REP. ENGEL – PUBLIC HOUSING PROTECTED FROM SEVERE CUTS

Washington, DC – November 17, 2011 – (RealEstateRama) — Congressman Eliot Engel (D-NY-17) is pleased to announce the removal of a provision that would have denied operations and Section 8 funding for 12,000 public housing units in New York City. The provision, originally inserted by House Republicans into the FY 2012 Transportation, Housing and Urban Development Appropriations (T-HUD) bill, was stripped from the bill yesterday.