HOUSING MARCH PLANNED

Housing Now!, a national coalition of housing advocates, foundations, labor unions, religious organizations and other advocates of housing for low- and moderate-income people, announced plans yesterday for an Oct. 7 march on Washington.

Mayor Marion Barry, the singer El DeBarge, Del. Walter E. Fauntroy (D-D.C.), Jesse L. Jackson, various elected officials and several D.C. housing activists made the announcement at a news conference held at the Trinity Arms in Northwest Washington, apartments renovated last year for homeless families.

Trinity Arms is viewed as a testament to what can be accomplished when a partnership is made between government and the private sector.

Said Donna Brazile, national coordinator for Housing Now!, "We want to send the message that some HUD programs, like this one, work. In the wake of the current scandal, we're urging the Bush administration not to throw out the baby with the bath water."

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