Addressing America's Housing Crisis: A Call to Action by Congresswoman Helen Gahagan Douglas, 1950-01-01 - 1950-12-31

Congresswoman Helen Gahagan Douglas delivered a radio address discussing the failure of the Seventy-ninth Congress to pass the Wagner-Ellender-Taft Housing Bill, which would have provided low-cost housing units. She highlighted the negative impact of this failure on veterans and the national housing shortage. Douglas outlined the provisions of the bill and stressed the importance of reintroducing and passing it in order to address the housing crisis in America.