Annual Report: Neighborhood Rehabilitation and Improvement Committee
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Title
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Annual Report: Neighborhood Rehabilitation and Improvement Committee
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Description
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This report created by the Rehabilitation and Improvement Committee of the North Central Area documents housing policies that were enforced within the neighborhood during the first year of the committee’s existence. As it seems the report may have been delivered to Ann Arbor’s City Council as an update (see the use of “Council” on page 1), it is important to note both the actions described in the report and how they are conveyed. Buildings are rarely, if ever, mentioned in the context of those residing or working in them, save for those whose residents received marks of compliance from the committee. Rather, homes and businesses are often reduced to structures that are “sub-standard” (page 1) or an “eye sore” (page 2) - a change of language that lenses actions to destroy them or gut them as benevolent and necessary.
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Creator(s) of the Record
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Rehabilitation and Improvement Committee of the North Central Area
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Date
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March 1961
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Location
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For an example of where houses were destroyed, one mentioned in this report formerly was at 706 N Main St, Ann Arbor, MI 48104.
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Medium
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Paper
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Type
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Report
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Subject
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Mapping Housing Discrimination
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Rights
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This digitized copy is generously provided for research purposes by the Bentley Historical Library, the institution charged with overseeing the care of the original document. Copyright for this document is held by the Regents of the University of Michigan.
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Rights Holder
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Regents of the University of Michigan
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Source
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Cecil O. Creal Papers: 1958-1968
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Bibliographic Citation
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Cecil O. Creal Papers, Box 7, Bentley Historical Library, University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, MI.
