[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.