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Report on Urban Renewal Programs and Their Effects on Racial Minority Group Housing in Three Iowa Cities - Page 23

5. Recommendations


The Iowa State Advisory Committee Recommends:

1. That in determining availability of housing in a relocation area, local governments evaluate the situation realistically and accurately according to Federal law which specifies that such housing must actually be available for sale or rent to the minority groups displaced by an urban renewal program.

2. That greater efforts be made toward communication between the Urban Renewal staff and persons to be relocated, that wherever feasible Negro staff members be utilized to expedite the program, and that such activities as special meetings be planned to which Negroes are encouraged to come and ask questions.

3. That local governments in the State accept for purposes of relocation only those vacancies that are available on a nondiscriminatory basis.

4. That, if necessary, the Federal government require these policies to be enforced.

5. That local governments seek to fulfill the letter and spirit of President Kennedy's statement when he issued the Executive Order of November 20, 1962.15

It is neither proper no equitable that Americans should be denied the benefits of housing owned by the Federal Government or financed through Federal assistance on the basis of their race, color, creed, or national origin. Our national policy is equal opportunity for all and the Federal Government will continue to take such legal and proper steps as it may go to achieve the realization of that goal.
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15. Exec. Order No. 11063, 27 Fed. Reg. 11527(1962).

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5. Recommendations The Iowa State Advisory Committee Recommends: 1. That in determining availability of housing in a relocation area, local governments evaluate the situation realistically and accurately according to Federal law which specifies that such housing must actually be available for sale or rent to the minority groups displaced by an urban renewal program. 2. That greater efforts be made toward communication between the Urban Renewal staff and persons to be relocated, that wherever feasible Negro staff members be utilized to expedite the program, and that such activities as special meetings be planned to which Negroes are encouraged to come and ask questions. 3. That local governments in the State accept for purposes of relocation only those vacancies that are available on a nondiscriminatory basis. 4. That, if necessary, the Federal government require these policies to be enforced. 5. That local governments seek to fulfill the letter and spirit of President Kennedy's statement when he issued the Executive Order of November 20, 1962.15 It is neither proper no equitable that Americans should be denied the benefits of housing owned by the Federal Government or financed through Federal assistance on the basis of their race, color, creed, or national origin. Our national policy is equal opportunity for all and the Federal Government will continue to take such legal and proper steps as it may go to achieve the realization of that goal. ___________ 15. Exec. Order No. 11063, 27 Fed. Reg. 11527(1962). 23 GSA DC 64-16619