Housing neglected in rural towns faces sobering neglect
Peggy Simpson reports on rural housing neglect as the National Rural Housing Coalition testifies before Congress. Clay Cochran urges a Rural Home Development Administration to provide basic housing, sanitation, and water to towns 25,000 residents or smaller, while Congress and the Nixon administration consider rural development options amid a Farm bill and a growing push to spread growth beyond cities.
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Peggy Simpson
Associated Press
Washington (Ap
America
Senate
Clay Cochran
National Rural Housing Coalition
Select Committee On Nutrition and Human Needs
Cochran
Congress
Farmers Home Administration
Nixon
Senate Agriculture Committee
Task Force On
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