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Evaluation Of City Of Boston Fair Housing Programs: The Final Report, Boston Urban Observatory, University Of Massachusetts Boston

Boston Urban Observatory Publications

The City of Boston's 3-year Pair Housing Plan (1981-83) identifies the following six goals for achieving greater freedom of choice in housing for its minority residents: 1) To improve the delivery of services relative to the enhancement of freedom of choice to all minorities in Boston as they relate to fair housing; 2) To increase enforcement of fair housing laws; 3) To increase public safety and security to assure equal access throughout the City of Boston; 4) To Increase the participation of all minorities and low-and moderate-income people in all City of Boston housing programs; 5) To increase low-cost housing …

Yale Political Monthly 1981 November, The Politic, Inc.

The Politic

No abstract provided.

Yale Political Monthly 1981 October, The Politic, Inc.

The Politic

No abstract provided.

Trouble In River City: An Analysis Of An Urban Vice Probe, Joseph S. Uris

Dissertations and Theses

This dissertation is an historical case study of a highly publicized investigation of vice and official corruption which took place in Portland, Oregon from 1954 to 1958. Three major relevant areas of social science literature are reviewed. These are: historical material on American reform and corruption, criminology and political science. This literature suggests both the ubiquity and usefulness of vice and corruption in the urban situation.

A set of propositions regarding vice, corruption and reform was developed from these works. These propositions were then examined in terms of the vice probe and political situation in Portland, Oregon.

The triangulation method …

Welcome To The Beach: Only If You Can Afford It, Chester Smolski

Smolski Texts

"Narragansett has been called 'Home of the most expensive public tan in America' because of beach and parking fees imposed by the Tow Council in June."

Congressional Black Caucus, Foreign Affairs-Angola, The Mickey Leland Papers & Collection Addendum. (Texas Southern University, 2015)

Series 4: House Committees, Washington, 1978 - 1989

No abstract provided.

The Massachusetts Fiscal System: Structure And Performance, Padraig O'Malley, Raymond G. Torto

Center for Studies in Policy and the Public Interest Publications

On November 4, 1980 the citizens of Massachusetts, by a vote of 59% to 41%, resoundingly endorsed a tax reduction plan known as Proposition 2 1/2. All communities in the Commonwealth were faced with an immediate reduction in their local revenues due to the immediate cut in the excise tax that Proposition 2 1/2 called for, and up to 130 communities will have to implement a 15% reduction in their tax levies for FY 1982.

Already there are protestations from many local officials that they cannot make the required tax cuts without severely reducing the level of local services. The …

Yale Political Monthly 1981 March, The Politic, Inc.

The Politic

No abstract provided.

Benefit-Cost Analysis Of Government Regulation, Murray L. Weidenbaum

Murray Weidenbaum Publications

This piece explains why using benefit-cost analysis can help make regulation more efficient.

U.S. Immigration Policy And The National Interest, U.S. House Commttee On The Judiciary

All U.S. Government Documents (Utah Regional Depository)

No abstract provided.

No-Fault Divorce Legislation And Its Impact On State Divorce Rates, Elizabeth Ann Massey

Dissertations, Theses, and Masters Projects

No abstract provided.

Lucille Vinyard Journal 1981, Lucille Vinyard

Lucille Vinyard Journal Collection

No abstract provided.