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Yesterday, Congressman Mike Lawler's (NY-17) HUD Accountability Act was unanimously reported out of the House Financial Services Committee by a vote of 50 to 0. The legislation will require the Secretary of Housing and Urban Development to testify on an annual basis before the House Financial Services Committee and the Senate Banking Committee.

“With families in New York and across our nation feeling the squeeze from skyrocketing housing costs amid a crippling affordability crisis, we have got to take this housing crisis seriously,” said Congressman Lawler. “That's why last week the Financial Services Committee held a field hearing in my district - the first congressional field hearing in Rockland County in years. It's also why I've introduced multiple bills to help reduce the cost of housing for families and heroes and to fix the workforce housing crunch.”

“The American people and Congress need to hear from their Housing Secretary on these issues and that her Department is taking them seriously. Unfortunately, before her most recent hearing with us, it had been 906 days since she last spoke to us,” Congressman Lawler concluded.“That's unacceptable. My legislation requiring annual testimony by the Secretary is common sense and that's reflected by the unanimous support it received in the Financial Services Committee yesterday.”

New York's 17th Congressional District is just north of New York City and contains all or parts of Rockland, Putnam, Dutchess, and Westchester Counties.