In describing federal government's role in housing; summarizes Detroit's experience in housing, persons displaced by Federal programs and public housing impact on minorities
Quotes statement, signed by Florence Jackson, CORE; Gloster P. Current; Rev. Charles Hill; William G. Nicholas and Walter Hardin, UAW; citing need for more housing for Negroes, and deploring federal housing policies
Studies Negro leadership in "Lakeland" (Pontiac?) Michigan, comparing conservative, moderate, and militant styles and emphasizing housing, education, politics, employment, and police and community relations as the most crucial problem areas.