Housing and Community Development Act of 1977: Hearings Before the Subcommittee on Housing and Community Development of the Committee on Banking, Finance, and Urban Affairs, House of Representatives, Ninety-fifth Congress, First Session, Part 2

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Page 1476 - The primary objective of this title is the development of viable urban communities, by providing decent housing and a suitable living environment and expanding economic opportunities, principally for persons of low and moderate income.
Page 956 - ... the realization as soon as feasible of the goal of a decent home and suitable living environment for every American family...
Page 1115 - Act of 1974 is the development of viable urban communities by providing decent housing and a suitable living environment and by expanding economic opportunities— principally for persons of low and moderate income.
Page 1222 - ... that not less than the wages prevailing in the locality, as predetermined by the Secretary of Labor pursuant to the Davis-Bacon Act (49 Stat. 1011), shall be paid to all laborers and mechanics employed in the development of the housing project involved; and the Commissioner shall require certification as to compliance with the provisions of this subsection prior to making any payment under such contract...
Page 1266 - This definition of market value is as follows: ". . . (1) the highest price estimated in terms of money which a property will bring if exposed for sale in the open market allowing a reasonable time to find a purchaser who buys with knowledge of all of the uses to which it is adapted and for which it is capable of being used.
Page 1473 - Some reassurance on the need for such a program is given in the testimony earlier in 1968 before the Subcommittee on Housing and Urban Affairs of the Senate Committee on Banking and Currency by Secretary Robert C.
Page 1288 - New Year's Day, Washington's Birthday, Memorial Day, Independence Day. Labor Day, Columbus Day, Veterans Day, Thanksgiving Day, Christmas Day, and any other day appointed as a holiday by the President or the Congress of the United States, or by the state in which the district court is held.
Page 1468 - Development Program has been developed so as to give maximum feasible priority to activities which will benefit low- or moderate-income families or aid in the prevention or elimination of slums or blight.
Page 1459 - ... in the labor market because of their limited speaking, reading, and writing abilities in the English language.
Page 1476 - ... geographical areas and the promotion of an increase in the diversity and vitality of neighborhoods through the spatial deconcentration of housing opportunities for persons of lower income and the revitalization of deteriorating or deteriorated neighborhoods to attract persons of higher income ; and (7) the restoration and preservation of properties of special value for historic, architectural, or esthetic reasons.

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