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HUDNEWS U.S. DEPARTMENT OF HOUSING AND URBAN DEVELOPMENT WASHINGTON D . C . 20410 NOTICE OF PUBLICATION FOR RELEASE: Wednesday April 16, 1969 HUD-No. 69-0279 Phone (202) 7 55-7 327 HUD ISSUES PAMPHLET ON MODEL CITIES PROGRAM What is a Model City and where does the money for a Model Cities program come from? Answers to these and other questions concerning the Model Cities program are contained in a 19-page, Spanish leaflet published by the U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development. The Model Cities program, administered by HUD's Model Cities Administration, is designed to concentrate public and private resources i n a comprehensive five-year attack on the social, economic, and physical problems of slum and blighted neighborhoods. Authorized by Title I of the Demonstration Cities and Metropolitan Development Act of 1966, the program seeks to upgrade the total environment of such neighborhoods and significantly improve the lives of residents . The pamphlet reports tha t 150 cities and counties i n 45 States , t he Dis t rict of Columbia , and Puerto Rico had received Model Cities pla nn i ng grants by the end of 19 68. C o pies of t he publica t i on , titled "El Programa De Las Ciudades Modelo Pregunta s Y Respue t a s", may be obta i n e d wit ho ut c harge from Consume r Rela t ions , Department of Housing a nd Urba n Development, Washi ngton, D.C. 204 10 .

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