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6. PROGRESS REPORT (Cont'd supplement program to post on,the: bulletin boards at chu ch to enlighten his congregation to actual facts elating to their questions. %.Mrs. Curtis said s e has sheets listing the income requirements: for th rent supplement program. Anyone can become a tena tin the Greater South Bead Housing Corpora - tion, f they are willing and financially able :to pay th full amount of rent; which is $136 per month. The door is wide "open -to anyone who has the money. Supplement payments, however, depend on the individual's income. Presid nt Wiggins stated he. has attended�sdme'of the me tings of The Housing Authority, another: time met th Rabbi, and the membemJeel.if:we could have s me joint meetings, on occasion, each other's problems could be explored, as these are-interrelated. Rev. Williams stated that this was a. good idea. Many residents believe they have.not been :treated fairly, discrimination in amounts paid in rent subsidies, and do not come in the office to getfactual information" as they feel they will not =be treated justly. Mrr Bellinger apprised the people who do come in to talk with o r staff and, after discussing the program, leave with the feeling they have -been treated fairly: Rev. Kirk apprised the regulations for the Rent RENT SUPPLEMENT Supplement Program, FHA No. 2504, are as follows. PROGRAM :REGULATIONS "The law provides that a tenant must meet certain eligibility tests - before he can receive rent supplement: "l. His income must be within the income group served by public housing. 11`2. -He must qualify under one of the following .categories: a. Must be displaced by governmental action, such as urban renewal, code enforcements, highway developments, etc. b. Either he or his spousemust be 62 years of age, or older. C. Either he or his spouse must be physically handicapped. d. He must now be living in substandard: housing.: -8-