Action Series September 26 1989 1 Of 2 Footage

ACTION SERIES, September 26, 1989 (1 of 2)
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	Catalog #:	489517
	Clip Number:	489517-1
	Orginal Film:	91-6767
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	Location:	Greater Washington, Urban and Suburban locations
	Year Shot:	1989 (Actual Year)
	Audio:	Yes
	Color:	Yes
	Headings:	HABITATS, HUMAN: Affordable Housing
	Description:	20.15.42-shot on video screen of w/m reporter with w/m, middle aged, wearing suit. Man identified as urban planner, discusses the persistent myth that single-family houses are the only true housing in the "American Dream". Policy should support a Diverse range of housing. 20.17.12-Shot on video screen, b/f reporter with b/m audience member, middle twenties, man discusses trying to buy a home in D.C., family income too high to qualify for most assistance programs, not high enough to hack private financing costs. D.C. councilwoman responds, says city has instituted moderate income programs for down-payment assistance. Rep. Of a development nonprofit on panel discusses pursuing co-ops, rentals, but it is his group's policy that HOME OWNERSHIP for all who want it should be the ultimate goal. Disc. of a jumble of acronym-named assistance programs. 20.19.38-UNGER moderating discussion. Banker on panel agrees with broadening diversity of types of housing supported. UNGER says that in this case, many people are being told that they must forgo the "American Dream" that others already have. Is that fair? DEVELOPER says that zoning laws demand diverse housing stock and economic concerns dictate that single-family houses will be expensive. 20.21.38-b/m reporter with young h/f in audience, discusses being caught in between qualifying for downpayment assistance and being able to afford the payment outright. Discussion by panelists of middle-income housing problems. 20.23.59-shot of w/f in audience, delivers statistics about the huge numbers of renters in D.C. who couldn't afford even decent housing, urges discussion of the problems of renters. UNGER-is there conflict between interests of middle-class who want to own homes and poor renters? A poll for viewers. 20.25.44-UNGER-disc. of a MARCH ON WASHINGTON to protest cuts in housing assistance by Federal Gov't, historical role of Gov't as provider of assistance post-WWII. Exterior of offices of DEPARTMENT OF HOUSING AND URBAN DEVELOPMENT. 20.26.05-Grainy old footage of city street with small wood row houses during GREAT DEPRESSION. Man walking, children playing in street. Shot of woman throwing bathwater into street. Shot of children climbing steps of a tenement. Shot of FDR in OVAL OFFICE signing a BILL. v.o.-summary of New Deal housing reforms. Shot of exterior of FEDERAL HOUSING ADMINISTRATION building. Shots of FHA financed small house, with FHA sign in yard. Shots of PUBLIC HOUSING units, moderate-sized row houses, under construction. 20.26.31-Shot of WWII VETERANS on NAVY SHIP decks, waving, smoking, several with casts on arms. Shot of large crowd on deck of ship in NEW YORK HARBOR. 20.26.38-Still, b/w, of city street, dilapidated brick apartment buildings, many African-American residents, children and adult men in street. v.o.-by late '50's, "public housing" becomes associated with low-income and minority populations. Shot of CONSTRUCTION WORKER carrying long 2x4 on site of a SUBURBAN house construction. Shot of BULLDOZERS on site. Disc. of 1970's federal policies to encourage private construction of low-income housing. Shot of RONALD REAGAN at a podium in White House garden, delivering unheard speech. Disc. of REAGAN'S cutting of FEDERAL HOUSING BUDGET by 72 percent, elimination of tax writeoffs for builders of low-income housing. Exterior of Capitol. Shot of PUBLIC ROW HOUSES, looks like SE Washington, D.C.. Disc. of possibility of losing more housing subsidies. 20.27.46-UNGER in studio, disc. of subsidized housing reverting to market rates. Disc. of impact of FEDERAL FUNDING CUTS. H.U.D. man talks favorably about VOUCHERS for the private market instead of subsidies. 20.32.45-audience members offer opinions on vouchers issue. A very heated exchange between one man in audience and H.U.D. man. Disagreement between D.C. Councilwoman and H.U.D. man over local-federal responsibility. Disc. of activities by nonprofits. 20.36.19-disc. of SECTION 8 program, audience member argues that vouchers don't help if the available pool of housing is too small. The REPUBLICAN H.U.D. man continues to recite the party line in the face of all other statements to the contrary. Discussion of the high proportion of income paid as rent by the very poor. Discussion of REHABILITATION of existing housing stock. 20.43.18