“It’s a historic amount of money, but we have a historic-size problem, and even this amount of money is not going to solve the problem. We have to keep in mind – when we talk about infrastructure, there’s not a great history of infrastructure investment succeeding without housing investment. They really need to go hand in hand to positively impact communities. So I think the housing component of the bill is very important.” – David M. Dworkin
“There’s no question that the three-month extension allows the appropriate amount of time for all rental assistance programs to be fully up and running. It’s a complicated and arduous process. We’ve never done anything like this before.” – David M. Dworkin
“The health reasons for the moratorium absolutely still apply. I cannot imagine a scenario where the president and the CDC do not extend the moratorium past March 31.” – David M. Dworkin
“[Homeowner assistance funds] are designed to help homeowners avoid foreclosure and catch up on mortgage, utility, property tax and insurance payments,” -David M. Dworkin
“With her service as a local elected official and mayor of an inner ring suburb of Cleveland, Ohio, and her work behind the scenes at the U.S. Treasury Department, she brings an impressive track record of leading efforts to revitalize communities and advocating for vulnerable populations and underserved communities.” – David M. Dworkin
The OCC needs “someone who can both modernize the Community Reinvestment Act and effectively manage a crisis in interest rates. If you can’t check both of those boxes, you are not qualified to run the OCC.” – David M. Dworkin
‘”I think that Rep. Fudge may be walking into the biggest challenge at HUD since Jack Kemp,’ said National Housing Conference President and CEO David Dworkin, referring to George H.W. Bush’s HUD secretary, who took over the agency after years of neglect under the Reagan administration.”
Miami-Dade County’s speed in soliciting applications from the public has outpaced most of the states, counties and large cities across the nation that are still figuring out how to distribute their funds, said David M. Dworkin, president and CEO of the National Housing Conference, a nonprofit research organization that advocates for housing affordability.
“Right now it’s just sitting there in most states. The reality is that these things do take time and you want to do them well and not make mistakes because you went too fast.” – David M. Dworkin
“That’s one of the reasons why, during this particular economic crisis that’s been driven by COVID-19, we’ve seen housing prices continue to rise and become less affordable, even though we’re in the middle of a historically deep recession.” – David M. Dworkin
