HOUSING AND URBAN DEVELOPMENT LEGISLATION—1971 A BILL TO BROADEN THE NATIONAL HOUSING GOALS, TO PRO- VIDE HOUSING ASSISTANCE AND PROMOTE COMMUNITY DE- VELOPMENT THROUGH BLOCK GRANTS WITH EMPHASIS UPON THE PRESERVATION AND MORE EFFICIENT USE OF THE EX- ISTING HOUSING STOCK AND UPON THE REVITALIZATION OF DECLINING NEIGHBORHOODS, TO IMPROVE PROGRAMS OF FEDERAL PLANNING ASSISTANCE WITH EMPHASIS UPON MOD- ERNIZING AND INCREASING THE MANAGEMENT CAPABILI- A BILL TO PROVIDE FEDERAL REVENUES TO STATE AND LOCAL GOVERNMENTS AND AFFORD THEM BROAD DISCRE- TION IN CARRYING OUT COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT ACTIVI- TIES AND TO HELP STATES AND LOCALITIES TO IMPROVE THEIR DECISIONMAKING AND MANAGEMENT CAPABILITIES AUGUST 3, 5; AND SEPTEMBER 8, 1971 Printed for the use of the Committee on Banking and Currency U.S. GOVERNMENT PRINTING OFFICE WASHINGTON : 1971 66-842 O COMMITTEE ON BANKING AND CURRENCY WRIGHT PATMAN, Texas, Chairman WILLIAM A. BARRETT, Pennsylvania WILLIAM B. WIDNALL, New Jersey LEONOR K. (MRS. JOHN B.) SULLIVAN, FLORENCE P. DWYER, New Jersey ALBERT W. JOHNSON, Pennsylvania BENJAMIN B. BLACKBURN, Georgia WILLIAM S. MOORHEAD, Pennsylvania ROBERT G. STEPHENS, JR., Georgia LAWRENCE G. WILLIAMS, Pennsylvania FERNAND J. ST GERMAIN, Rhode Island CHALMERS P. WYLIE, Ohio MARGARET M. HECKLER, Massachusetts STEWART B. McKINNEY, Connecticut CHARLES H. GRIFFIN, Mississippi WILLIAM R. COTTER, Connecticut PAUL NELSON, Clerk and Staff Director CURTIS A. PRINS, Chief Investigator WILLIAM A. BARRETT, Pennsylvania, Chairman FLORENCE P. DWYER, New Jersey GARRY BROWN, Michigan BENJAMIN B. BLACKBURN, Georgia GEORGE GROSS, Counsel DAVID GLICK, Counsel AMMY CONTENTS (The same table of contents appears in parts 1, 2, and 3) 952 500 Abzug, Hon. Bella S., a Representative in Congress from the State of New Alexander, Hon. Bill, a Representative in Congress from the State of Arkansas.. National League of Cities, and the U.S. Conference of Mayors; Improvement, Syracuse, N.Y. Anderson, Hon. Glenn M., a Representative in Congress from the State Bertsch, Dale F., executive director, Miami Valley Regional Planning Biemiller, Andrew J., director, Department of Legislation, AFL-CIO; accompanied by Nathaniel Goldfinger, director, Department of Re- search, and Ray Denison, legislative representative. - Bingham, Hon. Jonathan B., a Representative in Congress from the State Blatz, Hon. Frank H., Jr., mayor, city of Plainfield, N.J.. Bradley, Thomas, president, National Service to Regional Councils; accompanied by Richard Hartman, director, and John Bosley, legal Brady, P. E. H., Toronto, Canada, former deputy managing director of the Province of Ontario Housing Corp., on State and metropolitan development agencies and housing block grants--- Brandon, D. David, director of program development, New York State Brownstein, Philip N., former FHA Commissioner: On behalf of the Council of Housing Producers_ Charkoudian, Leon, commissioner, Department of Community Affairs, State of Massachusetts, representing Gov. Francis W. Sargent and the National Governors' Conference... Claytor, Glenn A., director of housing, National Urban League; accom- panied by Richard Mapp, associate director, Washington bureau... panied by Lee Reno, counsel -- 689 562 424 671 550 579 917 1307 801 922 853 758 1212 1099 901 1062 1131 Culver, Hon. John C., a Representative in Congress from the State of Iowa... Florida House of Representatives.. Planners; accompanied by Joyce Whitley and Jerome Kaufman.. National Association of Counties; accompanied by Joseph M. Pollard, Minnesota... Washington, D.C. facturers, accompanied by Richard L. Bullock, executive vice president; and Charles L. Edson, general counsel--Haskell, Harry G., Jr., mayor of the city of Wilmington, Del. Heller, Keith R., president, Cedar-Riverside Associates, Inc., Minne apolis, Minn.. Hesburgh, Rev. Theodore M., C.S.C., Chairman, U.S. Commission on Civil Rights; accompanied by John Buggs, acting staff director; John Powell, general counsel; and Martin Sloane, acting deputy staff directorHolman, M. Carl, president, National Urban Coalition; accompanied by Herbert Franklin, director, Division of Housing and 'Urban Growth Association of Real Estate Boards; accompanied by John C. William- ton, D.C., on housing block grants to State and metropolitan agencies-Laverne, Hon. Thomas, New York State senator, and chairman of the New York Joint Legislative Committee on Metropolitan and Regional Areas Study-- System. Smith, city manager; and Jim Miller, director of Federal and State relations.. Development Corp-- tects; American Society of Civil Engineers; American Society of Con- Society of Professional Engineers -- tional Association of Mutual Savings Banks; accompanied by Dr. Saul director-counsel, Washington office. Romney, Hon. George, Secretary of Housing and Urban Development; accompanied by Eugene A. Gulledge, Assistant Secretary for Housing Production and Mortgage Credit, FHA Commissioner; Floyd H. Hyde, Assistant Secretary for Community Development; and David Maxwell, general counsel. New York.. sylvania, on community development block grants... tects, Washington, D.C.- 347 413 865 457 775 1227 610 615 1082 69 1152 350 660 Smeal, Frank P., vice president for municipal finance, Investment Bankers Association of America; accompanied by Thomas W. Masterson, Houston, Tex.; and Dr. John Petersen, director of municipal finance, Invest Page ment Bankers Association of America 780 Spelman, Everett C., president, Mortgage Bankers Association of America, accompanied by Lee Holmes, legislative counsel, and Nicholas Spiezo, associate counsel. 1074 Smith, Dr. Warren L., professor of economics, University of Michigan, on an urban development bank. 355 Stastny, John A., president, National Association of Home Builders; ac companied by Stanley Waranch, first vice president and legislative chairman; Dr. Nathaniel H. Rogg, executive vice president; Herbert S. Col ton, general counsel; and Joseph B. McGrath, legislative counsel. 1239 Sternlieb, Prof. George, director, Center for Urban Policy Research, Rutgers University, on housing abandonment 342 Walsh, Albert A., administrator of the New York City Housing and De velopment Administration, on behalf of the National Association of Housing and Redevelopment Officials. 965 Watson, Raymond L., executive vice president, the Irvine Co., Newport Beach, Calif. 1194 Watters, Katherine, Town view Improvement Corp., Duluth, Minn. 924 Weaver, Dr. Robert C., former Secretary of Housing and Urban Development. 336 Wilcox, William H., secretary, Pennsylvania Department of Community Affairs. 478 Wilson, Hon. Bob, a Representative in Congress from the State of California. 926 Wilson, Hon. Peter, member, California State Assembly- 418 Young, Hon. John, a Representative in Congress from the State of Texas.. 371 ADDITIONAL INFORMATION SUBMITTED FOR THE RECORD Air-Conditioning and Refrigeration Institute, statement by L. N. Hunter, managing director. 940 Alexander, Hon. Lee: National League of Cities: National municipal policy 524 Policy statement on community development grant consolidation legislation approved Philadelphia, Pa., June 14, 1971.-- 513 Prepared statement.. 506 Resolution on community development grant consolidation, adopted at annual conference, U.S. Conference of Mayors, Philadelphia, -514 519 Hon. Harry G. Haskell, Jr., mayor, Wilmington, Del-- 525 “Urban Community Development Special Revenue Sharing Act of 1971,” from Washington Analysis, April 1971. 515 Alioto, Hon. Joseph L., mayor of San Francisco, Calif., statement on behalf of the National League of Cities and the U.S. Conference of Mayors on S. 2333, before the Housing Subcommittee, U.S. Senate Banking, Housing, and Urban Affairs Committee, August 3, 1971--- 519 American Boiler Manufacturers Association, statement by W. B. Marx, manager- 936 American Iron and Steel Institute, statement on H.R. 9058, by John D. Kirkwood. 593 American Library Association, statement in support of H.R. 7843 1028 American Plywood Association, statement on H.R. 9058 by Bronson J. Lewis, executive vice president. 658 American Society of Consulting Planners, statement regarding H.R. 9688. 618 Barrett, Hon. William A., şubmission of prayer entitled, “A Prayer for Growing Old Gracefully”. 324 Biemiller, Andrew, J., submission of table, "Increases in Costs," FHA Houses—1949 to 1969.. 498 Bingham, Hon. Jonathan B., prepared statement 948 |