Her daughter, 15, worked last summer in Fiji with a housing group.

Paul is chief executive of Orbit, one of the largest housing groups in the country.

Even before the committee has met, civic organizations and low-income housing groups say they are upset.

Pepe was lucky enough to be given an apartment through the help of a housing group.

Lisa Kaplan, a community board member who works for a housing group, is considered one of the body's more progressive voices.

Other housing groups also got involved, and the city brought in two "community policemen" to bicycle down its four main streets.

They help out with the technical and advisory services needed by local housing groups.

The same can be done in miniature by looking at a sheltered housing group or an institutional home.

The housing groups host their own activities, ranging from going to a local restaurant to watching a movie.

But many housing groups said the plan focused too much on the middle class.