Bedford-Stuyvesant introduced “vest pocket” housing as part of this program, which John Lindsay vociferously supported in New York. For 10 points each:
[10h] Name this program administered by the Department of Housing and Urban Development designed to remedy shortcomings of the OEO’s Community Action Programs, which handed too little authority to municipal governments.
ANSWER: Model Cities Program
[10e] Both the Model Cities Program and the CAP were influenced by this organization’s “gray areas” program that awarded grants to revitalize inner-city neighborhoods. This organization was endowed by the only child of the Model T’s inventor.
ANSWER: Ford Foundation
[10m] President Nixon diluted the Model Cities Program through his “New Federalism” revenue sharing plans while ordering this HUD Secretary and former Governor to stop promoting the Open Communities Initiative.
ANSWER: George Romney [or George Wilcken Romney]
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