Original editor’s note: This letter was written in response to an article reprinted last month from the Kansas City Star (Dec. 3, 78) titled “Merit of Rehabilitating Old House Unrecognizable to Most Blacks.”
Editor: I am a parent of five children: four girls and a son ranging in age from 13 to 1½ years. As a resident of the community I am interested in improvement.
Mr. Mattox feels that in his experience the program of low-income people purchasing $1 houses is failing.
I’ve paid $1 for a listing and was told if I found something to my liking, I could Bid, but I would have to bid in agreement with the appraiser. There are other drawbacks that hinder low-income persons from purchasing the $1 houses and rehabilitating them into homes. I am a low-income person who would like to own a home in this community. I am a woman who feels that if given a chance I could succeed in the future.
Sarah A. Davis
Originally published in The Paper, April 1979.
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Original source: SD_Times1979_04.pdf, printed page(s) 2; PDF page(s) 2.
