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    "ocrText": "The original documents are located in Box 1, folder \"5/28/75 - National Association of\nRegional Councils\" of the Carla A. Hills Speeches at the Gerald R. Ford Presidential\nLibrary.\nCopyright Notice\nThe copyright law of the United States (Title 17, United States Code) governs the making of\nphotocopies or other reproductions of copyrighted material. Gerald Ford donated to the United\nStates of America his copyrights in all of his unpublished writings in National Archives collections.\nWorks prepared by U.S. Government employees as part of their official duties are in the public\ndomain. The copyrights to materials written by other individuals or organizations are presumed to\nremain with them. If you think any of the information displayed in the PDF is subject to a valid\ncopyright claim, please contact the Gerald R. Ford Presidential Library.\nDigitized from Box 1 of the Carla A. Hills Speeches at the Gerald R. Ford Presidential Library\nFINAL\nNATIONAL ASSOCIATION OF REGIONAL COUNCILS\nBOSTON, MASSACHUSETTS\nMAY 28, 1975\nI AM VERY HAPPY TO BE HERE TODAY. You ARE MY PARTNERS\nIN A CHALLENGING AND DIFFICULT ENDEAVOR -- THE IMPLEMENTATION\nOF THE 1974 HOUSING AND URBAN DEVELOPMENT AcT.\nTHAT STATUTE REPRESENTS A MAJOR SHIFT IN FEDERAL\nINVOLVEMENT IN HOUSING AND URBAN DEVELOPMENT. THE EMPHASIS\nHAS CHANGED FROM HOUSING PRODUCTION FOR PRODUCTION SAKE, TO\nPLANNED URBAN PRESERVATION AND COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT, You\nPLAY A CRUCIAL ROLE IN ACHIEVING THAT STATUTORY PURPOSE OF\nPLANNED DEVELOPMENT.\nOUR NEW LEGISLATION EMPHASIZES LOCAL GOVERNMENT\nDECISION-MAKING.\nLOCAL GOVERNMENTS ARE AFFORDED SUBSTANTIAL FLEXIBILITY\nIN UTILIZING THEIR COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT FUNDS, SIMILARLY,\nLOCAL COMMUNITIES ARE GIVEN BROAD DISCRETION IN DECIDING\nTHE MIX OF NEW, REHABILITATED AND EXISTING HOUSING BEST\nSUITED TO MEETING THE NEEDS OF THEIR LOWER-INCOME FAMILIES, FORD\nGENALO F. LIBRARY\n-2-\nBUT, WITH THIS NEW EMPHASIS ON LOCAL DECISION-MAKING\nCOMES INCREASED LOCAL RESPONSIBILITY FOR RATIONAL PLANNING,\nAs A CONDITION TO RECEIVING COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT\nGRANTS, A CITY MUST SUBMIT A COMPREHENSIVE PLAN ASSESSING\nITS NEEDS, RESOURCES, PRIORITIES AND ULTIMATE GOALS IN\nCOMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT.\nIT MUST ALSO SUBMIT A HOUSING ASSISTANCE PLAN. THAT\nHOUSING ASSISTANCE PLAN, WHICH WE CALL A. HAP, MUST ASSESS:\n1. THE CONDITION OF THE COMMUNITY'S\nEXISTING HOUSING STOCK; AND\n2. THE HOUSING NEEDS OF THE LOWER-\nINCOME PERSONS RESIDING OR EXPECTED\nTO RESIDE IN THE COMMUNITY,\nON THE BASIS OF THIS ASSESSMENT, THE COMMUNITY MUST\nSPECIFY ITS PLANS FOR MEETING THE IDENTIFIED NEEDS OF ITS\nLOWER-INCOME FAMILIES.\n2 FORD\n-3-\nIN MEETING THOSE NEEDS, THE COMMUNITY MUST SEEK TO\nPRESERVE OR REVITALIZE EXISTING NEIGHBORHOODS, PROMOTE\nGREATER HOUSING CHOICES FOR LOWER-INCOME FAMILIES, AND\nAVOID UNDUE CONCENTRATIONS OF POOR PEOPLE.\nTHUS, ALTHOUGH LOCAL COMMUNITIES ARE GIVEN GREAT\nFLEXIBILITY IN USING FEDERAL HOUSING AND DEVELOPMENT\nFUNDS, THEY ARE ALSO GIVEN RESPONSIBILITY TO PLAN FOR\nTHE USE OF THOSE FUNDS,\nMANY OF THE PROBLEMS WHICH COMMUNITIES MUST ADDRESS\nIN THEIR COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT AND HOUSING ASSISTANCE\nPLANS EMANATE FROM BEYOND THEIR OWN BORDERS.\nA METROPOLITAN AREA MAY INCLUDE MANY SMALL TOWNSHIPS,\nCITIES, OR COUNTIES, THE PROCESS OF ITS GROWTH AND\nDEVELOPMENT MAY IGNORE THE ARTIFICIAL LINES ON A MAP\nDELINEATING THE CONSTITUENT COMMUNITIES. COMMERCIAL\nACTIVITY IN ONE TOWN MAY CREATE INCENTIVES FOR PARTICULAR\nRESIDENTIAL OR COMMERCIAL USES AT THAT TOWN'S PERIPHERY.\nA NEW PLANT IN ONE LOCALITY MAY CREATE HOUSING NEEDS IN\nNEARBY COMMUNITIES. THE UNDUE CONCENTRATIONS OF POOR\nPEOPLE IN A CENTRAL CITY MAY ONLY BE CAPABLE OF MITIGATION\nON A REGION-WIDE BASIS,\nGERAU A. FORD LIBRA\n-4-\nREGIONAL DEVELOPMENT, LIKE THE LAW, IS A SEAMLESS\nWEB. THE ACTION OF ONE COMMUNITY NECESSARILY AFFECTS\nITS NEIGHBORS, AND THE NEIGHBORS' RESPONSE NECESSARILY\nAFFECTS THE INDIVIDUAL COMMUNITY.\nIT IS CLEAR THAT A COMMUNITY'S PLAN, DRAWN WITHOUT\nREFERENCE TO REGIONAL PLANNING, IS A PROGRAM DRAWN IN A\nVACUUM, BOUND FOR DISASTER IN A REAL WORLD,\nTHE 1974 Act TAKES ACCOUNT OF THIS REALITY WITH THE\nA-95 REVIEW OF LOCAL COMMUNITIES' APPLICATIONS BY AREA-\nWIDE AGENCIES SUCH AS YOURS. THIS IS AN ESSENTIAL\nELEMENT OF THE REQUIRED PLANNING PROCESS,\nA COMMUNITY'S DEVELOPMENT PLAN MUST BE CONSTRUCTED\n\"IN ACCORDANCE WITH AREA-WIDE PLANNING POLICIES\". AND,\nBEFORE A GRANT CAN BE MADE TO A COMMUNITY, ITS COMMUNITY\nDEVELOPMENT PLAN AND ITS HAP MUST BE SUBMITTED FOR REVIEW\nAND COMMENT TO AN AREA-WIDE AGENCY, ANY OBJECTION BY\nTHAT AREA-WIDE AGENCY REQUIRES RESPONSE BY THE APPLICANT\nCOMMUNITY.\nGERALD P. Policy\n-5-\nTHUS, THE AcT ITSELF EMBODIES A CONCEPT OF REGIONALISM,\nNECESSITATED BY THE MODERN REALITIES OF REGIONAL GROWTH AND\nDEVELOPMENT.\nTHIS REGIONAL PLANNING AND REVIEW ELEMENT HAS CREATED\nSOME PRACTICAL PROBLEMS, FOR EXAMPLE, WHEN WE WERE\nNEGOTIATING THE 45-DAY PERIOD FOR AREA-WIDE REVIEW OF\nCOMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT APPLICATIONS, WE WERE FACED WITH WHAT\nSEEMED TO BE A HOBSON'S CHOICE.\nWE FELT THAT BOTH THE LAW AND THE PRACTICAL NECESSITY\nFOR COORDINATED REGIONAL PLANNING NECESSITATED STRICT\nADHERENCE TO THE REQUIREMENT THAT NO APPLICATIONS BE ACCEPTED\nWITHOUT A-95 COMMENTS ATTACHED.\nON THE OTHER HAND, WE ALSO KNEW THAT THE NEWNESS OF THE\nPROGRAM, THE REQUIREMENTS OF CITIZEN PARTICIPATION, THE CITY\nENVIRONMENTAL RESPONSIBILITIES, AND THE HAP REQUIREMENT MADE\nIT VERY DIFFICULT FOR CITIES TO MEET OUR DEADLINE FOR FILING\nAPPLICATIONS EVEN WITH THE RELATIVELY SHORT 45-DAY MAXIMUM\nA-95 REVIEW PERIOD WE WERE NEGOTIATING,\n&\nFORD\n-6-\nIT WAS INEVITABLE THAT MANY CITIES WOULD ASK YOU FOR\nAN EVEN SHORTER TURN-AROUND PERIOD.\nALL OF YOU CAME THROUGH SPLENDIDLY IN MEETING THAT\nDIFFICULT DEADLINE, NOT ONE ENTITLEMENT CITY MISSED ITS\nDEADLINE, OF THE VERY FEW EXTENSIONS GRANTED, NONE\nINVOLVED AN A-95 DELAY, YOUR PERFORMANCE DEMONSTRATES\nTHE MAGNIFICENT CAPACITY OF YOUR ORGANIZATIONS TO PROVIDE\nAN ESSENTIAL SERVICE TO YOUR COMMUNITIES ON A VERY SHORT\nTIME FRAME.\nBUT, THE SHORT TIME AFFORDED FOR A-95 COMMENT THIS\nYEAR SHOULD NOT BE TAKEN AS MINIMIZING THE CRUCIAL ROLE\nWHICH THAT PROCESS PLAYS IN OUR REVIEW OF GRANT APPLICATIONS\nAND HAP's UNDER THE NEW LAW.\nDURING THIS FIRST YEAR WE FOUND THAT FEW OF US WERE\nPERFECT. MOST OF YOU DID MORE THAN THE ABSOLUTE MINIMUM\nOF SAYING \"WE LIKE THE APPLICATIONS OF ALL THE CITIES IN\nOUR REGION\".\nGERAU FORD\n-7-\nAND, SOME OF YOU DID AN EXCELLENT JOB, EVEN ON SHORT\nNOTICE, OF GATHERING A RANGE OF COMMENTS AND PROVIDING A\nGOOD ANALYSIS OF LOCAL APPLICATIONS,\nBUT THE AcT REQUIRES EVEN MORE. You HAVE BEEN GIVEN\nA DIFFICULT CHARGE WHICH YOU MUST MEET IF THE PLANNING\nELEMENT OF THAT LEGISLATION IS TO BE EFFECTIVE,\nI KNOW THAT THERE MAY BE. A TEMPTATION AT TIMES TO\nADOPT A \"LIVE AND LET LIVE\" ATTITUDE ON LOCAL APPLICATIONS\nFOR FEDERAL GRANTS. IT MAY SEEM EASIER FOR EACH COMMUNITY\nREPRESENTED IN AN A-95 AGENCY TO PROTECT ITS OWN APPLICATION\nBY FAVORING A POLICY OF NOT CRITICIZING THE APPLICATION OF\nITS NEIGHBORS,\nTo DO so, HOWEVER; WOULD ONLY CHEAT YOURSELVES. THE\n1974 AcT AFFORDS YOU THE OPPORTUNITY TO UNDERTAKE COMPREHENSIVE\nCOMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT. FOR LOCAL DEVELOPMENT PROGRAMS TO\nBE EFFECTIVE, THEY MUST BE PART OF A REGIONALLY COORDINATED\nAPPROACH, A CRAZY QUILT OF CONFLICTING LOCAL DEVELOPMENT\nPLANS WITHIN AN INTEGRATED METROPOLITAN AREA WILL BRING WITH\nIT CONFUSION, DUPLICATION, AND WASTE, AND FRUSTRATE ANY HOPE\nOF RATIONAL COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT,\nA.\n-8-\nNEXT YEAR WE WILL BE LOOKING LARGELY TO YOU TO IMPLEMENT\nOUR LEGISLATION'S EMPHASIS ON REGIONAL PLANNING.\nIF ANY OF YOU ARE CONCERNED THAT THE A-95 PROCESS IS\nVIEWED LIGHTLY BY HUD, LET ME DISABUSE YOU OF THAT NOTION\nRIGHT NOW. WASHINGTON LOOKS HARD AT YOUR COMMENTS IN\nJUDGING THE LOCAL PLANS AGAINST THE REALITIES OF REGIONAL\nDEVELOPMENT.\nAND, IF ANY OF YOU VIEW YOUR FUNCTION MORE AS LEGISLATIVE\nLOG-ROLLING THAN SUBSTANTIVE AREA-WIDE PLANNING, YOU HAVE\nSERIOUSLY MISCONCEIVED THE VERY IMPORTANT ROLE THRUST UPON\nYOU BY THE 1974 AcT.\nLET ME GIVE YOU AN IMPORTANT EXAMPLE OF YOUR ROLE IN\nTHE PROCESS OF REVIEW OF GRANT APPLICATIONS AND IN THE\nALLOCATION OF SECTION 8 LOW INCOME HOUSING ASSISTANCE.\nAs YOU KNOW A HAP IS A REQUIREMENT BOTH FOR A\nDEVELOPMENT GRANT APPLICATION, AND IN THE ALLOCATION OF\nSECTION 8 HOUSING ASSISTANCE PAYMENTS,\nFORD\nCIBRALD\n-9-\nTHE STATE OF THE ART IN WRITING HOUSING ASSISTANCE\nPLANS COULD NOT HAVE BEEN EXPECTED TO BE PERFECT THE FIRST\nYEAR, AND, MANY OF THE HAPs SUBMITTED WERE FAR LESS THAN\nPERFECT. NOR WAS HUD's REVIEW PERFECT. OUR PERFORMANCE\nWILL BENEFIT FROM A YEAR'S EXPERIENCE UNDER THE NEW\nPROGRAM.\nMANY UNEXPECTED ISSUES SURFACED.\nONE OF THOSE ISSUES CONCERNS COMMUNITIES' ASSESSMENTS\nOF THE HOUSING NEEDS OF THEIR LOWER-INCOME FAMILIES, THE\nHAP REQUIRES CITIES TO IDENTIFY THOSE NEEDS, THE RESOURCES\nAVAILABLE TO MEET THEM, AND THE GOALS OF THE COMMUNITY IN\nDOING SO,\nIT WILL BE THE RARE INSTANCE WHERE A COMMUNITY WOULD\nBE ABLE TO MEET ALL OF ITS PERCEIVED HOUSING NEEDS IN THE\nFIRST YEAR WITH SECTION 8 RENTAL ASSISTANCE. NONETHELESS,\nTHE HAP STATEMENT OF NEEDS IS BY NO MEANS AN ACADEMIC\nEXERCISE, A REALISTIC ASSESSMENT OF LOWER-INCOME HOUSING\nNEEDS IS A NECESSARY PREREQUISITE NOT ONLY TO A FAIR\nALLOCATION OF SECTION 8 RENTAL ASSISTANCE, BUT ALSO TO\nRATIONAL LOCAL AND REGIONAL PLANNING\na\nFORD\n-10-\nTHE AcT REQUIRES A COMMUNITY TO INCLUDE IN ITS HAP\nTHE HOUSING ASSISTANCE NEEDS OF LOWER-INCOME PERSONS\n\"EXPECTED TO RESIDE IN THE COMMUNITY\". THE LEGISLATIVE\nHISTORY OF THIS PROVISION MAKES IT CLEAR THAT THOSE\n\"EXPECTED TO RESIDE\" INCLUDE WORKERS IN PLANNED OR EXISTING\nEMPLOYMENT FACILITIES IN THE COMMUNITY, THE HOUSE REPORT\nSTATES THAT \"CLEARLY, THOSE ALREADY EMPLOYED IN THE\nCOMMUNITY CAN BE EXPECTED TO RESIDE THERE.\"\nTHUS, A HAP MUST TAKE INTO ACCOUNT THE HOUSING NEEDS\nOF A PROPORTION OF LOWER-INCOME PERSONS ALREADY COMMUTING\nTO EXISTING PLACES OF EMPLOYMENT WITHIN THE COMMUNITY, AS\nWELL AS THOSE WHO MAY BE EXPECTED TO TAKE EMPLOYMENT. IN\nJOBS YET TO BE CREATED THERE,\nOBVIOUSLY, NOT EVERY LOWER-INCOME WORKER IN A TOWN\nCAN BE EXPECTED TO LIVE THERE,\nON THE OTHER HAND, THE Act CREATES A CLEAR OBLIGATION\nON THE PART OF COMMUNITIES TO PROVIDE REASONABLE RESIDENTIAL\nOPPORTUNITIES FOR THEIR OWN LOWER-INCOME WORKERS, THE Act\nEXPRESSLY FAVORS A POLICY OF PROVIDING LOWER-INCOME FAMILIES\nWITH AN OPPORTUNITY TO LIVE WHERE THEY WORK.\nR.\nFORD\n$\n-11-\nA WIDE RANGE OF CONSIDERATIONS JUSTIFY THIS POLICY.\nTHERE ARE HIGH ENERGY AND ENVIRONMENTAL COSTS TO MASS\nCOMMUTING. As MORE AND MORE INDUSTRIES AND COMMERCIAL\nFACILITIES LEAVE THE CORE CITIES FOR SURBURBAN LOCATIONS,\nTHE JOBS AND HOMES OF LOWER-INCOME WORKERS ARE BECOMING\nINCREASINGLY DISTANT. COSTS OF SUCH MOVEMENTS ARE THUS\nIMPOSED DISPROPORTIONATELY ON THOSE WHO CAN LEAST AFFORD\nTHEM.\nTHERE ARE OTHER INEQUITIES, Too OFTEN, SUBURBAN\nCOMMUNITIES ENJOY THE TAX ADVANTAGES OF EMPLOYMENT CENTERS\nWITHOUT BEARING THE SOCIAL AND FISCAL BURDENS OF PROVIDING\nHOUSING FOR THEIR LOWER-INCOME EMPLOYEES.\nAND, THERE ARE THE STATED OBJECTIVES OF THE 1974 Act --\nTO PROVIDE GREATER CHOICES OF HOUSING OPPORTUNITIES TO\nLOWER-INCOME FAMILIES AND TO AVOID UNDUE GEOGRAPHICAL\nCONCENTRATIONS OF SUCH FAMILIES,\nTHUS, ALTHOUGH THE LEGISLATIVE PURPOSE IS CLEAR, WE\nMUST BE EQUALLY CLEAR IN INFORMING APPLICANTS OF THEIR\nOBLIGATIONS IN THIS REGARD.\nP. FORD\n-12-\nWE ARE IN THE PROCESS OF TELLING COMMUNITIES WHOSE\nINDUSTRIES EMPLOY A SIGNIFICANT NUMBER OF LOWER-INCOME\nWORKERS, THAT THE HOUSING NEEDS OF SUCH WORKERS MUST BE\nADDRESSED. WE HAVE JUST PROVIDED OUR FIELD STAFF WITH\nGUIDELINES ON HOW TO ASSESS AN APPLICANT COMMUNITY'S\nMEASUREMENT OF THE HOUSING NEEDS OF ITS LOWER-INCOME WORKERS,\nWE HAVE ALSO PROVIDED SOME GUIDANCE AS TO WHAT ARE THE AVAIL-\nABLE SOURCES OF DATA UPON WHICH TO MAKE THAT DETERMINATION.\nOUR SUGGESTED FORMULA IS, HOWEVER, A ROUGH MEASURE,\nAND AT PRESENT CAN ONLY BE APPLIED IN CITIES WITH POPULATIONS\nEXCEEDING 50,000 IN THE LARGER SMSAs. ACCORDINGLY, AND\nBECAUSE OF THE LATENESS OF OUR FORMULATION, WE HAVE OFFERED\nCOMMUNITIES THE OPTION OF USING OUR FORMULA, DEVISING THEIR\nOWN REASONABLE METHODOLOGY, OR, FOR THIS FIRST YEAR ONLY,\nINDICATING WHAT STEPS THEY WILL TAKE NEXT YEAR TO IDENTIFY\nA MORE APPROPRIATE NEEDS FIGURE.\nTHE REAL PROBLEM HERE IS THAT WE ARE ASKING EACH\nCOMMUNITY TO GIVE AN ASSESSMENT NOT OF A PURELY LOCAL,\nBUT RATHER OF A REGIONAL PHENOMENA, COMMUNITIES ARE ASKED\nTO ASSESS EXPECTATIONS OF NEEDS THAT BY DEFINITION EXTEND\nTO THE COMMUTERS LIVING ELSEWHERE IN THE REGION.\nBEBAND ?\n-13-\nTHE TASK OF COORDINATING LOCAL ASSESSMENTS OF THOSE\n\"EXPECTED TO RESIDE\" IN EACH INDIVIDUAL COMMUNITY WITHIN\nAN INTERDEPENDENT REGION IS ONE TO WHICH AREA-WIDE AGENCIES\nLIKE YOUR OWN ARE PARTICULARLY SUITED.\nUNLIKE THE FEDERAL GOVERNMENT, YOU CAN FINE TUNE THE\nDISTRIBUTION OF HOUSING NEEDS WITH DUE DEFERENCE TO AVAIL-\nABLE LAND RESOURCES, GROWTH RATES, REGIONAL PLANNING\nPRIORITIES, AND THE OTHER CHARACTERISTICS PECULIAR TO YOUR\nREGION.\nUNLIKE THE LOCAL GOVERNMENTS, YOU CAN TACKLE A REGIONAL\nPROBLEM ON A REGIONAL BASIS, You HAVE GREATER RESOURCES\nAND A BROADER PERSPECTIVE THAN YOUR INDIVIDUAL CONSTITUENT\nCOMMUNITIES. ALSO, YOU ARE NOT BOUND TO THE PAROCHIAL\nCONCERNS OF ANY ONE COMMUNITY, SUCH AS PROTECTING ITS TAX\nBASE OR EMPLOYMENT FACILITIES AT THE EXPENSE OF ITS NEIGHBORS,\nACCORDINGLY, THIS IS WHAT I WOULD LIKE TO SEE YOU DO.\nDRAW AN AREA-WIDE HOUSING PLAN FOR YOUR METROPOLITAN AREA\nWHICH IS FACTUALLY UNASSAILABLE IN ASSESSING THE HOUSING\nNEEDS OF WORKERS IN RELATION TO THE LOCATIONS OF THEIR\nEMPLOYMENT. THEN, USE YOUR METROPOLITAN PLAN AS THE A-95\na.\nFORD\n/\n-14-\nSTANDARD AGAINST WHICH TO MEASURE LOCAL HAPs. IF YOU CAN\nDO THIS, I CAN PROMISE YOU THAT HUD CAN AND WILL MAKE VERY\nGOOD USE OF YOUR A-95 COMMENTS ON THE SUBMISSIONS OF YOUR\nCONSTITUENT COMMUNITIES.\nNEITHER OF OUR TASKS WILL BE EASY. THE PROBLEM OF\nREGIONAL PLANNING IS FRAUGHT WITH CONTROVERSY AND COMPLEXITY.\nTHERE WILL BE COMMUNITIES WHICH WILL STRONGLY OPPOSE\nEFFORTS TO PLACE THEIR INTERESTS IN THE LARGER MOSAIC OF\nOUR METROPOLITAN AREAS, STRONG OPPOSITION WILL MEET EFFORTS\nTO TAKE AWAY A TOWN'S ENJOYMENT OF THE BENEFITS OF ECONOMIC\nDEVELOPMENT WITHOUT SHARING ITS BURDEN OF HOUSING THE LOW-\nINCOME FAMILIES WHO ARE EMPLOYED BY ITS INDUSTRIES,\nBUT RATIONAL METROPOLITAN DEVELOPMENT WILL BE FURTHERED,\nAND I THINK EVENTUALLY OUR EFFORTS WILL BE APPLAUDED, THE\nCHALLENGE IS OURS.\nI HOPE YOU WILL JOIN ME IN MEETING IT.\n? R. FORD"
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