Part 1 of the second volume in a four volume collection, this document includes sections on housing, health, crime, and energy and focuses on such topics as: federal policies for low income housing; the future supply of housing; nonaffluent behavior and attitudes related to health and well being; costs, coverage, and issues in medicaid; the neighborhood health center; crime and poverty; the rising cost of energy; and the effects of the energy crisis on the poor. (Author/AM)