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Melvin Watt: what is magic about exempting 20 percent? Suppose it happens to be 30 or 40 percent in a particular housing project? Is…

On the recordMay 1, 1997
what is magic about exempting 20 percent? Suppose it happens to be 30 or 40 percent in a particular housing project? Is there something magic or special about 20 percent?
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Melvin Watt
North Carolina

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Questioning the rationale behind a specific percentage exemption in housing projects.

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