OCT.
OPINION
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on
ence
WATCH
demand. Con truction tarts
for rnulti-f mily housin - the
units 10 -income familie are
Ii ely to be ble to afford -
fell from 456,000 in 197 to
2 3,000 in 19 3. The decline
i exp cted to ontinue.
nd . hter
n bu t. For the very
poor, the problem of comin
up ith the rent money or the
mort e p yment h tten
far or in recent year. Lin-
erin unempl yment, fallin
income among th poor and
and continued cut­
r n of overnment
pport pro ram h e
ueeze on the family
inc m
put th-
finance
But rent nd mort
ment continue to ri
the r It th t they are ing
bi er nd bi er bit out of
the family bud t. ten
1975 nd 19 3 the numb r
o 10 er-in orne hou hold p y-
more than half of their
income for rent nd utilitie
ro from 3.7 million to 6.3
million.
Le
vernment
rich. Hou in co t
re prop rtion of rno
famili bud et . Ho ever,
the go mment ha tepped in
to help primarily the e lthy.
Billion of dollar e ch year in
federal t relief through the
horneo ner' t deduction help
the rich f r more th n the
p r, for til! simple re n th t
the p or re le likely to be
ble to afford to purcha homes
in the fir t pl ceo Only three
percent 0 f the federal t
bre for owner-occupied hou
in oe to hou holds ith
income of 15,000 or le .
Dire t federal housing help
for 10 -inc m Am rican al-
ys ort of the ne d, h
b en cut d eply in recent year .
Pe' nt . . ti n .
. grett bly, la
di rimin tion h ve not put a
op to it everywhere.
occurred in ryl nd c
too many landlord are now
using a range of t ctic - in-
cludin brain t familie
- to eep out minoriti .
Gi en th gro ing dults-only
trend, Blac famille now f c
doubl di rimination in 100 in
for home.
The e dmini tr tion
. not helpin but hurting by
dr ically cutting b c on hou
in nd other help for poor
famili and opposi effort
to re h n f ir housin en.
forcem nt. Our job i to fi t
b on th ir b half d to
hold Our feder go ernment
ccount bi to its dec des-old
promi of decent hom or
every rican family."
