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Wednesday, April 24, 1991 / University Daily Kansan
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City finances fair housing program
By Vanessa Fuhrmans
Kansan staff writer
But program still needs more financial support, director says
The Lawrence City Commission took measures last night to keep the city's Fair Housing Assistance Program out of the red, but its director says the program needs more financial support from the city to be effective.
The commission voted unanimously to continue financing a part-time human relations specialist for the remainder of the fiscal year. Until now, a federal grant, which expires May 17, had sponsored the position.
Although the commission's decision will save the fair housing program from deficit spending, Rehelio Samuel, director of the Human Relations Department, said it would need more money next year to deal with the overwhelming number of complaints it received.
"As the city grows, we're going to lag behind," he said. "You end up creating a ghetto situation. It's not just the need of the Human Relations Commission, it's the need of the community as well."
The Lawrence Human Relations Commission origi
nally asked the city to sponsor a full-time human relations specialist. A part-time specialist now works in the fair housing program to deal with complaints of discrimination.
Samuel said one reason the department needed the city's support was because city officials requested several years ago that the department try to settle complaints informally without processing them into cases. However, the program only receives financing from the Department of Housing and Urban Development for cases it officially processes.
"The HUD contract and the city's desire are in conflict," Samuel said. "If we cannot process any more cases, our contract with HUD will be terminated."
City Manager Mike Wildgen said the $9,020 the commission approved was only an estimate of how much the program actually would receive. The city manager's staff will study the present budget to determine from where the money could be taken.
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