are significant financial considerations if the city's funds are put into the project as a grant rather than a loan. so we -- we do that actually to protect the project in order to bring in more money and it helps us adjust also to the rising costs that we -- that we have. and that is independent of whether the sponsor is a nonprofit or a for-profit established corporation. to receive a m.o.h. housing tax credit, you must be an established -- >> supervisor peskin: and that would be bridge's case. >> 88 broadway, yes. >> supervisor peskin: i guess as more instruments come before this committee, assuming we don't delegate our 9.118 authority, i think it would be interested in knowing how many of these were forgiven o

one of the big programs that has been helpful to us over the last decade is cdbg, community developmentlock grants, choice and hope, these programs that are helping us cope with the pending housing crisis that's happening all across our cities. >> so all of us saw the super bowl sunday night. >> great. >> this is not a planned question, guys, so you may as well get ready. you know, the patriots won again, right? and everybody's saying it's the right time and it's great for brady and all of that. this is a stretch, but i'm going to wind this into this question. >> okay. >> why is it the right time for an infrastructure bill? did y'all get that? i knew it was a stretch. i had to keep you guys into this. so why is it the right time for it? i mean, we've been talking about it two, three years now. what makes this the right time to make this happen? >> clarence, i think precisely what you said. we've been talking about it. you know, that was the platform, the presidential platform or one of the hallmarks of the presidential platform. we're talking about it at the state level. indiana just sa