Housing
(Kansas City, MO) – Yesterday, U.S. Representative Emanuel Cleaver (D-MO) hosted Kris Williams, President and CEO of the Federal Home Loan Bank of Des Moines (FHLB Des Moines), alongside senior bank officials, and local housing leaders for a roundtable discussion on strategies to expand affordable housing opportunities across Missouri’s Fifth Congressional District.
(Washington, D.C.) – Today, the Housing for the 21st Century Act, led by Subcommittee on Housing and Insurance Ranking Member Emanuel Cleaver (D-MO), Subcommittee on Housing and Insurance Chair Mike Flood (R-NE), House Committee on Financial Services Chairman French Hill (R-AR), and Ranking Member Maxine Waters (D-MO), passed the full U.S. House of Representatives by a strong bipartisan vote of 390-9.
(Kansas City, MO) – U.S. Representative Emanuel Cleaver, II and Kansas City Mayor Quinton Lucas today highlighted that the U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development (HUD) allocated $8.3 million to Kansas City to address issues related to homelessness. A portion of these funds, made available through the American Rescue Plan, will help Kansas City fund its recently-announced tiny homes village initiative.
(Kansas City, MO.) – Last week, with the CDC's eviction moratorium set to expire on December 31st, United States Representative Emanuel Cleaver, II (D-MO) called on Missouri Governor Mike Parson and the Missouri Housing Development Commission (MHDC) to expedite the implementation of the Emergency Rental Arrears Program in hopes of averting an impending eviction crisis. Heeding the Congressman's call, the MHDC plans to launch this rental assistance program later this week.
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(Washington, D.C.) – Congressman Emanuel Cleaver, II (D-MO) last night was awarded the Edward W. Brooke Housing Leadership Award by the National Low Income Housing Coalition (NLIHC), a leading nonprofit dedicated to ensuring low-income Americans have affordable and sufficient housing. The award is named after the first black Senator popularly elected to office and was presented at NLIHC's Annual Housing Leadership Awards Reception on March 28, 2019.
(Washington, D.C.) – Congressman Emanuel Cleaver, II (D-MO), Chairman of the House Financial Services Subcommittee on National Security, International Development, and Monetary Policy, is proud to announce that the Housing Choice Voucher Mobility Demonstration Act of 2019 was included in H.J. Res. 31, the Consolidated Appropriations Act of 2019, the spending bill recently signed into law by President Trump.