41.   Housing authorities are also demolishing public housing projects without replacing them in equal numbers.

42.   Housing authorities in Michigan, California, Louisiana, Colorado and Massachusetts have policies similar to the one under challenge in Oregon.

43.   Housing authority officials maintain that the cut would further delay already backlogged repair work on crumbling complexes.

44.   Housing authorities will be graded yearly on their efforts to alter the mix in their projects, Vosper said.

45.   HUD also said the housing authority needs to justify why it negotiated a sale with RadioShack instead of opening the process to the public.

46.   Housing authorities can gain bonus points during annual management reviews for demonstrating an effective use of the policy.

47.   Housing authorities in Hamilton, Newark, Youngstown and Zanesville received grants today from the Dept. of Housing and Urban Development to combat drug problems.

48.   Housing authorities in Worcester, Springfield, and Malden have signed on.

49.   HUD also cannot make a decision on whether to approve the plan until the housing authority identifies sites for replacement housing and submits a relocation plan.

50.   If not for the housing authority, Goldammer said, HeadStart could not afford to offer its program in Noel.