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Lyndon Johnson: “We proposed to help these private builders provide housing for the elderly, the poor, and the handicapped, so that they…”

On the recordOctober 22, 1965
We proposed to help these private builders provide housing for the elderly, the poor, and the handicapped, so that they might live with safety and dignity.
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Lyndon Johnson
Democratic · Texas

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Message to the Congress Transmitting 18th Annual Report of the Housing and Home Finance Agency.

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