A collection of letters, telegrams, documents, government pamphlets & booklets. Examples are: Booklets from the Housing and Home Finance Agency -- How Localities Can Develop a Workable Program for Urban Renewal, Revised Dec. 1956 (12 pp.); A guide to Demonstration Grants, Revised April 1957 (7 pp.); federal laws authorizing assistance to slum clearance and urban renewal Title I of the Housing Act of 1949, as amended through 1957 and excerpts from other laws, Revised Oct. 1957 (76 pp.); URBAN RENEWAL what it is . . . teamwork by citizens and government to end community slums and blight, Nov. 1957 (16 pp.); Aids to Your Community Programs . . .; March 1958 (10 pp.); urban renewal administration . . . . A Brief Background, March 1958 (7 pp.); Workable Programs for Small Communities and Rural Non-Farm Areas, July 1958 (5 pp.); Housing and Home Finance Agency Organization and Functions, Sept. 1958 (5 pp.) & URBAN RENEWAL PROJECT DIRECTORY, December 31, 1958 (34 pp.); a letter (6/4/57) from J. R. Shattuck (Builder & Contractor) & Congressman Wilson's reply ( 6/12/57) re/ support for recent housing legislation HR 6659 lowering FHA down payments; a letter (3/23/57) from constituent Mrs. John Bakkers (Knickerbocker Nursery and Cactus Garden), Wilson's reply (4/19/57) & enclosed copy of Americans United, Lincoln Square A Slum Clearance Project That Endangers Religious Freedom re/ this constituent's fears about this urban renewal project in New York and Catholic influence; letters (Jan – Feb. 1957) from constituent H. O. Parks (Travelers Motel Corp.), Congressman Wilson & enclosed copies of Mr. Parks' proposals for a development of a Pensioners City of approximately 100 acres, aiding Hungarian expatriats and relying upon both investors and the Federal Housing Authority; other items and topics in this folder are: Coronado constituent interest in Erie Housing Project & his personal commentary to Wilson; constituent complaints about vacancies vs. more public housing; a 4 page copy of Wilson's commentary to the House "toward correcting the major morale problem of the services" (n.d.); constituent praise for Wilson and staff in Washington and comments on "objectionable Public Housing;" letters (12/57) re/ a proposal "to build certain housing at the Marine Corps Air Station, El Toro, California;" information from the Voluntary Home Mortgage Credit Program; information from the Bureau of Personnel, U.S. Navy re/ a serviceman's inquiry; letters (9/58) re/ a "Proposed Low-Cost Housing Community For San Diego County Senior Citizens;" a copy of a speech -- Congressional Record, Senator Capehart States Over 800 Convictions as Result of FHA Investigation – Tuesday, August 5., 1958; a letter (10/2/58) to Wilson expressing the National League of Insured Savings Associations' "appreciation . . . for your opposition to, and vote against the Housing Act of 1958;" letters, notes and a telegram (9/58) re/ the City of Coronado's housing problem.