HUD issues 'Deconcentration' policy and warns against non-compliance.(United States Department of Housing and Urban Development)(Brief Article)(Statistical Data Included)

From: Real Estate Weekly | Date: April 5, 2000 | Copyright information

Housing and Urban Development Secretary Andrew Cuomo recently issued a policy directive designed to break down concentrations of public housing residents by race and income and increase racial, ethnic and economic integration in public housing developments where 1.3 million families live.

Under the policy, known as "deconcentration", the nation's 3,200 public housing authorities will house residents with different income levels in the same buildings and apartment develo...

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