Roberta on a rampage. (social policies of Roberta Achtenberg, Assistant Secretary for Fair Housing and Equal Opportunity, Department of Housing and Urban Development)

From: National Review | Date: May 2, 1994| Author: Bartlett, Bruce | Copyright information

Achtenberg's policies on fair housing extend beyond social factors that would sustain equality in housing. She wants to impose economic incentives that would force banks to establish branches in inner city areas to be able to provide loan services to minorities.

BY 1984 it had become clear that San Francisco's bathhouses were a deadly venue for spreading AIDS. In October the city's public-health director, Mervyn Silverman, ordered 14 of the bathhouses closed over the objections o...

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