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A source close to the House Committee said that members who attacked the measure viewed it as a frill in light of proposed Federal spending cutbacks of $6 billion. He ~lso cited the difficulty of defining "new communities," as opposed to housing and commercial developments. On other items, the Committee followed the recommendations of its housing sub-committee. It tentatively approved an increase from $1,500 to $3,000 in the maximum renabilitation grant for lowincome home owners, compared with an increase to $2,500 as proposed by the Administration and approved by the Senate. And the Committee okayed ' 2 related amendments which would provide rehabilitation loans and grants to home owners in areas of substantial blight outside urban renewal and code enforcement areas a~d would authorize rehabilitation assistance to home owners in deteriorated neighborhoods whosq,roperties are uninsurable under proposed riot insurance legislation . .. \\ �