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Lyndon Johnson: “Their willingness to join forces with private enterprise and government in attacking the stubborn problem of housing the…”

On the recordJuly 21, 1966
Their willingness to join forces with private enterprise and government in attacking the stubborn problem of housing the poor must be matched by our readiness to give them all the assistance we can.
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Lyndon Johnson
Democratic · Texas

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Memorandum to the Secretary, HUD, in Response to His Progress Report on the Rent Supplement Program

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