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Richard Baker: “I am trying to understand. Apparently all the discussion has been unable to make our case quite clearly. Is it the…”

On the recordMay 9, 1996
I am trying to understand. Apparently all the discussion has been unable to make our case quite clearly. Is it the circumstance, in the gentleman's opinion, if a working family is in public housing today and mom is at home, and they somehow make arrangements to get child care, and mom leaves and takes on a new job, so the income of the family may go up to $1,200 or $1,500 a month, they have to pay for day care, but that does not matter when we look at the 30-percent rule, that that then applies to both new incomes; so rather than mom go out and work and pay for day care, mom just stays home. Is that what the gentleman is saying?
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Richard Baker
Louisiana
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Questioning the implications of income changes for families in public housing.

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