21.   Housing advocates would be certain to press Dole on whether he still plans to ax the agency.

22.   Humility may be an essential political skill but there is no shortage of Cisneros boosterism among Washington officials or housing advocates.

23.   Low-income housing advocates countered that without public housing, those at the lowest end of the poverty scale would have nowhere to go.

24.   Legislators and housing advocates were surprised by the scope of the plan.

25.   Nevertheless, housing advocates see much to admire in the program.

26.   Not so, say academics and housing advocates.

27.   Omura said she and other housing advocates hoped Congress would change the law to correct its obvious flaws.

28.   One letter, from the Industrial Areas Foundation, established by the Chicago housing advocate Saul Alinsky, asked if Robbins was willing to put his theory into practice.

29.   Six months after the city cut the payments by at least half, housing advocates and others say the supply of such apartments is shrinking fast.

30.   Some housing advocates criticized the new program for its heavy emphasis on the private sector.