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.
Subject
categories and sub-categories fully available for research are bolded. Closed categories and
sub-categories have a simple phrase describing their contents.
DESCRIPTION
OF SECONDARY FILE CODES
File
Code Description
HS Housing (4.8 ft;
A
subject category containing material pertaining to HUD sponsored housing; HR 5922, the Urgent Supplemental
Appropriations Bill for FY 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; HJ Res.
495, SJ Res. 353 and SJ Res. 220, 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; HR 558, Homeless Assistance Act; and S. 825, Omnibus Housing Bill.
Researchers
should note that the White House Office of Records Management (WHORM) changed
its method of classification of housing letters during the administration's
second term. During the first term,
WHORM placed letters from the public expressing problems finding housing or
housing assistance in the Subject file; during the second term, they placed
these types of letters in the Alpha file by the individual's last name. Therefore,