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HUD FU DS SUS
I th St. Jo h city
ou Commi on pro-
b idized housing
for th ealthy?
Such a ch
City illi Sin-
cl . "d h u-
tho ho y it, of
jumping to conclusi n :'
Department of
Housi and Urban Devel­
opment (HUD) h pen­
ized the St. Jo ph Com-
mi . on by ithdrawi
60 000 in bsidi ce
1977 d' threatening
spension
in rent
and income r tio .
. , en you're on th
id of right, it may tea
hUe but the truth ill
win out," e. thaniel
Gathright of the deci-
ion by th South e ich-
. an Health Sy em ency
(lIS ) to recommend denial
DED
In letter d ted Sep-
tember 30, 1982, John
00, Supervisor
of the Grand Rapid HUD
office wrote to Richard
Selmer, St. Jo ph Housing
Commi . D Pre . ent, that
an Occupancy Re' of
approximately 40 tenant
me revealed 'it im-
mediately evident th
an ement appeared to
h uniformly overlooked
the inclu' n of interest,
dividends, and related mise-
eous income in the
comput tion of some tenant
7
o
HSA SAYS' 0'
10 M CY PH S E 0 UT
in
of the planned Ph I of
the ercy - emorial Hospi­
lid tion.
m e S t­
urd y before meeting of
the Southern Christian
Le ership Conference
(SCLC) held at the Benton
the HS to recommend that
the te deny the con­
solidation plan made
edn ay, October 27 in
alamazoo.
On of the f ctors
influencing the HSA w
te timony by Charles Put-
CAT Scanner at ernorial
e said it the fIT ep
of the pha out of ercy,"
remarked Rev. Gathright,
"and e said the peopl
deserved to no then hat
they ere going to pay."
The surpri decision of
Harbor Library, Rev. Gath­
right recalled the ruggle of
the Concerned misters
ciation (CMA) to the
USA to udy the co of
the ho ital merger.
"A year ago, hen the
hospital anted to put the
nam, vic pre 'dent for
per nnel 0 f . lpool
Corp., ho told th HS
that . company felt th
consolid tion mor
than the community could
afford.
A letter from Don d
Peter n, executive director
of the South e em ichi­
gan Alcohol Center Inc
Berrien Spring pointed ou
th t the ated co t of
Phase I t 23 million
uld really b 100 ed t
of 90 milli n
the .pay
r n rote.
Accord in