On the recordMay 7, 1997
no seniors would be affected, no people who are disabled, no one who would have difficulty in achieving an income. There are a lot of people in assisted housing that simply do not have the ability to support themselves because of disabilities, or because of age or whatever. This only applies to families that are able bodied, that have been able to use assisted housing for 5 years, and it also only applies, I would emphasize to the chairman and thank him for his kind words, it only applies if there are waiting lists. If there are no waiting lists, in other words, if there are no equally deserving families waiting to use that unit, it does not apply, so that it takes no assisted housing units off the market. All it does is to expand assisted housing to more people who are equally deserving.
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