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    "ocrText": "HOME\nHOUSING AND HOME FINANCE AGENCY\nOFFICE OF THE ADMINISTRATOR\nWASHINGTON 25, D.C.\nx\nx\nFederal Housing Administration\nMAR 121964\nPublic Housing Administration\nFederal National Mortgage Association\nCommunity Facilities Administration\nUrban Renewal Administration\nMEMORANDUM FOR:\nLee C. White\nAssistant Special Counsel to the President\nThe White House\nRegarding your request for a list of the Johnson Administration\nachievements:\n1.\nProposals for Comprehensive Housing Legislation (The Housing and\nCommunity Development Bill of 1964). These proposals, submitted\nas part of the President's Message of March 27, include new\napproaches such as financial assistance for the development of\nnew towns and major subdivisions, and new authority to authorize\nexisting housing for low-rent public housing.\n2. Increase in New Housing Starts. Private nonfarm housing starts\nreached a seasonally-adjusted annual rate of 1,668,000 in January\n- 10 percent higher than in December and 27 percent higher than\nin January, 1963.\n3. Increase in FHA Mortgage Insurance Applications. FHA home loan\napplications in the first two months of 1964 were 14 percent higher\nthan in the first two months of 1963.\n4. Cooperation Agreement with Minnesota for Enforcement of Nondiscrimi-\nnation in Housing. The agreement, signed January 15, is expected to\nserve as a model for agreements with other States having nondiscrimi-\nnation laws. It provides for exchange of information and other\nmutual assistance in implementing the State law and the Executive\nOrder on Equal Opportunity in Housing.\n5. Repayment by FNMA to the Treasury. On December 24 the Federal\nNational Mortgage Association agreed to return $100 million of the\nFederal funds invested in the Association, through retirement of that\namount of Treasury-held preferred stock.\n6. Increased Assistance for Housing in Latin America. A Latin American\ndivision has been formed in HHFA to assist AID in investigating\napplications for guarantee of U. S. private investment in housing\nprojects in Latin America. Since December, 19 projects located in\n6 countries have been field inspected. These involve 18,900 units\nand approximately $118 million of proposed investment."
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