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...crucial matter here is not one of who will direct the Cambridge Model Cities program, but the more immediately relevant one of in what direction it will be directed...
Cambridge Model Cities is doing some great things, and given the opportunity, it should do more. This is precisely what City Hall fears most-that successful programs will develop their own lives, and that once Model Cities fades out of the picture, the city government may have to pick up the slack with ever-increasing expenditures further straining the budget...
...Model Cities, it should be noted, operates on a five-year schedule. After 1973 there will be no federal funds to support CDA services, and if the people want these services continued, responsibility will devolve upon City Hall. Local politicians don't want to spend that much money, and consequently they put the squeeze on Model Cities now, effectively shutting out any more successful programs from starting...
...squeeze, however, comes from above as well as below. Model Cities is funded by the Federal Department of Housing and Urban Development, and the Nixon administration has wrought a reversal of policy within HUD. In line with "New Federalism"-and also in line with lower priorities for social welfare legislation-HUD has increasingly accented the role of city government in CDA decision-making, as opposed to neighborhood action. Cambridge, which at least on paper provides for more local control than any other Model City in the country, was a logical target for the re-alignment process...
...concept of resident control, in fact, was doomed from the start-a glorious idea that simply couldn't work. The major benefits from CDA have not diffused to all neighborhood residents-although the Cambridge project is the second smallest in the country. The ones who benefit from Model Cities services are the aggressive types, the go-getters, the volunteers-precisely the ones who need assistance the least...