D.C.
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dramat�etheir p "ght .
. Thursday July 14 was
declared N tional Take-Over
Day by membe of the Nation­
� 1:10 Union (NHU) in 20
cine throughout the United
Sta es,
Downto n' Kennedy
Square a the ite of the
de Despite the eat
the. NHU a one ct play
entitled 'Legal Abuse' wri en by
one of it member Ch r les
Mitchell.
The scene open ith a
mo�her and her e baby
(Michael. Terry) erring up
house on the street with
a bed, two milk crate tab and
several . ebeU the
play depicts the r of
haphazard y tile system
pushed me ck
forth. -
order to receive - onies, while
landlords and slumlords say they
must have money to acquire an
ddr . F"m Uy, tb despondant
mother m her home on the
street, "But the citizens, Mitchell
says, "aren't satisfied with tho
situation and so call the police to
have the vagrant either
removed or jaile -.
I
Terry ddr d the group
tressing .the importance of
working together until a solution
and/or residence I found for
each 110 me less person, saying
Hul member tried going
t�ough t!'e system only to be
�eJCcted an their every effort.
N , continued Terry, 'U do
t our a-l, To make their
poi 1, NHU also visited vario
boated up bo ·thin the city
and remcwed the boards to allow
be> •• to sq L Presi-
dent of the Detroit NHU, Sonya
Terry says many of the.houses
had been previously renovated
by the owners and needed very
minimal repairs.
Sh announced that th pur­
pose of the day to support
the Affordable Housing Bill,
soon to go before th legislature,
and id propo nt of th bill
would include a $15 billion an­
nual renovati n budget for a five
year per' d, also a demand that
the abandoned nd HUD
ho be turned over to NHU
for managemenL
Approximately 75 peopl
turned out for th demonstra-
. including Marion Kramer
of Highland Park Social Services
nd Maureen aylor of The
Community Bases Restitution
Group.
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