Memorandum on U.S.-Israel Cooperation on Affordable Housing &
Community Development
(June 19, 2000)
Memorandum for the Secretary of State, the Secretary
of Housing and Urban Development
Subject: U.S.-Israel Cooperation on Affordable Housing
and Community Development
In order to enlarge the framework for policy research
studies on affordable housing and related community development, one
of our most pressing domestic problems, and to strengthen relations
with the State of Israel for the mutual benefit of the citizens of both
countries, I hereby direct the Secretary of Housing and Urban Development
to begin discussions with the Government of Israel on issues pertaining
to affordable housing and community development, with the aim of establishing
a binational commission to structure a cooperative exchange program
in this field. The Secretary of Housing and Urban Development shall
convene and chair the American side of this binational commission, and
the membership should be composed of experts active in housing policy,
mortgage markets, residential construction technology, economic development,
neighborhood revitalization, and related fields of research and practice
vital to the health and well-being of towns and cities. All activity
undertaken pursuant to this memorandum shall be coordinated with the
Department of State.
WILLIAM J. CLINTON
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