[StBernard] TUESDAY: Walter Leger to Testify Before U.S. House of Representatives Financial Services Committee

[Westley Annis]

TUESDAY: Walter Leger to Testify Before U.S. House of Representatives Financial Services Committee 

WHAT: The U.S. House of Representatives Financial Services Committee will hold its first hearing in 2007 to examine the federal housing response and housing reconstruction efforts in the areas affected by Hurricane Katrina. 

The hearing will include a focus on the loss of affordable rental housing units in the Gulf Coast as a result of Hurricane Katrina. The hearing will examine the critical role that the availability of affordable rental housing to working families has on efforts to rebuild areas devastated by Katrina and restore the local economy.

WHO: Walter Leger will testify on behalf of the Louisiana Recovery Authority Board of Directors. 

WHEN: 10 a.m. ET, Tuesday, February 6, 2007

WHERE: Rayburn House Office Building, Room 2128, Washington, DC

Hurricanes Katrina and Rita devastated South Louisiana, claiming 1,464 lives, destroying more than 200,000 homes and 18,000 businesses. The Louisiana Recovery Authority (LRA) is the planning and coordinating body that was created in the aftermath of these storms by Governor Kathleen Babineaux Blanco to lead one of the most extensive rebuilding efforts in the world. The LRA is a 33-member body which is coordinating across jurisdictions, supporting community recovery and resurgence, ensuring integrity and effectiveness, and planning for the recovery and rebuilding of Louisiana.

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