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Page 112 - Mr. Chairman and Members of the Subcommittee, I very much appreciate the opportunity to appear before you today to address the important issues raised by the development of alternative international satellite systems.
Page 247 - Maximum annual project payments under contract. The rent supplement contract shall state the maximum dollar amount of the rent supplement payments for any 1 year based upon the Commissioner's estimate of probable effective demand and distribution of tenant income, including a...
Page 15 - ... Economic Development; Criminal Justice; Environmental Services; Energy; Fire Safety and Disaster Preparedness; Health; Human Resources; Management, Finance and Personnel; Public Works and Public Utilities; and Transportation. Public Technology, Inc. is the applied science and technology organization of the National League of Cities and the International City Management Association. It is a nonprofit, tax-exempt, public interest organization established in December I97I by local governments and...
Page 140 - Assuming that the beneficiaries of direct and tax expenditures are arrayed, by income group, as they were in 1977, the latest year for which such an analysis is available, we would find that, for 1980...
Page 137 - In 1970, there were 7,584,000 renter households with incomes below $4,000 and an estimated 7,516,000 rental units available for gross rents (including utilities) of $83 or less. In other words, there was a gap at the bottom of some 68,000 units, looking only at households and rents, ignoring the real and significant factors of quality, suitability, and availability.
Page 150 - ... Office Consumer Federation of America Council of Jewish Federations and Welfare Funds Council of State Community Affairs Agencies Council of State Housing Agencies Environmentalists for Full Employment Food Research and Action Center (FRAC) Housing Assistance Council Industrial Union Department, AFL-CIO International Ladies Garment Workers Union International Union, UAW Interreligious Coalition for Housing League of Women Voters Lutheran Housing Coalition Masonry Industry Committee Migrant Legal...
Page 81 - develop alternative strategies to minimize the impact of the crisis which recognize, among other things, the preservation of existing stock as well as new construction of rental housing and identify incentives necessary for private industry to enlarge its role in the rental market, and propose a national rental housing policy and plan of action to foster the availability and affordability of rental housing.
Page 179 - Losses of tax revenue attributable to provisions of the Federal income tax laws that allow a special exclusion, exemption, or deduction from gross income or provide a special credit, preferential rate of tax, or a deferral of tax liability affecting individual or corporate income tax liabilities.
Page 87 - family," as used in this report, refers to a group of two or more persons related by blood, marriage, or adoption and residing together; all such persons are considered as members of the same family.
Page 224 - Act of 1965 in a manner which will, int^r al^a, preserve them for low- and moderate-income use. Congress did not, however, apply this provision to all formerly subsidized projects (ie, projects assisted under the rural housing programs or the elderly programs) nor did it state how long these projects should remain as lower-income housing. Congress should therefore amend Section 203 of the Housing and Community Development Amendments of 1978 and other appropriate...