Members of the African-American leadership network Project 21 sharply criticize a provision in the pending 2002 Department of Housing and Urban Development (HUD) spending bill that would repeal a requirement for out-of-work and able-bodied residents of public housing to perform community service. Enacted in 1999, … Continue reading Is It Wrong to Require Work in Exchange for a Welfare Check? Black Group Says Public Housing Residents Wrong to Spurn Community Service Provision