Local Illinois housing commission report aids Hyde Park program
A commission report on low income housing led by Rep. Robert E. Mann, with Hyde Park ties and input from attorney Calvin Sawyier and Julian Levi, outlines remedies to ease housing for the poor. It calls for code enforcement reform, anti substandard-sale measures, and reorganized public housing to avoid ghettoization, plus private turn key options and lease purchase within existing housing stock.
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Illinois
Hyde Park-Kenwood
Legislative Commission
Robert E. Mann
Calvin P. Sawyier
Hyde Park
University of Chicago Law School
Julian Levi
South East Chicago Commission
John P. Morris
Edward M. Levin, Jr
Richard Wexler
Robert M. Grossman
Charles Bloom
Adlai Stevenson III
Fred Mann
Woodlawn
Richard Newhouse
Hyde Park Herald Absorbs Mann Report on Housing and Rent
The Hyde Park Herald outlines rent subsidies and open occupancy debates linked to urban renewal on 47th Street. It praises Representative Mann and colleagues for advancing housing concerns and urges use of the Mann report to aid neighboring communities facing housing problems.
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47Th Street
Hyde Park
Illinois
Commission
Hyde Park Garden Fair Aims To Help Mothers And Community
Hyde Park hosts a two day garden fair on May 12 and 13 to support the Hyde Park Kenwood Community Conference. About 125 volunteers, many mothers, will staff plant booths including petunias primroses and wildflowers with a gift wrapping service and peat moss supplies. Proceeds fund community programs and a red cross style booth run by the Retarded Children's Association.
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Hyde Park
Petunia Lov
Victor deGrazia
Kimbark
Irving Gerick
Madison Park
William Keck
Phillip Ennis
Kee
Hyde Park-Kenwood
University of Chicago
Hyde Park housing debate favors Lake Village plan
Letter writers favor Lake Village redevelopment on 47th Street Lake Park Avenues arguing it offers equity building options larger units and broader housing choices. They contrast Amalgamated plan with limited ownership options smaller units and higher costs while urging integration and mixed housing to support Hyde Park Kenwood growth.
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47Th Street
Lake Park Avenues
Lake Village
Hyde Park-Kenwood
Amalgamated
Hyde Park
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Jean Garnet Jacobs
Howard Neumann
Ralph Wellston
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Hyde Park Herald
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