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Co"esponilenl
I)ETROIT - Rev. Moralee
Smith, a' oman who runs. a
Detroit mi sion aid, that
"those who started working
I
ith her "didn't bc licvc
children ould cat out of ·
garb: gc can. It
June A Cronk of the Cen­
ter for Handicapper Aff� ir
'in Lean 'ing . aid that before
the Reel ran Administration,
" ever had I thought I'd sec
a time .. here people illing
to or' couldn't afford a
place to live, couldn't find a
place to live."
Different a encie public
and private tried to explain
the hy of homcle ness at a
hearing of the Senate Ban -
ing, Hou. ing and Urban Af­
t' rr: Committ c. put
together by Michig n
Senator Donald Riegle and
held at Detroit's Mercy Col­
lege ..
Only Invited gue 1. could
:(lcu '. hut members of the
hill' can get their vic �
( Ucd hy . endin . tatc­
ent. to Sen lor Don Id
iegle. 1850 Mc am ra
Buildin ,Detroit, i higan
82-6.
der
Shirley Mitchell of the
Gr auut County Emergency
Housing Cooperative, stated,
"Today middle class people
re falling beneath the
cracks. "
Spea rs c ri t iciz d cut­
back by the Reagan Ad­
mini trarion. leaving what
Paul Hubbard, Pre iue nt of
New Detroit. called "under-
taffcd and underfunded 0-
cial service agencie . It
• t te in
we. t Ii Michigan ere
. hort-changcu. \ -hile money
luuJ gone to the more politi­
cally influential South and
We t. .:
He added that President
George Bush want. to
reduce fund' by S20 million,
after S40 million cut by the
Reag n Administration.
Hubbard criticized BU'h
for trying to reduce the Low
Income Home Energy A is­
lance Program hy nearly a
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State Repre entatives
Carolyn Cheeks Kilpatrick (D ...
Detroit) and Morris H� Jr.
(D-Detroit) have expressed
their concerns about the
wiretapping and "no knock"
recommendations contained in
the final report of t s�cial
On a scale up to 10, about 64
p rcent of African American
householder , and 73 percen of
all householders, rated their
homes at least n 8, according to
survey conducted by the Com­
merce Department' Censu
Bureau for the Department. of
Housing and Urban Depart-
eDt.
In
concern
House Committee. on Criminal
Justices. .
In a letter to Rep. Pat
Gagliardi (D-Drummond I -
land), chair of the committee,
they wrote, "There are major'
co . ional and civil rights is:
sues inherent in these recom-
eighbor
About 60 percent of Black
h eholders and 70 percent of
all householder r ted their
neighborhoods at least an 8.
Thirty-two percent of Blae
householders gave a rating of 10
to their home, 1 percent gav
a rating of 9, and 21 percent
gave a rating of8. In rating their
neighborhoods, 32 percent gave
o
o
en
mendations th- t could have
erio implication o( infringe­
ment on personal liberties and
indivudual rights a citizen."
While Rep . Hood and Kil­
patrick urged furt r re rch
and study of the e issues.
ood'
a ra ing of 10,9 percent gav
rati of9, and 1 percent gay
a ra ing or8. .
rty-two percent of Black
hou eholder reported
pro lem in their ar , the sur­
vey 0 ed, People (35 per­
cent nd crime (27 percent)
the t 0 problems most
cited; no' and litter or
35
la
Th lawm ers, both mem­
ber of the special committee,
'objected to authorizing the
wider of wiret pping nd al­
lowing "no knock" warr to
be' u d for pr . where
uspected drug ctivity is occur­
ring.
•
JU
t fin
housing det ri r tion
rep rted frequently.
highligh from th re rt on
housing unit maint ined by
BI c :
• A..t tal of 103 million
cupied hou ing unit
maint ined by a BI ck
household r; 43 percent
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