Box 22, Folder 18, Document 25

Box 22, Folder 18, Document 25

ADDENDA TO THE SUMMARY REPORT TO PRESIDENT

Neighborhood centers

1. Subdstitute the word “community” for "city" where it appears.
(Purpose: to imply a broader universe than just the local
eovernnent. )

2. As a vossible alternative to having the demonstration carried
out by the federal inter-agency group: Have one or all of the
federal agencies provide a "pool" or an "earmarking" of funds
for the demonstration, but establish an independent Advisory
Council to carry the vrogram out, or to recommend to the
appropriate agency or agencies how it should be carried out.
(Questions: would legislation be required? would the impetus

Tor reconciling differing requirements among the federal
agencies be lost? would the leverage necessary to get
neers State and local agencies to participate be
Lost?

Homeownershiv by the voor
1. Insert the following after the 2nd paragraph:

The program should be viewed as a means of assisting
people and achieving human values, rather than as a device for
improving building conditions and maintenance. It should also
evoid “locking" people into bad investments, financial burdens
they cannot manage, and slum ghettoes only.