WHITE HOUSE OFFICE OF
RECORDS MANAGEMENT
Subject File, 1981-1989
HOUSING (HS)
(4.8 linear feet;
A primary category
containing information pertaining to the approval of programs developed by
local communities for the prevention and elimination of slums and blight
conditions, including urban renewal and slum clearance, housing trends, public
housing and low rent programs, certification of maximum number of dwellings
required for relocation of families displaced by government action.
File Code Description
HS Housing
(4.8 ft;
This primary
subject category contains material relating to the Department of Housing and
Urban Development (HUD) sponsored
housing; H.R. 5922 - the Urgent Supplemental Appropriations Bill
for Fiscal Year 1982; Commerce Department statistics regarding housing starts
and sales; the National Association of Home Builders' industry forecasts;
Section 8 public assistance; the FHMA and VA housing; homelessness; S. 2819 -
the Housing and Community Development Technical Amendments Act of 1984; housing
reports to Congress; HHS action in providing shelter; public housing tenant
home ownership, especially in the Kenilworth-Parkside
Resident Management Corporation in Washington, DC; multiple House and Senate
Resolutions authorizing the Temporary Extension of Certain Housing and Hazard
Insurance Authorities; S. 667 - the
Housing and Community Development Amendments of 1985; the Community for
Creative Non-violence and Mitch Snyder; S. 410 - Repeal of Commercial and Apartment
Conservation Service; H.R. 558 - Homeless Assistance Act; and S. 825 - Omnibus
Housing Bill.
In the second Reagan
administration, the White House Office of Records Management (WHORM) changed
its filing classifications for letters from the public expressing problems
finding housing or housing assistance.
Beginning in 1985, these letters were filed in the Alpha File by the
individual correspondent’s last name.