l
ir aDtl5ft1e 1l1i1Sb1ID
1986, 115,619
children re a ratio of
7;a, people per bed,
St. Joseph County a I-
ter with 12 beck d in 1986
helped 37,531 omen and
children, a ratio of 3,128 people
to a bed, ccor' to do .
Violence S . tics.
In 1985, 2,313 �DS
the state were deoicd er be-
e . DO room for
the ccor to data..
Domestic viole ce is the
cause of one third of all
homicides in America and <WeI:
three million men are beetea
and used by the' h ds or
boyfriends each year, said Hedy
NOlie!, exe�ti director of the
Michigan Coalition Agaiast
Domestic Violence.
In . 1985, 38,906
cases of . b reof-
ficia reported, a
estimate of common the
problem . , slated the annual
report of . . 's Do .
Vi eace �ntion and Treat
IDentBoard
"Very few �n are arrested
d if they do get charged, . .
, usually for misdemeanor eve
. I
• • •
of
m rica
Eai(Jllf
"The Detr it Organization
of renants ( supports the
rights of seniors, low income and
poor families have secure,
he lthy, ffor ble places to
live," says· pr ident, Cleothia
adom.
DOThasp
By
r.·
ced a fair Jnt
August ballot
signatures.
if they used a weapon," said aperience Yioleoce toward the the law ill
E len Hayse, organizer of SPOlllle, usually the wife, or the where a
MK:IIJ'_' I)omestjc VIOIeace chiIdrea, d 73 perceat of the not meet 'the
�. boys are abused wiD grow ds of the city
It' a doutiIe--ed&ed d p to their f.m;lies, said ordinance .
beca datory arrest can Holly Rosen, children's pdom stat d, "Our city
protect the or program coordia tor for the go ernment failed to en-
re . if the a CouDciI Apiost Domestic As- force the ho ins codes, be-
released before sa cause housing. ua1ity � not a
sdety, she dded. AC(X)I'ding to FBI reports, prior� for the bureauaacy or
Some "ao-drop policies· that 409L of female homicide victims th courts."
provide tory p-oseaation in 1980 were killed by family he added, e city does t
for � prosecute the members or boyfrie and in " dis ributerehab . tionfun in
WOIDUl" if refuses to testify I 1982 the proportion dropped to a y that can rve the hous-
�ainst er husband and by. 30 pereeat, stock nor it enforce the
do' that they are pun�iog The victims are women be- ho sing codes . this end i
her, Hayse said. tween the of 15 and 91, with mind "
the �rage being 29, the bdom exPtuns
report ted. Abo one-third th Fair Rent
are employedwben they come to -It requi es all ren al
the shelter and about three out pr perties be ught up to th
of fNe have had at least a high ci housing e before allow-
school educatio a rent incre
In 19tKl, for fr1 percent of the - It would
cases, it w a recent beating that member rent r
brought the womap to the she 1- ov rsee enforce nt,
ter, the report deled. Only 45 - It wou d limit rent in-
percent of those cases involved creases to once year at no more
the police, and 58 perent of the than five per
victims did not press charges. - It would allow rent in-
Most women do not come in creases above 5 under certain
fex help until the situation has hardship COD ions or if im
bCc:::oQlle SO bad that they fear for provements ha been made to
It eir live or they have had the property.
tb01aaIlts of murdering their hus- t woo d exempt trom
bands, ROSCIl said, the law, new co uction and aU
When a woman is beaten she owner occupie houses with
is afraid for herself and for her t units or I becau e the
children, nders whether 0 ers are gen rally old rand
or DO sbe i right or if her case
. really that bad, info mation
from" the ational Institute of
do 8
n'
n·
h
.economc
-
pr ur force
a omanto
aylna
·0 p
I Iv
The movement is not only
trying to provide she ters for the
ttered men but also to give
them a feeliDg of social and judi-
cial equality, added
One out of three families will
3
are more fair.
Odom says about '''Fair
Rent", "Detroit's fair rent law
wo d protect tenants from rent
gouging, it would preve t
tenants from continuing to pay
more rent for places that do not
meet minimum standards of
health and safety.·
�d finally, "The
ren review commission would
h ve the authority to gra t
decreases in rent for aQY
decrease in service "
Odom says ccording to a
19 6 study by t Michigan
Housing D velopment
Authority, nearl half of 11
re ters in the ity (87,000
fa ilies) live in vercro ded
co ditions, h ve inadequ te
plumbing and mo e n
30% of their income for rent
Odom . tains that the
De oit Fair Rent w will help
low-income fa .. by stabiliz-
ing neighborhoods because
people will not have to move
a r ult of high rent ina-eases "
and poor building maintenance.
.'
'Surve . profile
iffe ees b
cks /Bush
tpyrl#tt 1988 results that w uld h ve been ob-
Se('via tained had every adult resident
Rae bee questioned.
ILANSING - AIDS, race ince the s rvey was
relations, raisin taxes and the deslgDed to get th opinions of
<idath penalty ar orne of the' - Michigan citizens, no attemp
sues th defm the supportof wa made to select only
Je se Jackson compared to registered o likely voters.
George Bush, statewide (an- Results therefore may differ
do survey re d, from surveys whicch only
Of those wh said they were registered voters ar selected
likely to vote (I Jackson if he gf those who w uld vote for
goesbead-to-he dwithBushfor .lac on, 75 �rce�t of tho
the pr . ntial nomination, 50 �up rters .beLieve J� are an
percent said ra relations were Important 15 ue. while only 54
a very important' ue while only percent �f t li ely to vote (I r
25 percent of th likely to v te Bush �lieve the sam. .
for Bush felt the way. e ll be concerned WIth the
The survey 0 dults over 1 stais ics after get the nomina-
was conducted apitaJ News tion " said J el Fergu on,
Service tud n at Michigan Jac on' campai n chairman
tate University from May 2-6, for ichigan. e haven't even
and has a margi of error of plus begun trategizing l.",
or minus five cent. th h tly deb d ue f
That means r ults would be taxes, 54 percent. �f Jackso?'
expected to vary no more than supporters are to rasse
five percentage in from the C ti 16
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