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Metropolitan Human Relations Commission (MHRC) emergency fuel heat for the indigent [unhoused]
Friday, June 19, 1970
Saturday, December 31, 1977
A2001-022
AF/172932
To Date is circa. Includes "Proposed Plan for Distribution of, and Accounting for, City Money Applied to Emergency Heating Costs"; and tentative guidelines for city agencies in the event of a special emergency; as well as documents related to the problem of the inability of low-income people to feed themselves in a severe winter; emergency fuel allowances; oil dealers and low-income clients; emergency fuel requests; and Emergency Clearing Bureau reports. As an historical resource, this item reflects the prejudices of the era in which it was created and includes language that is offensive. The use of this language is not condoned by The City of Portland Archives and Records Center, but we are committed to providing access to this material as evidence of the inequalities and attitudes of the time.
