[Congressional Record Volume 141, Number 121 (Tuesday, July 25, 1995)]
[Extensions of Remarks]
[Page E1508]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]


     HONORING BILL HUBBARD AND 25 YEARS OF THE CENTER FOR HOUSING 
                              PARTNERSHIPS

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                        HON. CAROLYN B. MALONEY

                              of new york

                    in the house of representatives

                         Tuesday, July 25, 1995
  Mrs. MALONEY. Mr. Speaker, I rise today to pay tribute to Mr. William 
N. Hubbard, founder of the Center for Housing Partnerships.
  For 25 years, the Center for Housing Partnerships has been 
revitalizing decayed neighborhoods through a combination of government 
assistance, conventional financing, and private investment. The 
organization's objective is to renew dilapidated neighborhoods by 
restoring abandoned apartment buildings and turn of the century 
brownstones. Many of these buildings are then leased to low-income 
families under the section 8 program of the Department of Housing and 
Urban Development. Since 1971, the center has developed and managed 
over 20 projects, consisting of more than 3,000 apartment units, with a 
total value of over $200 million.
  The Center for Housing Partnerships was founded by my close friend, 
William N. Hubbard. Bill is president of Center for Housing 
Partnerships and is responsible for new business development as well as 
dealing with financial institutions and government agencies. He is a 
director of the Citizens Housing and Planning Council and was 
associated with the New York Urban Coalition's Housing Rehabilitation 
Task Force. Bill served as general counsel to New York State Senator 
Thomas Bartosiewicz, is a member of the State Democratic Senate 
Advisory Committee, and is finance chairman for Assemblyman Pete 
Grannis, chairman of the New York State Assembly Insurance Committee.
  I would like to extend my sincerest thanks to Bill Hubbard and the 
Center for Housing Partnerships for their continuing efforts in 
revitalizing our city's communities. They are instilling renewed hope 
to communities who only saw the decay and despair of their crumbling 
neighborhoods. Thanks to the Center of Housing and Partnership, we can 
look forward to another 25 years of economic renewal and other 
important social benefits.


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