Rep. Gary Miller, Vice-Chair of the Housing Subcommittee of the House Financial Services Committee, to Address Affordable Housing Legislation at NAAHL Conference.

WASHINGTON -- Members of Congress and key committee staff will meet with community investment leaders from around the country to discuss the agenda for affordable housing legislation, threats to existing housing programs contained in the Administration's proposed FY06 budget, and new tools for affordable housing, as well as the impact of proposed Community Reinvestment Act (CRA) rule changes on affordable housing, at the annual Washington legislative conference of the National Association of Affordable Housing Lenders (NAAHL).

The NAAHL conference will be held on February 10-11, 2005, at the Sofitel Lafayette Square Hotel, 806 15th Street, NW, in the Paris Ballroom, (from 9 a.m. to 4 p.m. on February 10, and from 9 a.m. to 11:30 a.m. on February 11). The meeting is not open to the public, but members of the media are invited to attend. Please call Ross Kleinman at 202-293-9856 to RSVP.

Among the participants:

--Rep. Gary Miller (R-CA), Vice-Chairman, Housing and Community Opportunity Subcommittee, House Financial Services Committee

--John Buckley, House Ways and Means Committee

--Cindy Chetti, House Financial Services Committee

--Jonathan Miller, Senate Banking Committee

The National Association of Affordable Housing Lenders (NAAHL) represents America's leaders in moving private capital to those in need. NAAHL encompasses 200 organizations committed to increasing private lending and investing in low- and moderate-income communities. Members are the "who's who" of private sector lenders and investors in affordable housing and community economic development: banks, thrifts, insurance companies, community development corporations, mortgage companies, loan consortia, financial intermediaries, pension funds, foundations, local and national nonprofits, and public agencies.