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riso noted,' that 158,00l> of
ho ds spend more
than half of their income on
ho' caving them with I
5,000 to meet all other
familyexpe for the year.
The ubstandard d llings
many of these I -income
families are forced to ccept
pose health and ety threats.
t 100 ed like war zone
over there," Harrison said of
housing in Benton Harbor as
an example of conditions
ewide. "People are just
SCI' tching to find little shel
ter to live in,"
Less than one-fourth of wel
fare ellen receive enough in
their monthly grants to pay
the rent
The committee lis ed 57
recommendatio to improve
housing conditions. Among
ose recommendations ere
these:
an-
ddition, the federal
go mment virtually got-
te 0 of the busi of con-
tructio d ub tantial
rehabilitation of public and
ubsidized housing.
Harrison . d he will intro
duce a ri . of bills to imple
me the committee' recom
mendations.
Other member of e com
mittee include represen tives
David C. Hollister (D- Lans
ing), Shirley Johnson (R-
oyal 0 ), R ph 0 tling (R
Roscommon) and Joe Young.
Sr. (D-Detroit).
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