Harold Wilson’s guest is Research Director for The Housing Assistance Council (HAC) in Washington, DC, Lance George. The topic is the lack of plumbing and adequate water in homes and communities in the US that create Third-World conditions for many families. Data indicates that at least 460,000 homes across the country do not have a functioning bathroom or lack an adequate water supply.
Read MoreIn September 1967, a commission on rural poverty convened by President Lyndon Johnson released a report called The People Left Behind. It cited a rural poverty rate of 25%, which was almost double the urban rate. To discuss these issues, Harold Wilson’s guest on Delmarva Today is Lance George, Research Director at The Housing Assistance Council, a national housing and rural development organization.
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