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HUD

Description: Interview with man on the urgency of addressing housing issues. He explains what makes this federal housing program different from the previous programs, which he thinks is the incorporation of the private sector in the last phases. Silent footage of building models.
Collection: WHDH
Date Created: 12/08/1970

Rent Control

Description: Silent b-roll of rundown buildings and bad living conditions. Thomas Atkins holds a press conference. Exteriors of Boston Rehabilitation Plan Building. 154 Seaver St. Thomas Atkins walks through apartments, examining living conditions. Several takes of reporter standup on the rent strike. Cuts of Atkins and others speaking at press conference on Boston's attempts at building rehabilitation as part of a HUD program, and problems with the implementation of the program. They explain the efforts of the tenants to solve these problems, and the new tactics they are using against the officials and landlords.
Collection: WHDH
Date Created: 09/18/1969