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YPM THE WHITE HOUSE WASHINGTON mond form September 4, 1973 Paynis TO to year / annoyd MR. PRESIDENT: Attached is the housing issue which Mel Laird mentioned at Saturday's meeting. After review ing the various options, I tend to agree with Laird's recommendations. The basic issue is how we can do the minimum on hand-out which is required to preempt more unmanageable Congressional initiatives. Laird's recommended solution would keep the initiative with the Administration, while giving us the opportunity to carefully access future action through experience with a pilot program. W Al Haig Attachment a perfor C - cl the but program that at 1 Modify loser Tet B-00 does not commet