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i <br />MR. LUNDY STATED THEY ARE NOT LOOKING AT IT ON A WHOLESALE <br />BASIS AND THAT A DEDICATED, CONCERNED COMMITTEE WOULD DETERMINE HOW MANY <br />UNITS WERE NEEDED FOR THE AREA. HE NOTED THAT THERE ARE 469 UNITS <br />CLASSIFIED AS DETERIORATING AND 108 UNITS AS DILAPIDATED IN,GIFFORD NOW. <br />COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT BLOCK GRANT DIRECTOR REGAN COMMENTED' <br />THAT HE SEES GREATER NEEDS THAN MR. LUNDY WAS CITING BECAUSE WE NEEP <br />TO CONSIDER THE WHOLE COUNTY, AND THERE ARE 1,521 FAMILIES THAT NEED <br />ASSISTANCE. <br />DISCUSSION FOLLOWED ON THE POSSIBILITY OF ABOLISHING A HOUSING <br />AUTHORITY ONCE IT IS CREATED, AND IT WAS FELT IT MIGHT BE POSSIBLE, <br />BUT DIFFICULT. <br />HEPBURN WALKER, ST. CHRISTOPHER BEACH, APPROACHED THE BOARD <br />AND NOTED THAT HE HAS LIVED HERE FOR 11 YEARS. HE STATED THAT HE MAJORED <br />IN SOCIOLOGY AND CITY PLANNING AND IS STRONGLY CONVINCED THAT PRIVATE <br />INDUSTRY WILL NEVER SOLVE THIS PROBLEM AND THAT A HOUSING AUTHORITY IS <br />THE ONLY WAY TO PROCEED, <br />ATTORNEY J. BLAYNE JENNINGS, 2871 45TH STREET, CAME BEFORE THE <br />BOARD AND STATED THAT HE WOULD ECHO WHAT MR. LUNDY HAS ALREADY SAID. <br />HE WANTED TO RESPOND TO SOME OF MR. PALMER'S COMMENTS AND FELT THE MOST <br />DISTURBING SUGGESTION WAS THE REZONING TO INDUSTRIAL WHICH WOULD CAUSE <br />THE RESIDENTS TO MOVE, WHICH WOULD RESULT IN MOVING ADDITIONAL PEOPLE <br />INTO ALREADY OVERCROWDED SHACKS OR OUT OF THE COUNTY ALTOGETHER, WHICH <br />IS NO SOLUTION. HE NOTED WE HAVE SEEN WHAT PRIVATE INVESTORS DO, AND <br />THAT IS NOTHING. ATTORNEY JENNINGS FELT THE MAIN THING IS JUST TO MAKE <br />A START AND BEGIN TO MOVE FORWARD. HE FELT IT IS APPARENT THE TAXPAYERS <br />ASSOCIATION IS NOT REALLY INTERESTED IN THE PEOPLE'S PLIGHT, BUT WE. <br />SHALL ALWAYS HAVE POOR PEOPLE AND THERE IS A NEED AND WE SHOULD, THEREFORE, <br />GO WITH THE HOUSING AUTHORITY. <br />REVEREND DON BROWN, MEMBER OF THE PROGRESSIVE CIVIC LEAGUE AND <br />•� THE AFRO COUNCIL OF CHURCHES, CAME BEFORE THE BOARD AND SAID THEY WERE <br />NOT HERE TODAY FOR A HANDOUT. HE POINTED OUT THAT CHRIST LOVED HUMANITY <br />AND SAID "IF YOU LOVE ME, DO SOMETHING FOR ME." REV. BROWN STATED THAT <br />THEY ARE CONCERNED ABOUT HOUSING FOR ALL POOR CITIZENS OF THE COUNTY; <br />NOT ONLY FOR THE BLACK AND NOTED THAT HOUSING, AUTHORITIES ARE WORKING <br />IN OTHER PLACES SO WHY NOT IN INDIAN RIVER COUNTY? HE STATED HE WOULD <br />42 <br />JAN 2 41979 4A82 <br />