Description: Interview with Boston city councilor Ray Flynn about affordable, safe and decent housing. In front of Mission Hill housing project on Smith Street. Interior of apartment renovated by tenant. Interview with Alan Root of Tenants Policy Council on how to use public funds and sweat equity to optimize rehabilitation effort. Looks for improved racial climate through integrating the several cultures and languages predominant in public housing. Calls for better security and lighting so residents can be comfortable in and around their homes. Is dismayed that public housing has been excluded from CDBG entitlements.
Collection: Ten O'Clock News
Date Created: 05/23/1980