Speech #1000146248

Finance and Urban Affairs will review these two programs at the end of 2 years to decide on the continued authorization of the HODAG and the section 235 program. Third. the effort to curtail the Nehemiah Program was rejected and the program is authorized for fiscal years 1988 and 1989 with a provision to provide up to 15 percent of the units for families whose incomes do not exceed 115 percent of area median income. Fourth. the provision dealing with our efforts to continue the public housing eligibility of certain illegal aliens whose familys head of household was a citizen or a documented alien was modified to state that future eligibility be limited to citizens or persons who are documented aliens. In addition. the agreement would not result in those people who are already residing in public housing from being evicted because of their citizenship status without a determination on a casebycase basis where it is necessary to avoid the breakup of a family. The provision also provides for a deferral of the termination of assistance where it is necessary to permit the orderly transition of tenants to other alternative. affordable housing.