we are proud to begin tribal hud vash. we awarded the first receivers allocations in december of 2015. we see a continuing need there. and let me just again thank the committee on both sides of the aisle, because i tell folks in public all the time that this really is an instance where i think things wording out the way that they should on behalf of veterans. the resources have been appropriated. hud and the va have been working with local communities to get these vouchers on the street. and i have to say, the teams that work on this are probably the most active and passionate teams on either -- in either agency, for obvious reasons. >> mr. secretary, on that note, i'm going to have to -- we'll look forward to continue to drive down that number. >> we'll have further conversations. thank you, mr. chairman. >> thank you, mr. young. mr. secretary, the fifo issue is a major time. we kind of talked about this before. it makes it impossible for you to deliver audible financials. even worse, it's causing hud to violent federal l

, to more pro actively work to get hud vash into smaller communities. we think that will help fill the gap for smaller communities. i had the opportunity to meet with one of your councilmembers. this was one of the issues they took up. we look forward to following up. >> thank you, mr. secretary. yes, we do want to follow up. it's an ongoing -- you know, it's just shameful that they have to go to another country to get housing on that. so i look forward to working with you. i also want to extend the invitation again to -- i think we had talked about you going down to laredo. we'll find a time that works and have you go down to laredo. the city of laredo would be willing to host you. i know we the chairman down there and he saw the transportation needs we have, the largest inland port in the united states is in laredo. we would love to host you down there sometime. as you know, you were the senior international a couple of years ago, which is a big celebration where they recognize somebody from the u.s. and somebody from mexico. the secretary was the sen

we are proud to begin tribal hud vash.in fact we awarded the first series of allocations in december of 2015. we see a continuing need there. and let me just again thank the the committee on both sides of the aisle because i tell folks in public all the time that this really is an instance where i think things worked out the way that they should on behalf of veterans. the resources have been appropriated. hud and the v.a. have been working with local communities to get these vouchers on the street. and i have to say the teams that work on this are probably the most active and passionate teams on either -- in either agency for obvious reasons. >> on that note i'm going to have to -- >> okay. they've improved the process. and we look forward to continuing to drive down that number. >> we'll have further conversations. thank you. >> thank you, mr. young. mr. secretary, the five fold issue is a major problem and we talked about this before it makes it impossible for you to deliver audible -- auditable financials, and even wors