WITNESS LIST
Urban Affairs Committee
April 18, 2023 - 2:00 PM or upon final adjourn./recess or bill referral if permission granted
On:
Meyer, Robbye (Self)
Registering, but not testifying:
For:
Hahn, Erin (Texas Housers)
Harris, Ashley (United Ways of Texas)
Wheeler, Julie (Travis County Commissioners Court)
On:
Parra, Whitney (TAAHP)
For:
Provenghi, Arthur (El Paso Housing Authority dba HOME)
Registering, but not testifying:
For:
Montford, John T. (City of El Paso Housing Authority d/b/a H.O.M. E.)
On:
Parra, Whitney (TAAHP)
For:
Provenghi, Arthur (El Paso Housing Authority dba HOME)
Registering, but not testifying:
For:
Montford, John T. (City of El Paso Housing Authority d/b/a H.O.M. E.)
Against:
Kercheval, Todd (Rural Rental Housing Association of Texas (RRHA))
On:
Parra, Whitney (TAAHP)
For:
Hahn, Erin (Texas Housers)
Kelley, Nathan (Self; Texas Affiliation of Affordable Housing Providers)
Registering, but not testifying:
For:
Arriaga, Roger (Self; Texas Affiliation of Affordable Housing Providers (TAAHP))
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WITNESS LIST
For:
Bast, Cynthia (Texans for Workforce Housing)
Flippin, Kenneth (Self; US Green Building Council Texas chapter)
Franco, Brie (City of Austin)
Harris, Ashley (United Ways of Texas)
Lavelle, Tanya (Disability rights tx)
Parra, Whitney (TAAHP)
Samuels, Eric (Texas Homeless Network)
Wheeler, Julie (Travis County Commissioners Court)
Yanas, Christine (Methodist Healthcare Ministries)
On:
Dunn, Michael (NRP Group)
For:
Kercheval, Todd (Texas Association of Local Housing Finance Agencies (TALHFA))
Pollack, Joel (Self; Streamline Advisory Partners and Texas Affiliation of Affordable Housing
Providers)
Registering, but not testifying:
For:
Cano, Meghan (Self)
Flippin, Kenneth (Self; US Green Building Council Texas chapter)
Hale, J.D. (Texas Association of Builders)
Kelley, Nathan (Self; Texas Affiliation of Affordable Housing Providers)
Latsha, Jean (Self; Texas Affiliation of Affordable Housing Providers)
Massingill, Joshua (LeadingAge Texas)
Parra, Whitney (TAAHP)
On:
Joseph, Zenobia (Self)
For:
Edwards, Alyssa (Self; SAFE Alliance)
Hahn, Erin (Texas Housers)
Lavelle, Tanya (Disability rights tx)
Samuels, Eric (Texas Homeless Network)
Registering, but not testifying:
For:
Arriaga, Roger (Self; Texas Affiliation of Affordable Housing Providers (TAAHP))
Bourne, Leslie (Covenant House Texas)
Casas, Isabel (Texas Council of Community Centers)
Crossley, Jay (Farm&City)
Flippin, Kenneth (Self; US Green Building Council Texas chapter)
Ford, Ashley (The Arc of Texas)
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WITNESS LIST
For:
Fuentes, Gabriella (Texas Council on Family Violence)
Fuller, Mitch (Self; Veterans of Foreign Wars (VFW) Department of Texas)
Galvan, Lyssette (NAMI Texas)
Griffin, Brennan (Texas Appleseed)
Harris, Ashley (United Ways of Texas)
Islam, Nadia (City of San Antonio)
Kavelman, Daniel (Self)
Kelly, Bill (Mayor’s Office, City of Houston)
Mintz, David (Texas Apartment Association)
Parra, Whitney (TAAHP)
Rose, Lauren (Texas Network of Youth Services)
Sanders, Jolene (Coalition of Texans with Disabilities)
Smith, Mark (Self; The Coalition for the Homeless of Houston/Harris County)
Yanas, Christine (Methodist Healthcare Ministries)
Against:
Kercheval, Todd (Rural Rental Housing Association of Texas (RRHA))
For:
Garza, Frank (Self; Cibolo Canyons Special Improvement Disrict)
Registering, but not testifying:
For:
Cleer, Jodi (Self; Board Chair, Cibolo Canyons)
Nobis, Tom (Self)
Against:
Wheeler, Julie (Travis County Commissioners Court)
For:
Bourne, Leslie (Covenant House Texas)
Davis, Cydney (Self; Texas network youth service young adult leadership council)
Rose, Lauren (Texas Network of Youth Services)
Registering, but not testifying:
For:
Carranza, Susana (Self)
Casas, Isabel (Texas Council of Community Centers)
Flippin, Kenneth (Self; US Green Building Council Texas chapter)
Galvan, Lyssette (NAMI Texas)
Griffith, Idona (Self)
Harris, Ashley (United Ways of Texas)
Islam, Nadia (City of San Antonio)
Kimball, Mandi (Self; CHILDREN AT RISK)
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WITNESS LIST
For:
Leahy, Francesca (Self)
List, Amanda (Texas Appleseed)
Litzinger, Linda (Self; Texas Parent to Parent)
McLean, Gentry (Self)
Murphy, Kate (Texans Care for Children)
Patterson, TJ (City of Fort Worth)
Pumfrey, Willam Ross (Self)
Stewart, Susan (Self)
Tolhurst, Jasmine (Self)
Tolhurst, Lisa (Self)
Trevino, Taylor (Self)
Villarreal, Becky (Self)
Wheeler, Julie (Travis County Commissioners Court)
Yanas, Christine (Methodist Healthcare Ministries)
On:
Parra, Whitney (TAAHP)
For:
Samuels, Eric (Texas Homeless Network)
On:
Joseph, Zenobia (Self)
Registering, but not testifying:
For:
Bourne, Leslie (Covenant House Texas)
Carranza, Susana (Self)
Casas, Isabel (Texas Council of Community Centers)
Flippin, Kenneth (Self; US Green Building Council Texas chapter)
Galvan, Lyssette (NAMI Texas)
Griffith, Idona (Self)
Hahn, Erin (Texas Housers)
Harris, Ashley (United Ways of Texas)
Kelly, Bill (Mayor’s Office, City of Houston)
Lavelle, Tanya (Disability rights tx)
Leahy, Francesca (Self)
McLean, Gentry (Self)
Patterson, TJ (City of Fort Worth)
Pumfrey, Willam Ross (Self)
Rose, Lauren (Texas Network of Youth Services)
Smith, Mark (Self; The Coalition for the Homeless of Houston/Harris County)
Stewart, Susan (Self)
Syed, Myra (The Coalition for the Homeless (Houston/Harris County))
Taylor, Anja (Texas Homeless Network)
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WITNESS LIST
For:
Tolhurst, Jasmine (Self)
Tolhurst, Lisa (Self)
Trevino, Taylor (Self)
Wheeler, Julie (Travis County Commissioners Court)
Yanas, Christine (Methodist Healthcare Ministries)
On:
Parra, Whitney (TAAHP)
Against:
Crossley, Jay (Farm&City)
Kelley, Nathan (Self; Texas Affiliation of Affordable Housing Providers)
Meyer, Robbye (Self; Texas Affiliation of Affordable Housing Providers)
Pollack, Joel (Self; Streamline Advisory Partners and Texas Affiliation of Housing Partners)
Registering, but not testifying:
For:
Nobis, Tom (Self)
Rowell, Melissa (Self)
Against:
Cano, Meghan (Self)
Dunn, Michael (NRP Group)
Flippin, Kenneth (Self; US Green Building Council Texas chapter)
Kavelman, Daniel (Self; Fifty Million Texans)
Kelly, Bill (Mayor’s Office, City of Houston)
Kercheval, Todd (Texas Association of Local Housing Finance Agencies (TALHFA))
Lang, Timothy (Self)
Latsha, Jean (Self; Texas Affiliation of Affordable Housing Providers)
Lavelle, Tanya (Disability rights tx)
Massingill, Joshua (LeadingAge Texas)
Parra, Whitney (TAAHP)
Samuels, Eric (Texas Homeless Network)
Smith, Mark (Self; The Coalition for the Homeless of Houston/Harris County)
Weist, Jon (City of Irving)
Wheeler, Julie (Travis County Commissioners Court)
For:
Gober, Courtney (Self; Plano ISD)
Mendelsohn, Cara (Self)
Tanner, Stephen (City of Plano)
Williams, Shelby (Plano City Council)
Against:
Bast, Cynthia (Texans for Workforce Housing)
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WITNESS LIST
Against:
Eaquinto, Aaron (City of Dallas)
On:
Joseph, Zenobia (Self)
Kelley, Nathan (Self; Texas Affiliation of Affordable Housing Providers)
Registering, but not testifying:
For:
Hale, J.D. (Texas Association of Builders)
Against:
Dunn, Michael (NRP Group)
Kercheval, Todd (Rural Rental Housing Association of Texas (RRHA))
Kercheval, Todd (Texas Association of Local Housing Finance Agencies (TALHFA))
On:
Arriaga, Roger (Self; Texas Affiliation of Affordable Housing Providers (TAAHP))
Parra, Whitney (TAAHP)
For:
Fortune, Andrew (City of Plano)
Gober, Courtney (Self; Plano ISD)
Mendelsohn, Cara (Self)
Williams, Shelby (Plano City Council)
Against:
Eaquinto, Aaron (City of Dallas)
On:
Kelley, Nathan (Self; Texas Affiliation of Affordable Housing Providers)
Registering, but not testifying:
Against:
Bast, Cynthia (Texans for Workforce Housing)
Dunn, Michael (NRP Group)
Kercheval, Todd (Rural Rental Housing Association of Texas (RRHA))
On:
Arriaga, Roger (Self; Texas Affiliation of Affordable Housing Providers (TAAHP))
Parra, Whitney (TAAHP)
Registering, but not testifying:
Against:
Patterson, TJ (City of Fort Worth)
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WITNESS LIST
For:
Jones, David (Texas Realtors)
Registering, but not testifying:
Against:
Wheeler, Julie (Travis County Commissioners Court)
Registering, but not testifying:
For:
Kelly, Bill (Mayor’s Office, City of Houston)
For:
Crossley, Jay (Farm&City)
Kelley, Nathan (Self; Texas Affiliation of Affordable Housing Providers)
Lang, Timothy (Self)
Meyer, Robbye (Self; Texas Affiliation of Affordable Housing Providers)
Against:
Hahn, Erin (Texas Housers)
Joseph, Zenobia (Self)
Registering, but not testifying:
For:
Arriaga, Roger (Self; Texas Affiliation of Affordable Housing Providers (TAAHP))
Hale, J.D. (Texas Association of Builders)
Islam, Nadia (City of San Antonio)
Kavelman, Daniel (Self)
Kelly, Bill (Mayor’s Office, City of Houston)
Kercheval, Todd (Texas Association of Local Housing Finance Agencies (TALHFA))
Latsha, Jean (Self; Texas Affiliation of Affordable Housing Providers)
Leahy, Francesca (Self)
Massingill, Joshua (LeadingAge Texas)
Mintz, David (Texas Apartment Association)
Parra, Whitney (TAAHP)
Stewart, Susan (Self)
Wheeler, Julie (Travis County Commissioners Court)
Yanas, Christine (Methodist Healthcare Ministries)
Against:
Samuels, Eric (Texas Homeless Network)
On:
Wilkinson, Bobby (Texas Department of Housing and Community Affairs)
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WITNESS LIST
For:
Arriaga, Roger (Self; Texas Affiliation of Affordable Housing Providers (TAAHP))
Registering, but not testifying:
For:
Carranza, Susana (Self)
Flippin, Kenneth (Self; US Green Building Council Texas chapter)
Griffith, Idona (Self)
Hale, J.D. (Texas Association of Builders)
Harris, Ashley (United Ways of Texas)
Islam, Nadia (City of San Antonio)
Kelley, Nathan (Self; Texas Affiliation of Affordable Housing Providers)
Kelly, Bill (Mayor’s Office, City of Houston)
McLean, Gentry (Self)
Parra, Whitney (TAAHP)
Pumfrey, Willam Ross (Self)
Sims, Jami (The Real Estate Council of Dallas, The Real Estate Council of Greater Fort Worth)
Stewart, Susan (Self)
Tolhurst, Jasmine (Self)
Tolhurst, Lisa (Self)
Trevino, Taylor (Self)
Villarreal, Becky (Self)
Wheeler, Julie (Travis County Commissioners Court)
Against:
Kercheval, Todd (Rural Rental Housing Association of Texas (RRHA))
On:
Samuels, Eric (Texas Homeless Network)
On:
Arriaga, Roger (Self; Texas Affiliation of Affordable Housing Providers (TAAHP))
Registering, but not testifying:
For:
Cano, Juan (Self)
Cano, Meghan (Self)
Carranza, Susana (Self)
Flippin, Kenneth (Self; US Green Building Council Texas chapter)
Griffith, Idona (Self)
Leahy, Francesca (Self)
McLean, Gentry (Self)
Pumfrey, Willam Ross (Self)
Stewart, Susan (Self)
Tolhurst, Jasmine (Self)
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WITNESS LIST
For:
Tolhurst, Lisa (Self)
Trevino, Taylor (Self)
Villarreal, Becky (Self)
On:
Parra, Whitney (TAAHP)
Wilkinson, Bobby (Texas Department of Housing and Community Affairs)
Registering, but not testifying:
For:
Hamilton, Melissa (Texas & Southwestern Cattle Raisers Association)
Martin, Ross (Winstead PC)
Roach, Blake (Texas Farm Bureau)
Wilson, Ross (Self; Producer Owned Beef)
Winegarner, Josh (Texas Cattle Feeders Association)
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