    [Public Papers of the Presidents of the United States: WILLIAM J. CLINTON (2000, Book I)]
    [June 19, 2000]
    [Page 1189]
    [From the U.S. Government Publishing Office www.gpo.gov]

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    Memorandum on United States-Israel Cooperation on Affordable Housing and
    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

    Note: This memorandum was released by the Office of the Press Secretary
    on June 20. An original was not available for verification of the
    content of this memorandum.