Housing

  Compiled by MCJ Staff The second six months of 2013 was about injustice, from a courtroom in Florida to the hallowed chambers of the nation’s highest court, where an iconic ruling protecting the sanctity of voting rights was stripped of its essence. The second half of the year witnessed the celebration of another iconic moment in American and Black American history,… Read more »

 By Gwen Moore   For 15 days, Republican leadership has threatened the sustainability of the Women, Infants and Children nutrition program, Head Start, government-backed small business loans and many other essential programs. While we wait for Speaker Boehner to take the reins from the Tea Party, Americans and their economic security are suffering. We know the federal… Read more »

  Contact: Staci Cox(202) 225- 4572  Washington, D.C. (LINK) – Today, Congresswoman Gwen Moore (WI-4) joined her Democratic colleagues to stand up for American families by opposing H.R. 2767, the PATH (to Nowhere) Act. The bill passed the Financial Services Committee this morning on a party line vote.  “Instead of working across party lines,… Read more »

Instead of working across party lines, Republican Members on the Financial Services Committee – led by Chairman Hensarling – insisted on pursuing a hyper partisan housing reform bill that has no chance of becoming law. Read more »

I look forward to working with my colleagues on both sides of the aisle to pass a GSE reform bill that improves the sustainability of our housing finance system. Read more »

  The Housing Authority of the City of Milwaukee was awarded with the Charles L. Edson Tax Credit Award for Public Housing by The Affordable Housing Tax Credit Coalition for its redevelopment project at Westlawn Gardens during an awards ceremony today in Washington D.C. The national coalition recognized Westlawn Gardens as one of the seven best affordable housing developments in… Read more »

I am confident that his vast knowledge, commitment and desire to improve the lives of American families will prove essential in his task of effecting positive change within our broken housing market. Read more »

As I've said before, this budget has me feeling like I'm Alice in Wonderland. I've fallen down the rabbit hole and landed in the middle of a mad tea party. Read more »

As a Member of the House Budget Committee, it amazes me that my colleague Paul Ryan and his GOP counterparts have once again presented a budget that is neither fair nor balanced and is clearly class warfare against the poor and middle class. Simply put,  Contact: Nicole Y. Williams or Staci Cox(202) 225- 4572 Washington, D.C. – Today, Congresswoman Gwen Moore (WI-4)… Read more »

Our overall goal is to keep families together, not tear them apart. This legislation is a positive step towards sustaining the American family. Read more »