Word: cda
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Dates: during 1970-1979
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...people who fill the structure, however, make a great deal of difference. The conflict is as simple as the fact that the CDA staff is comprised of liberals who want to expand the scope and responsibility of city government in social welfare; while City Hall is dominated by conservatives who are afraid to extend the fiscal involvement of the city...
...reply, Robert B. Williams, the Executive Director of the CDA staff, commented, "That may be called fiscal responsibility, but if you think about it, it's also pretty damn repressive...
Model Cities, it should be noted, operates on a five-year schedule. After 1973 there will be no federal funds to support CDA services, and if the people want these services continued, responsibility will devolve upon City Hall. Local politicians don't want to spend that much money, and consequently they put the squeeze on Model Cities now, effectively shutting out any more successful programs from starting...
...funded by the Federal Department of Housing and Urban Development, and the Nixon administration has wrought a reversal of policy within HUD. In line with "New Federalism"-and also in line with lower priorities for social welfare legislation-HUD has increasingly accented the role of city government in CDA decision-making, as opposed to neighborhood action. Cambridge, which at least on paper provides for more local control than any other Model City in the country, was a logical target for the re-alignment process...
...concept of resident control, in fact, was doomed from the start-a glorious idea that simply couldn't work. The major benefits from CDA have not diffused to all neighborhood residents-although the Cambridge project is the second smallest in the country. The ones who benefit from Model Cities services are the aggressive types, the go-getters, the volunteers-precisely the ones who need assistance the least...