The Washington Post, May 14th, 1997
CONGRESS IS now trying to "reform" another major program for the poor. The House may vote as early as today on what sponsors describe as a bill to deregulate public and other subsidized housing by giving local authorities greater control over who gets in, how much they pay, whether to tear down and how to replace dilapidated units, etc. Similar legislation is headed for the floor in the Senate. The House sponsors particularly claim to be taking a revolutionary step. In fact, there's less to the legislation than meets the ear. Though the rhetoric is in some respects the same, it's nowhere near ...
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