i am larry burch.985 to 1990 -- to 2000, -- to 2010, as a public affairs office for the department of housing and urban development. one out of 10 families in san francisco lives in housing that is funded in part by hud. in 2000, might then boss tried to work on open house to see what could be done. eight years where nothing was done. but with the new administration that came in with the new assistant secretary, a great deal of progress has been made, particularly on the issues of lgbt seniors. it needs hearings like yours to establish a documentary record of what has to be done. when weaver started working with washington on this issue, i was able to go to the national center for lesbian rights and to the city's human rights commission, and they were the best resources in the country for what was going on, and they do not have as much as we needed. the record has been built since that time. the records