Kelly Alexander, Sr. speech fragments and Kelly Alexander, Jr. Charlotte City Council address

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This program must necessarily "concern itself with America's desperate need to provide decent housing for its citizens. Adequate
housing has for several decades "been a problem defying solution.  It
was during President Roosevelt's administration that public attention
was focused on the Intensity of the housing problem. During that
period, low income groups were given special consideration through the
erection of low-cost housing.
Despite the millions of dollars invested by government in low-
cost housing projects and the many thousands of buildings erected with
private capital, we find today the problem of housing more acute than
ever before. We as members of low income groups are being exploited
because of our housing needs, and as potential purchasers we find this
commodity priced beyond our reach. We must strive to activize the
members of organizations such as yours and mine to join with those
other forces who are endeavoring to create housing programs that will
begin to meet the estimated need of one million units per year for at
least a 10-year period.