HOUSING AND URBAN DEVELOPMENT

LEGISLATION—1971

HEARINGS

BEFORE THE

SUBCOMMITTEE ON HOUSING.

OF THE

COMMITTEE ON BANKING AND CURRENCY

5. Congress. HOUSE. OF REPRESENTATIVES

NINETY-SECOND CONGRESS

FIRST SESSION

ON

H.R. 9688

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-

TIES OF STATE AND LOCAL GOVERNMENTS, AND FOR OTHER

PURPOSES

H.R. 9331

A BILL TO CONSOLIDATE, SIMPLIFY, AND IMPROVE LAWS

RELATING TO HOUSING AND HOUSING ASSISTANCE

H.R. 8853

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

PART 1

AUGUST 3, 5; AND SEPTEMBER 8, 1971

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U.S. GOVERNMENT PRINTING OFFICE

WASHINGTON: 1971

COMMITTEE ON BANKING AND CURRENCY

WRIGHT PATMAN, Texas, Chairman

(The same table of contents appears in parts 1, 2, and 3)

Abzug, Hon. Bella S., a Representative in Congress from the State of New

York....

962

Alexander, Hon. Bill, a Representative in Congress from the State of

Arkansas.

952

Alexander, Hon. Lee, mayor, city of Syracuse, N.Y., on behalf of the
National League of Cities, and the U.S. Conference of Mayors;
accompanied by David F. Garrison, legislative counsel, Washington,
D.C., and David S. Michel, commissioner, Department of Urban
Improvement, Syracuse, N. Y.

Anderson, Hon. Glenn M., a Representative in Congress from the State
of California___

Bertsch, Dale F., executive director, Miami Valley Regional Planning
Commission_.

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

of New York.......

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
counsel.

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....

Brownstein, Philip N., former FHA Commissioner:

500

957

756

493

943

461

708

367

Brandon, D. David, director of program development, New York State
Urban Development Corp---

1187

On behalf of the Council of Housing Producers.
On counseling and management__

1297

344

Charkoudian, Leon, commissioner, Department of Community Affairs,
State of Massachusetts, representing Gov. Francis W. Sargent and
the National Governors' Conference..........

396

Claytor, Glenn A., director of housing, National Urban League; accom-
panied by Richard Mapp, associate director, Washington bureau_
Cochran, Clay L., executive director, Rural Housing Alliance; accom-
panied by Lee Reno, counsel – – –

689

562