DB'I'IWrr-Mayor Colem n
Y met' members �
W yac Co Union of the
HOiDeIC. OIl • Y March 8,
."'iIII'�.it, after e SO of its
a · -in in &
alice on March 3. The
mec::tiDI: was held in the w8rmth
and co fort of the t
ported oogian
The Mayor held the mcc�
in order to disc the vario
demands made by the homeless
the it-in. WHU Preside
Wayne Pippin read C}ff the list of
<JeIllUlDds:
(1) The utilization of a large
building for transitional ho -
ing. Pippin presented Young
ith a tr nsitional housing
program patterned after an
. . one out of Philadel­
phia. He . d the program
proven to be very instrumental
in reducing the homeless
population there and re-
• questsed the City' . ance in
its imp ement tion in Detroit
Pippin aid Young. h Ving
no knowledge of uch a
propaDl, decided to send Carol
Gold of . staff, to Philad Ilia
to investigate the program
before giving WHU clearance.
Pippi U88 ted that WHU
member, Darnelle Dixon, ac­
company . delegate. He said
Youna eed to this. ·
(2) The turning over of
everal city-owned properties
for WHU to repair, refurbi h
d m e available to homeless
individuals and familie upon
transition:
homele
Pippin said Yoq a
to WHUwouId
e proposal' City-oned
property ori: . t ould be
wiIIiDg to allot them the of
two ho as delDOl..
Pippin said the UDion· 0p­
timistic in regard to thii dion,
even though· faces the I
. tory of bro •
Pippin said deleptea &c.i
the two offices are acbecIuIea to
leave for Philadelphi on
March 20 to obtain information
o transitional housiDa- He .
mee • to· the rP.!iDlIHK
of the trip i scheduled for
March 23.
Pippin urges CODCerDed
citizeDs to a or· peti­
tio for those who • to see
these v caat and abaDdoDed
homes be made proper use of
for the homeless.
Policy Forum
plann· d
Tile Micbi,aD League for
Human Sc;rvice' nd the
United Way of Micbigan are
spon oring a PubJic Policy
Forum and I uncheon on
Wednesday, March 28, from
12 noon to 2 p.m. at tbe
Lan ing Civic Arena, Lans­
ing. The theme ii, -1990 and
Beyond: Who Are We? What
Are Our eed 7· .
Dr. Harold Hodakin on,
Senior Fellow, Institute for
Educational Le.�ership, will
discus the imp ct of Shift­
ing population trends on
health. educatien. and social
services needs during the
next decade and the
availability of federal fund­
ing to meet tho e needs.
The registration fee for
the forum and I uncheon is
S15.
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ner reac
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He said Smith has com­
mitted herself to bringing the
building up to transitional ho -.
iog code before drawing up the
lease. .
Pippin said the be Union's
next step i to cont ct Sam
Oambc of The Department
of Social Services, to ICC .
DSS will be to pay for
tr nsition_i hou ing- of in-
divid WHU Attorney
John Robison to ICC •
transadion can be set up finaD-.
ciaUy.
/ ..
DB'I1t.orr-A te D report
ut the effo of the Wa�
County Union of the Ho ... ��
(WUH) to seize and repair
vacant homes brought the
less an unexpected bon
Owaer of the B Pearl
RestaQ.!'aDt, Gerri Smith met
• WHUofficiala on Monday,
ch 12 aDd offered· meID-
bcnfuU and of
a two story dwelll· .. 1l1.e
2S8 Erskine.
WHU PresidCDt Wayac Pip­
pin said Smith kept abreast of
the home Ie I' plight and
. decided to aim .her CODCerDS
e they best utilized.
Pippin said Smith in-
te to do is lease the proper­
ty to the UBi on 1M-year
. " He said Smith a 20
unit f cility with three kitchens,
several baths and hie is
sound inside and out.
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