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Melvin Watt: “And there is no place for them to go but either public housing or to the street; what is the answer? There is nothing in…”

On the recordMay 6, 1997
And there is no place for them to go but either public housing or to the street; what is the answer? There is nothing in this bill that is addressing that.
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Melvin Watt
North Carolina

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Discussing the lack of housing solutions in a legislative bill.

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