Former Fed Vice Chairman Alan Blinder and Housing and Urban Development Assistant Secretary Brian Montgomery are also on the list.

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Andrew Cuomo was the assistant secretary of Housing and Urban Development (HUD) and then secretary under President Bill Clinton from 1993 through 2001.

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Steve Waddington, City of York Council's assistant director for housing, denied that the affordable housing quotas were affecting new home building in the city.

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"There aren't many spare houses in Ceredigion at the moment and this department has been under enormous pressure in coping with the workload, " said Ann Rees, assistant director of housing.

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Assistant Secretary of Housing and Urban Affairs (HUD) Mercedes Marquez detailed the steps HUD is taking to create a more responsive system that offers easier access, monitors results, and is efficient and accountable.

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Mercedes Marquez, assistant secretary at the Department of Housing and Urban Development, told CNNMoney that the initial stage of the program has been difficult, in part, because the cities and communities involved in the program have never done this work before.

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