Ensuring Equitable Delivery of Disaster Benefits to Vulnerable Communities and Peoples: An Examination of GAO's Findings of the CDBG Program

House Financial Services Committee
   Oversight and Investigations Subcommittee

19/01/2022 at 10:00AM

The Subcommittee on Oversight and Investigations will hold a virtual hearing entitled, “Ensuring Equitable Delivery of Disaster Benefits to Vulnerable Communities and Peoples: An Examination of GAO’s Findings of the CDBG-DR Program.” on Wednesday, January 19, 2022, at 10:00 a.m. via Cisco WebEx.

Increasingly, large-scale natural disasters have resulted in catastrophic damage around the United States, often with disproportionate impacts on vulnerable populations and contributing to wealth inequality. This hearing will assess a study2 of aspects of the Community Development Block Grant – Disaster Recovery (CDBG-DR) program undertaken by the Government Accountability Office (GAO) at the request of Chairwoman Maxine Waters and Representative Al Green in January 2020.

Memorandum

Witnesses

  • Daniel Garcia-Diaz, Managing Director, Financial Markets and Community Investment, U.S. Government Accountability Office
  • Diane Yentel, President and CEO, National Low Income Housing Coalition
  • Chrishelle Calhoun-Palay, Director, HOME Coalition
  • Andreanecia Morris, Executive Director, Housing NOLA
  • Stephen Begg, Deputy Inspector General, U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development Office of Inspector General