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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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