HUD chief tracks slow progress in Buffalo Creek recovery
W VAs Buffalo Creek disaster zone moves forward under HUD field office head Jack Kelly. He oversees relocation of over 4,000 homeless from the Feb 26 1972 flood, with 350 families in HUD mobile homes and plans for new housing, a highway, water and sewer lines, and phased removal of mobile parks by March next year. Homes for sale at reduced prices begin June 1.