The agency has proven it can put past scandals andinefficiencies behind it, he told about 100 government, academicand industry officials in the Hilton Crystal City. "The reformshave worked," Cuomo said. "We can talk policy again."
HUD has requested its third straight increase in budget forvouchers--$683 million--which includes the first new moneyexclusively for rental construction in 24 years, he said. HUD alsohas hopes for a proposal for $1 billion in housing construction,although neither the House nor the Senate currently include anymoney for such new construction in their appropriations bills.
If the new money for both vouchers and construction is notappropriated, Cuomo suggested he would recommend President Clintonveto the bill.
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