Planning grant for a housing improvement project in south end/lower Roxbury section of Boston.
Published: 1977
Language: eng
Number of pages: 38
Subjects: Housing -- Massachusetts -- Boston -- South End / Lower Roxbury -- Plans.; Building Rehabilitation -- Massachusetts -- Boston -- South End / Lower Roxbury -- Plans.; Employment Training -- Massachusetts -- Boston -- South End / Lower Roxbury -- Plans.; Energy conservation -- Massachusetts -- Boston -- South End / Lower Roxbury -- Plans.; Grant Applications -- Massachusetts -- Boston -- South End / Lower Roxbury.; Home ownership -- Massachusetts -- Boston -- South End / Lower Roxbury -- Plans.; Occupational training -- Massachusetts -- Boston -- South End / Lower Roxbury -- Plans.; Quality of life -- Massachusetts -- Boston -- South End / Lower Roxbury.; Urban renewal -- Massachusetts -- Boston -- South End / Lower Roxbury -- Planning.; Vacant lands -- Massachusetts -- Boston -- South End / Lower Roxbury -- Plans.
Description: ...a grant application submitted to the U. S. Dept. of Health, Education and Welfare seeking funds to develop a model demonstration project to improve low and moderate rental housing in the South End section of Boston while meeting training and employment needs of unemployed area residents thus improving their quality of life; the plan would include sweat equity provisions, housing and tenants service provisions, energy savings through weatherization, the banking of vacant land, building rehabilitation, home ownership, etc.; includes information on USES (United South End Settlements), the Organization for Services in the Public Interest, Inc. and The Tenants Development Corporation (TDC); a copy of this item was in the BRA collection...