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Former National Association of Housing Officials (NAHO) President Lawrence M. Cox was at President Truman's side when Truman signed the Housing Act of 1949. After a career affiliated with housing development, Cox has seen how the Act affected the creation of community and development programs in the US. Cox believes that current community development can be linked with the Housing Act, and with programs started under the New Deal. The efforts in the 1930s established the legitimacy of federal participation in helping to build affordable housing. Over the years, Cox observed that the focus on housing shifted from building military housing during World War II to domestic housing and urban blight. Concern over US slums lead to the signing of the Act in 1949.
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There is a relationship between poverty and social problems, and social problems prevent families from becoming self-sufficient. The US should develop a method for delivering public services to high-risk families, which tend to live in public housing developments. The Neighborhood Progress Administration in Baltimore, MD facilitates the provision of public services by allowing multiple funding sources to be delivered through one administrative body. The Lafayette Court Family Development Center allows residents of the Lafayette Court Homes high-rise public housing development to become self-sufficient. The objectives of the Center include reducing dependency on public assistance, increasing employment, and improving education.
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The Dayton (OH) Metropolitan Housing Authority (DMHA) has developed a trespass program to fight residential drug terrorism in the Dayton/Montgomery area. The program, which has been in effect since July 1987, combines efforts of the local police force and DMHA personnel to issue trespass warning notices to suspected non-residents loitering on DMHA property. Individuals cited for trespassing can then be legally searched for possession of drugs and fire arms. Since the program's inception, nearly 1,100 individuals have been warned to stay off of DMHA property, 400 people have been arrested for criminal trespass, and nearly 300 people have been cited for drug trafficking or drug abuse.
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