WASHINGTON, Jan. 15 -- The House Financial Services Committee issued the following testimony on Jan. 14 by Jeffrey Williams at a hearing entitled "On the Brink of Homelessness: How the Affordable Housing Crisis and the Gentrification of America Is Leaving Families Vulnerable":

My name is Jeffrey Williams and I'm a father, a husband and a tenant. My wife Kelly and I have three children together--and we have been very much affected by the affordable housing crisis.