Nearly one million families In rural areas, on the average, can only afford $14 a month for rent according to George Rucker, research director of the Rural Housing Alliance who testified today on the nation’s rural housing needs before the Senate Subcommittee on Housing and Urban Affairs.
Rucker used this and similar data to show that existing rural housing programs are unable to serve low-income rural families. His testimony supported legislation CS. 2190) which would establish an Emergency
Rural Housing Administration authorized to provide whatever subsidies are needed to house the rural poor.
Date: 07/17/1973
Nearly one million families In rural areas, on the average, can only afford $14 a month for rent according to George Rucker, research director of the Rural Housing Alliance who testified today on the nation’s rural housing needs before the Senate Subcommittee on Housing and Urban Affairs.
Rucker used this and similar data to show that existing rural housing programs are unable to serve low-income rural families. His testimony supported legislation CS. 2190) which would establish an Emergency
Rural Housing Administration authorized to provide whatever subsidies are needed to house the rural poor.