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ABOUT. HE FELT IT IS A MIRACLE THAT PLAGUES AND EPIDEMICS HAVE NOT <br />BROKEN OUT AS YET. <br />HABAKKUK WHITFIELD SPOKE FOR THE WABASSO PROGRESSIVE CIVIC <br />LEAGUE AND ASKED THAT THE BOARD VOTE IN FAVOR OF A HOUSING AUTHORITY <br />TO BETTER LIVING CONDITIONS IN GIFFORD, WABASSO, OSLO AND FELLSMERE. <br />ROBERT SCHLITT, LIFELONG RESIDENT OF VERO BEACH, NOTED THAT <br />CONDITIONS HAVE NOT IMPROVED IN GIFFORD IN THE YEARS HE HAS BEEN HERE. <br />HE STATED THAT THE GIFFORD PROGRESSIVE CIVIC LEAGUE HAS SHOWN HIM THAT <br />THEY ARE INTERESTED IN THEIR OWN COMMUNITY AND WILLING TO WORK TOGETHER <br />TO GET THINGS DONE. HE BELIEVED THAT WE CAN HAVE A GOOD HOUSING <br />AUTHORITY AND THAT IT IS HIGH TIME WE PROCEED WITH IT. <br />.JIM WRIGHT INFORMED THE BOARD THAT HE IS FOR THE HOUSING <br />AUTHORITY BECAUSE IT WILL BRING FEDERAL MONEY INTO THE COUNTY. HE <br />NOTED THAT IF THE AVERAGE CITIZEN OF THE COUNTY MAKES APPROXIMATELY <br />$9,000 A YEAR, THEY CERTAINLY CAN T AFFORD A HOUSE IN THIS COUNTY WITH <br />THE PRICE OF MATERIALS AND THE HIGH INTEREST RATES. HE POINTED OUT THAT <br />IF WE DON T TAKE ADVANTAGE OF THESE FEDERAL DOLLARS, THEY WILL GO SOME- <br />WHERE ELSE, AND FELT A HOUSING AUTHORITY IS THE ONLY WAY TO GET THE <br />FUNDS TO MAKE A NICE AREA OUT OF A SLUM AREA. <br />MARTIN -WALL NOTED THAT THIS IS A WONDERFUL CONCERNED GROUP <br />OF PEOPLE HERE TONIGHT, AND HE FELT AFTER 12 OR 13 YEARS OF TALKING <br />ABOUT A HOUSING AUTHORITY, IT IS TIME WE DID SOMETHING ABOUT IT. <br />CLIFTON SMITH INFORMED THE BOARD THAT HE CAME HERE FROM <br />AUSTRALIA AND FELT THAT THEY MUST NEVER FORGET THAT ONE OF THE GREAT <br />STRENGTHS OF THE UNITED STATES IS A MEETING SUCH AS THIS. HE SPOKE OF <br />THE SLOPE OF THE CURVE OF REAL ESTATE, NOTING THAT HE BOUGHT A HOUSE IN <br />1968 FOR $16,000 AND SOLD THE SAME HOUSE SEVEN YEARS LATER FOR $33.000. <br />HE FELT THAT ANYONE IN THE MEDIAN INCOME RANGE OF $9,000 COULD NOT <br />POSSIBLY AFFORD A HOUSE AND THAT FROM BOTH AN EMOTIONAL AND PRACTICAL <br />STANDPOINT, WE MUST VOTE YES FOR A HOUSING AUTHORITY. <br />FRAN ROSS, LIFETIME RESIDENT OF GIFFORD, AGREED THAT THIS IS <br />AN EMOTIONAL ISSUE. SHE SIMPLY ASKED IF BETTER HOUSING FOR POOR PEOPLE <br />IS OF SUCH AN ISSUE THAT WE HAVE TO SIT HERE AND DISCUSS IT OVER AND <br />OVER AGAIN, WHEN IT IS QUITE OBVIOUS HOW MUCH IT IS NEEDED. <br />J U L 171979 BOOK 41 PA, <br />13 <br />