Report of the committee on urban affairs relative to public housing
Contributors: Massachusetts. General Court. Joint Legislative Committee on Urban Affairs. Subcommittee on Housing
Published: 1970
Language: eng
Number of pages: 71
Subjects: Massachusetts. Dept. of Community Affairs; Police; Cities and Towns; Housing; Public Housing; Crime; Issues; Vandalism; Older people; Housing Projects; Dwellings; Massachusetts
Description: ...describes the crisis in public housing with statewide statistics and some statistics for 20 selected communities; includes recommendations to the MA Dept. of Community Affairs, recommendations for further study, and proposed legislation (15 separate acts covering such issues as placing a ceiling on rent levels for elderly public housing tenants, building and renovating more public housing, regulating waiting lists, providing police protection, etc.); also provides information for the 20 communities on the problems of police protection and vandalism, policy on residency requirements, income policy requirements, etc.; a copy of this item was in the BRA collection...