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The original documents are located in Box 1, folder "7/2/75 - National Association for the
Advancement of Colored People, Washington, D.C." of the Carla A. Hills Speeches at the
Gerald R. Ford Presidential Library.
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FINAL
NATIONAL ASSOCIATION FOR THE
ADVANCEMENT OF COLORED PEOPLE
WASHINGTON, D.C.
JULY 2, 1975
I WAS PLEASED AND HONORED TO ACCEPT THE INVITATION
OF MR. Roy WILKINS, YOUR EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR, TO ADDRESS
THIS 66TH ANNUAL CONVENTION OF THE NATIONAL ASSOCIATION
FOR THE ADVANCEMENT OF COLORED PEOPLE. TODAY GIVES ME
THE OPPORTUNITY TO TALK DIRECTLY WITH THE BLACK CITIZENS
OF THIS COUNTRY ABOUT THE PROBLEMS OF HOUSING WHICH so
DEEPLY AFFECT ALL OF US,
THE ACTIVITIES OF THE NAACP ARE ENTERED FREQUENTLY
UPON THE RECORDS OF THE CIVIL RIGHTS MOVEMENT IN THIS
COUNTRY,
NEARLY 50 YEARS AGO, MR. WILKINS WAS IN THE LABOR
CAMPS OF MISSISSIPPI, DOCUMENTING RACIAL DISCRIMINATION
IN THE RELIEF PROVIDED BY THE FEDERAL GOVERNMENT TO
VICTIMS OF THE 1927 FLOOD.
R. FORD LIBRARY
-2-
MR. JUSTICE MARSHALL, AS COUNSEL FOR THE NAACP LEGAL
DEFENSE FUND, ARGUED THE HISTORIC BROWN V. BOARD OF EDUCATION
CASE WHICH AWAKENED THIS NATION TO THE PROBLEMS OF RACIAL
DISCRIMINATION.
FEW NATIONAL ORGANIZATIONS HAVE HAD SUCH A DIRECT,
CONSISTENT AND SUSTAINED INVOLVEMENT IN EFFORTS TO OBTAIN
FULL CITIZENSHIP FOR ALL OF OUR CITIZENS. YOUR STRENGTH
IS YOUR MEMBERSHIP, DRAWN FROM ALL RELIGIONS, ALL RACES,
BOTH SEXES, AND ALL PARTS OF OUR NATION.
THE IMPRESSIVE ACCOMPLISHMENTS OF THE NAACP HAVE HAD
TREMENDOUS IMPACT ON BOTH THE RECENT POLITICAL HISTORY OF
THIS NATION AND ON THE PUBLIC CONSCIENCE OF THE AMERICAN
PEOPLE,
INDEED, YOUR ORGANIZATION'S STRUGGLE TO ACHIEVE EQUALITY
FOR MINORITIES IS INTIMATELY INTERWOVEN WITH THE EMERGENCE
OF THE FEDERAL GOVERNMENT'S ACCEPTANCE OF ITS RESPONSIBILITY
TO ENUNCIATE A NATIONAL POLICY OF FAIR HOUSING,
JERALD R. FORD
-3-
I REGARD THE CHALLENGE TO IMPLEMENT THAT POLICY IN
FULL AS OUR JOINT OPPORTUNITY TO CREATE A BETTER AMERICA.
WE HAVE MADE PROGRESS IN A NUMBER OF AREAS. WHEN
YOU LAST MET IN WASHINGTON IN JUNE OF 1964, YOU HAD TO
CONVINCE THE HOTEL MANAGEMENT TO ACCEPT THE CONVENTION.
TODAY, THE HOTEL MANAGEMENT HAD TO CONVINCE YOU TO ACCEPT
ITS FACILITIES.
IN 1968, CONGRESS DECLARED ILLEGAL DISCRIMINATION IN
HOUSING ON THE BASIS OF RACE, COLOR, RELIGION OR NATIONAL
ORIGIN. IN 1974, SEX DISCRIMINATION IN HOUSING WAS ALSO
PROHIBITED.
THE COURTS HAVE VIGOROUSLY ENFORCED THIS BASIC PRINCIPLE
OF EQUALITY,
AND, THE EXECUTIVE BRANCH PRIMARILY THROUGH HUD, HAS
ACTIVELY IMPLEMENTED THIS CONSTITUTIONAL AND STATUTORY
PROTECTION AGAINST HOUSING DISCRIMINATION.
GORALLO R. FORD LIBRARY
-4-
BUT THE BATTLE FOR EQUALITY IN HOUSING OPPORTUNITIES
HAS JUST BEGUN. RESIDENTIAL SEGREGATION FEEDS NOT ONLY
UPON PREJUDICE, BUT ALSO UPON POVERTY.
ALTHOUGH EVERY AMERICAN HAS THE LEGAL RIGHT TO BE FREE
FROM DISCRIMINATION IN HOUSING, TOO GREAT A PROPORTION OF
THE RACIAL MINORITIES OF OUR NATION LIVE IN A STATE OF
DEMOGRAPHIC SEIGE,
I AGREE WITH MR. JUSTICE MARSHALL'S OBSERVATION OF
LAST YEAR WHEN HE SAID THAT THE "RACIAL ATTITUDES INGRAINED
IN OUR NATION'S CHILDHOOD AND ADOLESCENCE ARE NOT QUICKLY
THROWN ASIDE IN ITS MIDDLE YEARS."
IN THE SHORT RUN, HE OBSERVED, "IT MAY SEEM TO BE THE
EASIER COURSE TO ALLOW OUR GREAT METROPOLITAN AREAS TO BE
DIVIDED UP EACH INTO TWO CITIES, ONE WHITE, THE OTHER BLACK,
BUT IT IS A COURSE OUR PEOPLE WILL ULTIMATELY REGRET."
A.
FORD
GERALD
-5-
I CONSIDER IT ONE OF THE GREAT CHALLENGES OF MY
DEPARTMENT TO MELD THOSE TWO CITIES INTO ONE, TO AFFORD
ALL OF US EQUALITY AND SOCIAL JUSTICE, AND HENCE A
BETTER LIFE.
AND, THIS EFFORT MUST BEGIN WITH OPEN HOUSING AND
MORE CREATIVE COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT.
HUD HAS A NUMBER OF INITIATIVES WHICH DEAL WITH THE
COMPLEX PROBLEMS OF PROVIDING HOUSING OPPORTUNITIES TO
MINORITY AND LOWER-INCOME CITIZENS, I WOULD LIKE TO
DISCUSS SOME OF OUR PROGRAMS WITH YOU,
THE 1974 HOUSING AND COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT AcT
PROVIDES FOR A RENTAL ASSISTANCE PROGRAM, WHICH REPLACES
THE VARIETY OF COMPLEX, AND OFTEN OVERLAPPING INTEREST
AND OTHER SUBSIDY PROGRAMS,
GEPALO R. FORD LIBRARY
-6-
UNDER OUR NEW PROGRAM THE FEDERAL GOVERNMENT GIVES
RENTAL SUBSIDY TO TENANTS OF NEW OR STATE AGENCY SPONSORED
CONSTRUCTION, SUBSTANTIALLY REHABILITATED AND EXISTING
HOUSES. THE SUBSIDY OFFERED IS THE DIFFERENCE BETWEEN
25 PERCENT OR, IN SOME CASES 15 PERCENT, OF A RECIPIENT'S
INCOME AND THE COST OF HIS HOUSING.
ALTHOUGH THIS PROGRAM HAS BEEN IN EFFECT FOR LESS
THAN 60 DAYS, ITS IMPACT ON LOWER-INCOME FAMILIES, AND
ON OUR CITIES IS POTENTIALLY VERY SUBSTANTIAL. THERE IS
NO QUESTION BUT THAT IT CONSTITUTES A HIGH MARK IN THE
FEDERAL GOVERNMENT'S INVOLVEMENT IN HOUSING OUR LOWER-
INCOME CITIZENRY.
FIRST, THIS RENTAL SUBSIDY, UNLIKE ITS PREDECESSORS,
IS OPEN-ENDED, Too OFTEN THE OLD FIXED SUBSIDIES HAVE
NOT BEEN ADEQUATE TO COVER THE GROWING DISPARITY BETWEEN
THE POOR FAMILY'S INCOME AND THE SKYROCKETING COSTS OF
HOUSING,
A.
FORD
GERALD
-7-
WE HAVE SEEN TOO MANY HOUSING PROJECTS WITH FIXED
GOVERNMENT INTEREST SUBSIDIES INCAPABLE OF SURVIVING THE
RECENT RAPID RISES IN OPERATING EXPENSES, THE NEW OPEN-
ENDED SUBSIDY AVOIDS THIS SERIOUS PITFALL.
SECOND, OUR RENTAL SUBSIDY PROGRAM PLACES A HEAVY
EMPHASIS ON UTILIZING EXISTING HOUSING STOCK. RECIPIENTS
HAVE THE OPTION TO USE THE SUBSIDY TO SHOP FOR AN EXISTING
HOME,
IN THE PAST, THE FEDERAL GOVERNMENT'S EFFORTS TO
ACHIEVE INTEGRATION HAVE OFTEN CONSISTED OF BUILDING
PROJECTS FOR POOR PEOPLE IN AREAS NOT YET ECONOMICALLY
OR RACIALLY IMPACTED. THE RESULT TOO FREQUENTLY HAS
BEEN TO CREATE A NEW GHETTO WHERE THERE HAD NOT BEEN ONE
BEFORE.
OUR NEW RENTAL SUBSIDY PROGRAM USE OF EXISTING STOCK
MAXIMIZES THE OPPORTUNITIES FOR A LOWER-INCOME FAMILY TO
FIND THE HOME IN WHICH IT WANTS TO LIVE,
A.
FORD
GERALD
-8-
AND, WE ARE COMMITTED, AS AN AGENCY, TO INSURING THAT
THIS MARKET CHOICE IN REALITY EXISTS. WITH RESPECT TO THE
USE OF EXISTING HOUSING, WE REQUIRE THE LOCAL AGENCY WHICH
ADMINISTERS OUR RENTAL SUBSIDY PROGRAM TO HAVE AN EQUAL
OPPORTUNITY AND OUTREACH PLAN, TO PROVIDE THE NECESSARY
NON-ECONOMIC SUPPORT FOR RECIPIENTS, TO ACTIVELY ENCOURAGE
THE PARTICIPATION OF LANDLORDS OUTSIDE ESSENTIALLY LOW
INCOME OR MINORITY AREAS, AND TO ASSIST THE TENANT IN
SECURING HOUSING IN SUCH AREAS. FINALLY, WE ARE COMMITTED
TO SUPPORTING THE PROGRAM WITH A VIGOROUS ENFORCEMENT OF
FAIR HOUSING LAW REQUIREMENTS.
WE ARE ALSO SENSITIVE TO THE PROBLEMS OF RACIAL AND
ECONOMIC IMPACTION WITH RESPECT TO THE NEW CONSTRUCTION
SUBSIDIZED BY OUR RENTAL SUBSIDY PROGRAM, OUR SITE
SELECTION CRITERIA, FOR EXAMPLE, ARE INTENDED TO AVOID
CREATING OR AGGRAVATING HIGH CONCENTRATIONS OF LOW INCOME
OR MINORITY FAMILIES INSIDE OUR CITIES.
GENAU A. FORD
-9-
WE ARE ALSO AWARE THAT IN MANY URBAN AREAS THE ISSUE
OF INTEGRATION CAN BE DEALT WITH MEANINGFULLY ONLY ON A
METROPOLITAN-WIDE BASIS, Too OFTEN, IN THE PAST, OUR
APPROACH TO RESIDENTIAL SEGREGATION HAS BEEN TO CREATE
NEW BUT SMALLER GHETTOS IN THE SUBURBS RATHER THAN TRUE
ECONOMIC INTEGRATION. THE 1974 AcT GIVES US A TOOL WITH
WHICH TO SOLVE THE PROBLEM OF METROPOLITAN SEGREGATION.
COMMUNITIES WISHING TO PARTAKE OF THE NEW AND FLEXIBLE
COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT GRANTS ARE REQUIRED TO FILE A HOUSING
ASSISTANCE PLAN SHOWING THE NEEDS OF LOWER-INCOME FAMILIES
IN THEIR COMMUNITY AND HOW THE FUNDS WILL BE USED TO MEET
THOSE NEEDS.
ONE OF THE NEEDS THAT MUST BE ADDRESSED IS THAT OF
LOWER-INCOME WORKERS WHO CAN BE EXPECTED TO RESIDE IN THE
COMMUNITY. RECENTLY, HUD ISSUED A DIRECTIVE TO ITS FIELD
OFFICES INTERPRETING THIS REQUIREMENT. A LOCAL COMMUNITY
MUST NOW COUNT A PROPORTION OF ITS LOWER-INCOME WORKERS
WHO DO NOT LIVE IN THE COMMUNITY IN ITS HOUSING ASSISTANCE
NEEDS,
Fl.
FORD
GERALD
(
-10-
THUS, DESPITE EARLIER CONTRARY PREDICTIONS, THE RENTAL
SUBSIDY DOES NOT LOCK A LOW INCOME FAMILY INTO ITS OWN
COMMUNITY. UNDER HUD's REGULATIONS, A FAMILY CAN APPLY FOR
HOUSING ASSISTANCE IN A SUBURBAN COMMUNITY IN WHICH IT DOES
NOT YET RESIDE.
HUD's PROGRAMS OF GIVING FEDERAL ASSISTANCE DIRECTLY
TO THE CITIES IMPACTS DIRECTLY AND POSITIVELY UPON LOWER-
INCOME AND MINORITY CITIZENS, OUR PHILOSOPHY ABOUT URBAN
PROBLEMS HAS CHANGED IN RECENT YEARS.
IN IMPLEMENTING THE 1974 AcT, WE ARE PLACING THE
HIGHEST PRIORITY ON PRESERVING OUR URBAN ENVIRONMENT. WE
WANT TO REVITALIZE AND REJUVENATE OUR ONCE GREAT CITIES,
WE NO LONGER EMPHASIZE CLEARANCE AND RENEWAL, BUT RATHER
WE EMPHASIZE CONSERVATION.
A.
FORD
-11-
WE HAVE SEVERAL TOOLS THAT WE GIVE TO LOCAL
COMMUNITIES TO ENCOURAGE AND TO ACCOMPLISH PRESERVATION.
IN ADDITION TO THE $1.6 BILLION PER YEAR THAT WE PROVIDE
IN RENTAL SUBSIDY FUNDS WHICH CAN BE USED WITH EXISTING
HOUSING STOCK, WE GIVE $2.6 BILLION PER YEAR IN
COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT GRANTS WHICH CAN BE USED FOR
REHABILITATION AND ELIMINATION OF SLUMS. RECENTLY, WE
HAVE MADE AVAILABLE FEDERAL ASSISTANCE TO SUPPORT LOCAL
HOMESTEADING PROGRAMS.
WE ARE COGNIZANT OF THE FACT THAT, IN THE PAST,
URBAN RENEWAL HAS OFTEN MEANT REMOVAL OF OUR MINORITY
CITIZENS TO MAKE WAY FOR NEIGHBORHOOD DEVELOPMENTS THAT
BENEFIT THOSE WHO ARE ECONOMICALLY MORE ADVANTAGED.
THAT IS NOT A CIRCUMSTANCE WE CAN TOLERATE ANY LONGER,
ONE OF THE GREAT BENEFITS OF OUR NEW RENTAL SUBSIDY
PROGRAM IS THAT IT WILL ALLOW US TO SUBSIDIZE FAMILIES
IN PLACE, THUS, LOWER-INCOME FAMILIES LIVING IN
NEIGHBORHOODS WHICH ARE IMPROVING AROUND THEM WILL BE
ABLE TO REMAIN IN THEIR HOMES WITH THE ASSISTANCE
PROVIDED BY THE SUBSIDY,
A. FORD
-12-
RELOCATION REQUIREMENTS APPLY ALSO TO THE USE OF
COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT BLOCK GRANTS AND THUS DETER THE
WHOLESALE DISPLACEMENT OF LOWER-INCOME FAMILIES.
MANY OF YOU WERE BITTERLY OPPOSED TO THE IDEA OF
FLEXIBLE FEDERAL BLOCK GRANTS REPLACING THE CATEGORICAL
GRANT PROGRAMS FEARING THAT THE SAME CAREFUL SCRUTINY
TO ENSURE THAT CIVIL RIGHTS AND EQUAL OPPORTUNITY
REQUIREMENTS WERE MET WOULD NOT BE GIVEN.
LET ME ASSURE YOU, HUD's COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT GRANT
PROGRAM IS NOT AND WILL NOT BE A HANDOUT OF FEDERAL MONEY
WITHOUT TOTAL COMPLIANCE WITH ALL CIVIL RIGHTS LAWS,
CIVIL RIGHTS REQUIREMENTS ARE EXPLICIT IN THE STATUTE,
IN OUR IMPLEMENTING REGULATIONS, AND IN OUR PROCEDURES.
FIRST, TO QUALIFY, AN APPLICANT COMMUNITY MUST SUBMIT
PLANS FOR COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT AND FOR HOUSING ASSISTANCE
WHICH SET FORTH THE HOUSING NEEDS OF LOWER-INCOME PERSONS
INCLUDING MINORITY AND FEMALE HEADED HOUSEHOLDS, AND SPECIFY
HOW IT INTENDS TO USE ITS FUNDS,
A. FORD
-13-
THE APPLICATION IS CAREFULLY REVIEWED BY HUD.
VIOLATION OF EQUAL OPPORTUNITY REQUIREMENTS, DIRECT
OR INDIRECT, SUCH AS THE FAILURE TO ADDRESS REASONABLY THE
NEEDS OF LOWER-INCOME FAMILIES, WILL RESULT IN THE DENIAL
OF FUNDS, WE HAVE ALREADY DENIED FUNDS ON THIS BASIS AND
WE WILL CONTINUE TO DO so WHERE THE FACTS WARRANT.
SECOND, WE HAVE DEVELOPED PERFORMANCE STANDARDS TO
ASSURE EQUAL OPPORTUNITY IN THE USE OF COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT
GRANTS, AND WE REQUIRE ANNUAL REPORTS TO DEMONSTRATE
COMPLIANCE WITH THESE STANDARDS,
IF WE FIND A VIOLATION, WE WILL REQUEST IMMEDIATE
COMPLIANCE. FAILING THAT, WE ARE AUTHORIZED TO REFER THE
MATTER FOR CIVIL SUIT, TO PURSUE THE REMEDIES OF TITLE 6
OF THE 1964 CIVIL RIGHTS AcT, OR TO TERMINATE, REDUCE, OR
LIMIT PAYMENTS TO THE COMMUNITY PURSUANT TO THE BLOCK GRANT
LEGISLATION.
GERALD 2 FORD
-14-
THESE ENFORCEMENT PROVISIONS GIVE HUD THE POWER TO
INDUCE COMPLIANCE WITH EQUAL RIGHTS REQUIREMENTS WHERE
IT IS NOT VOLUNTARILY FORTHCOMING, AND, BELIEVE ME, WE
HAVE EVERY INTENTION OF USING THESE SANCTIONS WHEN THERE
IS NON-COMPLIANCE.
OUR FOCUS ON NEIGHBORHOOD AND URBAN PRESERVATION,
OUR CONTINUING CONCERN FOR CIVIL RIGHTS ENFORCEMENT, AND
OUR FLEXIBLE RENTAL SUBSIDY SHOULD GO FAR IN PRESERVING
AN ECONOMIC MIX OF FAMILIES IN OUR URBAN NEIGHBORHOODS,
WE CONSIDER THAT MIX A PREREQUISITE TO MAINTAINING A
VITAL URBAN ENVIRONMENT,
Now, LET ME SAY A WORD ABOUT ANOTHER ASPECT OF OUR
NEW RENTAL SUBSIDY PROGRAM, I REALIZE YOUR DEEP CONCERN
REGARDING THE DEPRESSED STATE OF THE HOUSING INDUSTRY.
I KNOW THAT HOUSING MEANS NOT ONLY SHELTER TO YOU BUT
ALSO JOBS,
R.
FORD
GERALD
-15-
THIS PROGRAM NOT ONLY INCREASES THE CONSUMER'S
PURCHASING POWER AND MAKES USE OF OUR VALUABLE EXISTING
HOUSING STOCK, IT ALSO SUPPORTS NEW CONSTRUCTION AND
SUBSTANTIAL REHABILITATION IN COMMUNITIES WHERE IT IS
NEEDED. WE ESTIMATE WE WILL PROVIDE RENTAL SUBSIDIES TO
400,000 UNITS OF HOUSING IN THE NEW FISCAL YEAR WHICH
STARTED YESTERDAY, OF THESE, WE ESTIMATE THAT 300,000
UNITS WILL BE NEW OR SUBSTANTIALLY REHABILITATED. THIS
MEANS JOBS AS WELL AS SHELTER.
ALSO, THE DEPARTMENT'S PROGRAM OF PURCHASING MORTGAGES
BEARING 7-1/2 PERCENT INTEREST RATES, AT A TIME WHEN THE
MARKET RATE IS 9 PERCENT, ENCOURAGES HOME BUYING AND HENCE
HOME BUILDING AND HENCE JOBS.
GERALO A. FORD LIBRANT
-16-
LET ME CONCLUDE BY RE-EMPHASIZING MY UNQUALIFIED
COMMITMENT TO FURTHERING SOCIAL AND RACIAL EQUALITY, IN
LINE WITH THAT COMMITMENT ONE OF MY FIRST ACTIONS AT HUD
WAS TO RECOMMEND TO THE PRESIDENT THE APPOINTMENT OF MR.
BLAIR TO BECOME HUD's ASSISTANT SECRETARY FOR FAIR HOUSING
AND EQUAL OPPORTUNITY. HE IS UNIQUELY QUALIFIED TO SHOULDER
THE HEAVY RESPONSIBILITIES WHICH I HAVE DELEGATED TO THAT
OFFICE. HE HAS BEEN ASSOCIATED WITH CIVIL RIGHTS ENFORCEMENT
PRACTICALLY ALL OF HIS ADULT LIFE.
MR, BLAIR SERVED AS THE DIRECTOR OF THE DIVISION ON
CIVIL RIGHTS, STATE OF NEW JERSEY, DEPARTMENT OF LAW AND
PUBLIC SAFETY, WHICH ADMINISTERED NEW JERSEY'S FAIR HOUSING
LAW AS WELL AS ITS OTHER NONDISCRIMINATORY STATUTES. MORE
RECENTLY, HE WAS THE EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR OF THE MICHIGAN
CIVIL RIGHTS COMMISSION, WHICH HAS THE RESPONSIBILITY FOR
ENFORCING ALL OF MICHIGAN'S NONDISCRIMINATION STATUTES
INCLUDING ITS FAIR HOUSING LAW.
GERALO R. FORD CIBRAD
-17-
THOSE OF YOU WHO ARE PERSONALLY ACQUAINTED WITH HIM,
KNOW HIM AS A MAN OF COMMITMENT TO CIVIL RIGHTS AND A MAN
OF DIRECTION AND PURPOSE, ALTHOUGH MR. BLAIR HAS BEEN IN
THE DEPARTMENT LESS THAN ONE MONTH, I ASKED HIM TO JOIN ME
TODAY so THAT I MIGHT INTRODUCE HIM TO THOSE OF YOU WHO
HAVE NOT HAD THE PLEASURE OF MEETING HIM AND TO ENABLE HIM
TO MENTION SOME OF HIS PRIORITIES IN REACHING OUR COMMON
GOAL OF AN OPEN SOCIETY. I WILL REMAIN FOR QUESTIONS AT
THE CONCLUSION OF HIS COMMENTS, BUT NOW, I WOULD LIKE TO
PRESENT TO YOU MR. JAMES H. BLAIR, ASSISTANT SECRETARY FOR
FAIR HOUSING AND EQUAL OPPORTUNITY.
FORD a GERALD LIBRARY