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Article: PUBLIC HOUSING TENANTS GET 2 MORE WEEKS TO RESPOND TO PLAN MANY OPPOSE A RULE THAT WOULD MANDATE COMMUNITY SERVICE.(LOCAL)
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- The Virginian-Pilot (Norfolk, VA)
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- November 12, 1996
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Byline: NANCY LEWIS AND MIKE KNEPLER, STAFF WRITERS
NORFOLK -- The city's housing authority on Monday extended the time for public response to a proposed ``social lease'' that requires adult public-housing tenants to do community service.
The deadline was moved to Dec. 20, from Dec. 6, and the commission's vote was postponed to Jan. 13.
If approved, the plan would make Norfolk one of the first American cities to require community service from public-housing tenants, according to several national sources.
The proposal by the Norfolk Redevelopment and Housing Authority requires that public-housing residents volunteer 20 hours a year to their communities. Other ...