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Andrew Cuomo, who serves as HUD's czar for the homeless, is among those who dismiss such ideas. "You can't force people into treatment programs," he says. "It won't work." But Cuomo thinks he understands the roots of the backlash that Hamill represents. "People are afraid, and I think that fear is vented in terms of anger," he says. "They see all these groups that have raised hope by saying they could help, and the situation is worse now than it was 10 years...
...belief that individuals can make a difference is inherent, Cisneros said, in his goals for HUD...
Secretary of Housing and Urban Development (HUD) Henry G. Cisneros told a crowd of about 250 yesterday that community change can only come about through a marriage of government and grass roots initiatives...
...cited the pieces of his HUD strategy which are already in place as examples of the government's focus on the individual: the expansion of the earned-income tax credit, an extension of low income housing credits, the establishment of the national service program, the expansion of Head Start, a strengthened Community Reinvestment Act and expanded job-training initiatives...
...resources, Cisneros said he has givenpriority to five initiatives: a"continuum-of-care" approach to homelessness,helping people move from lives of transiency andemergency shelter to permanent housing, workingwith public housing residents to help them gaincontrol over their communities and takingaggressive action to crack down on crime in publicand HUD-assisted housing...