People with Developmental Disabilities and Housing

Letter to Mr. Bennie D. Howard, Acting Director, Office of Disability Policy from NCD

August 5, 2005

U.S. Department of Housing
and Urban Development
c/o Mr. Bennie D. Howard, Acting Director
Office of Disability Policy
451 7 th Street, SW Room 7118

Washington, D.C. 20410

[Fax # 202-708-4373]

Dear Mr. Howard:

Thank you and your staff for meeting with me and NCD staff on July 26 th to discuss the issue of first time low-income home buyers’ down payment assistance programs. We appreciate your time and willingness to pursue this policy issue with HUD management. As per your request at the conclusion of our meeting, we offer the following brief overview of the issue and policy solution that we discussed at our meeting last week.

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